Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
RealTime eClinical Solutions is a Global Leader and rapidly growing SaaS technology company that provides comprehensive Software Solutions to the clinical research industry. Our Vision is to reshape the global clinical research industry with innovative solutions that help advance medicine and save lives. Our cloud-based solutions are dedicated to solving complex problems and simplifying clinical research processes, making them more organized, efficient, and cost-effective. We are based out of San Antonio, TX but are truly a remote and telecommuting company. We are seeking a high-impact technical leader responsible for hands-on design, development, and delivery of all RealTime products and services. This role requires an elite engineer who remains "in the weeds"—coding, debugging, and architecting complex systems—while simultaneously leading and mentoring a team of software engineers. The Principal Software Engineer serves as the technical authority that bridges high-level architectural vision with daily execution. You will drive the adoption of AI-assisted workflows and maintain rigorous engineering standards to deliver reliable SaaS and mobile products at speed and with consistency.
Requirements
- SDLC in a regulated industry
- Cloud architecture
- Modern software design patterns
- Back-end architecture and design
- Front-end architecture and design
- Mentoring peers and less experienced engineers
- Experience with digital documents
- Experience with PHP, Python, React, JavaScript, and MariaDB/SQL
- Expert in API design and development
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or affiliated discipline
- Familiarity with HIPAA, HITECH, HITRUST, PHI/PII, and PCI DSS working environments
- Ten plus years of experience in software development
Responsibilities
- Design, code, test, and debug complex software while developing new functionality and enhancing existing products.
- Stay close to technical decisions, serve as an escalation point for complex delivery issues, and resolve intricate production problems.
- Create design artifacts for new software and web applications, ensuring the architecture scales to align with company goals.
- Deliver high-quality software and key features across backend, frontend, and mobile platforms.
- Lead and develop a team of software engineers, managing their day-to-day performance and ensuring the best development practices.
- Actively mentor peers and less experienced engineers to elevate the organization's overall technical capability.
- Bring a strong, sensible technical voice to strategy conversations and partner with the VPs of Software and Architecture to validate design tradeoffs and implementation.
- Drive planning discipline, delivery cadence, and effective execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Utilize tools such as Windsurf and advanced models like Claude Opus to accelerate implementation, refactoring, and test creation.
- Improve review quality with automated checks for risky changes, security vulnerabilities, and the likelihood of regression.
- Raise standards for coding practices, branching, code reviews, and testing strategy to ensure release predictability and operational readiness.
Benefits
- The company sponsors health insurance, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off.
- 10 paid Holidays.
- Paid Parental Leave.
- Work Anniversary Bonus.
- Participation in the Employee of the Quarter Program.
- Monthly $100 Connectivity Stipend Reimbursement.
- RealTime matches employee 401(K) contributions at 100% of the first 3% invested and 50% of the next 2% invested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
