Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead upcoming data pod consolidation initiatives and shape next-generation cloud data solutions. This is a client-facing leadership role that blends deep technical expertise with delivery ownership, team shaping, and trust-building with stakeholders. You will operate as a deal shaper, technical authority, and delivery owner, responsible for ensuring team throughput, velocity, and quality while helping define the long-term data platform vision. This role requires strong experience designing, building, and operationalizing cloud-native data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with a particular focus on event-driven architectures, API-first design, and healthcare data standards (HL7).
Requirements
- Google Cloud Platform (Advanced)
- Cloud Run (heavy usage) with custom templates
- BigQuery
- Dataflow
- Pub/Sub
- Cloud Storage
- CloudSQL
- Dataplex (used in every workflow)
- Dataproc
- Broad, hands-on experience across the GCP suite
- Streaming and batch data pipelines
- Kafka (based on source system integration)
- Healthcare data exchange using HL7 standards
- Secure data sharing and compliance-aware design
- GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure-aware development and deployment
- API development using FastAPI
- Experience setting technical foundations for scalable, enterprise solutions
- Agile/Scrum delivery with full E2E story ownership
- Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to lead without direct authority
Nice To Haves
- Experience with dbt (dbt Labs)
- Familiarity with clinical data and CMS billing data
- Experience working across full medallion architectures (bronze/silver/gold) in cloud environments
- Prior experience consolidating or modernizing data platforms
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of cloud-native data platforms built on Google Cloud Platform
- Define and implement event-driven and streaming architectures using Pub/Sub and Kafka (based on data source)
- Serve as a technical authority for API-first data access patterns, including FastAPI-based services
- Establish architectural patterns, reusable components, and custom Cloud Run templates
- Lay the foundation for building new data solutions and accelerators across clients
- Act as trusted technical advisor for clients, owning delivery quality and technical credibility
- Shape project scope, technical approach, and backlog alongside client stakeholders
- Lead end-to-end Agile story ownership, from requirements through implementation and delivery
- Ensure alignment between business requirements, healthcare compliance, and technical execution
- Partner with product owners to define and refine backlog and user stories
- Enable pod teams to execute effectively once stories are shaped
- Own delivery metrics including velocity, throughput, and engineering quality
- Mentor senior engineers and uplift engineering best practices across teams
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade
- Company paid holidays
- Personal Days
- Sick Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
