Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health

Alcon Research•Fort Worth, TX

17h

About The Position

At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Principal I, Software Engineering you will provide hands-on experience for driving development, and maintenance of mission critical enterprise-grade Digital Health applications. This role involves hands-on experience for fixing defects, implementing enhancements, and ensuring high-quality deliverables. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in multiple programming languages, web development frameworks, databases, and cloud platforms in Fort Worth, TX .

Requirements

Deep expertise in C++, Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs.
Front‑end experience with React, Angular, TypeScript, HTML5/CSS3.
Cloud & platform skills: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, API Gateway), Redis, RabbitMQ.
Observability: hands‑on with DataDog, New Relic (dashboards, monitors, APM, logs)
Containerization & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
Strong problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management.
Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +13 yrs; Assoc.+9 yrs; M.S.+2 yrs; PhD+0 yrs)
The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
5 Years of Relevant Experience
Travel up to 10%

Responsibilities

Maintain and improve existing applications for stability and performance.
Analyze and resolve defects promptly using root cause analysis.
Implement new features and enhancements aligned with business needs.
Define technical implementation and design for full-stack solutions.
Hands-on Technical expertise, conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards.
Mentor team members and collaborate with Architects, Product Managers and Program Managers.
Build scalable, secure applications using Java, Spring Boot, and modern front-end frameworks (React/Angular).
Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
Integrate front-end components with back-end services for seamless user experience.
Implement observability measures and performance monitoring.
Create and maintain DataDog or New Relic dashboards for application health and metrics.
Ensure smooth handover to Cloud Operations with proper documentation and monitoring setup.
Cross functional impact analysis.
Ensure code quality through unit, integration, and regression testing.
Optimize application performance.
Work closely with Development team, QA engineers, and DevOps teams.
Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Structured problem‑solving, validating with data, and converge on fixes.
Ability to translate product goals into measurable engineering outcomes and prioritize tradeoffs.