Principal Software Engineer, AI Platform (Python/React)

Teladoc Health•Golden, CO

1d•$190,000 - $210,000•Remote

About The Position

Join the team leading the next evolution of virtual care. At Teladoc Health, you are empowered to bring your true self to work while helping millions of people live their healthiest lives. Here you will be part of a high-performance culture where colleagues embrace challenges, drive transformative solutions, and create opportunities for growth. Together, we’re transforming how better health happens. Summary of Position As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a key leader within our engineering team, responsible for providing technical direction, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the highest standards of engineering excellence. You will play a pivotal role in driving innovation, implementing best practices, and guiding the development of cutting-edge solutions. This position offers an exciting opportunity to lead and mentor a team of engineers, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the strategic vision of the company. This role is a mix of deep implementation work and technical leadership by example. You’ll spend a large portion of your time writing code, reviewing changes, and unblocking the team, while also shaping architecture, standards, and long-term technical decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; equivalent work experience is acceptable.
10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of leading and delivering large-scale, complex projects.
Strong proficiency with Python and modern web backends (FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar) and solid understanding of HTTP, API design, and data modeling.
Significant experience with React (or a comparable SPA framework) and building production frontends that talk to backend APIs.
Demonstrated ability to own features end-to-end: from shaping requirements through design, implementation, testing, deployment, and support.
Experience designing and working with distributed systems or multi-service architectures (e.g., service boundaries, async jobs, integration patterns).
Solid understanding of observability and operations for production systems (metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerting, incident response).
Strong understanding of security fundamentals (authentication, authorization, secure data handling) and how they apply to web services and UIs.
Deep familiarity with automated testing and CI/CD, and a track record of improving engineering workflows and quality.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable working closely with product, design, and other stakeholders.
Proven ability to provide technical leadership in a hands-on way: unblocking others, making clear decisions, and raising the bar through code and reviews.

Nice To Haves

Experience in early-stage or small platform teams where engineers wear multiple hats and balance shipping with building foundations.
Experience with Azure and containerized deployments (or similar cloud-native environments).
Experience building platforms (developer platforms, data platforms, or similar) that serve multiple product teams.
Exposure to AI/ML or data-intensive applications (e.g., integrating with model inference APIs, data pipelines, or analytical data stores).

Responsibilities

Lead technical design for platform features and services, breaking ambiguous requirements into clear, incremental designs and stories for your team and adjacent partners.
Implement backend services in Python/FastAPI and React frontends end-to-end, owning a continuous stream of stories from idea to production.
Define and use clear API contracts and data flows between services and UIs, creating patterns and templates others can follow.
Champion high-quality engineering practices, including code reviews, documentation, and maintainable, testable designs.
Establish and evolve automated testing approaches (unit, integration, end-to-end) and incorporate them into everyday development.
Establish CI/CD pipelines and release workflows so the team can ship small, safe changes frequently and confidently.
Own the operational lifecycle of the features and services you build, including monitoring, observability, on-call participation, and incident follow-up.
Design and implement secure-by-default solutions, including robust authentication/authorization, input validation, and safe handling of sensitive data.
Identify and address reliability and performance risks early, proposing concrete technical improvements and sequencing them into the roadmap.
Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship to other engineers, helping them grow their impact and autonomy through pairing, design discussions, and feedback.
Sets technical decision frameworks used across teams; aligns directors/PMs on investment strategy; resolves cross‑team conflicts with data and clear rationale.

Benefits

In addition to a base salary, this position is eligible for a performance bonus and benefits (subject to eligibility requirements) listed here: Teladoc Health Benefits 2026.

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