Principal Software Engineer

A1M Solutions

1d • $155,000 - $185,000 • Remote

About The Position

A1M Solutions is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for a fully remote, full-time, permanent position in its Technology Delivery Practice. The role shapes strategic and tactical technical direction across systems, teams, contracts, and potentially multiple government centers, offices, or programs. The engineer works with high autonomy, advises clients and teams on suitable solutions, and contributes technical thought leadership, organizational strategy, staffing, and discipline growth. Depending on the engagement, the role may involve team leadership, fractional work across contracts, or focused individual-contributor responsibilities.

For this opening, the engineer will work with a small cross-functional scrum team to investigate systemic challenges in State Medicaid Enterprise System modernization. The team will interview states and vendors about implementation challenges and recommend system improvements and other interventions to the client. The engineer will also advise the contract on development of Medicaid policy analysis tools and identifying, building, and sustaining process-automation opportunities.

The role combines strategic technical leadership with hands-on software engineering. Responsibilities include guiding architecture and technical decisions; building, deploying, maintaining, and supporting complex scalable solutions; working with cloud environments, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, APIs, databases, and data pipelines; and strengthening testing, code quality, AI-use, and DevOps practices. The engineer is also expected to collaborate across disciplines, mentor colleagues, advise on hiring and resource needs, anticipate government requirements, support business development, and help develop A1M’s technical practice.

Applicants must work from the United States, have been U.S. residents for three of the past five years, be permanent U.S. residents, and have existing legal authorization to work in the U.S. without ongoing visa sponsorship. Employees may not reside in New York state. New hires must complete a Public Trust background investigation, including the applicable questionnaire and fingerprinting. Client meetings are virtual, and active participation—including being on camera—is an essential function. Since partners primarily work Eastern Time, flexibility in working hours may be required for employees outside that time zone.

A1M is a woman-owned small business focused on improving government healthcare programs and building useful, sustainable public services. Its Technology Delivery Practice works in cross-functional, cross-organizational teams with designers and policy subject matter experts, using agile and user-centered approaches.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to write high-quality, working, reusable application code.
• Advanced proficiency in modern software development languages and systems.
• Expertise in building secure, compliant software and minimizing vulnerability risks.
• Expertise in one or more adjacent specializations, such as data engineering, DevOps, or accessibility, and willingness to expand skills as needed.
• Ability to work autonomously in ambiguous environments, independently identify and execute high-impact work, and shape strategy beyond a single project.
• Ability to communicate technical results clearly to diverse stakeholders, including in politically or strategically sensitive contexts.
• Experience working with or integrating legacy systems.
• Experience working on large-scale applications and systems.
• Experience working in government consulting engagements.
• Experience integrating AI into engineering work using a thoughtful and ethical approach.
• Track record of mentoring across levels and disciplines and contributing to organizational or discipline-level growth.
• Confidence assessing technical candidates and advising on hiring decisions.
• Vision for creating standards for technical delivery across engineering, data, and technical product delivery.
• Ability to assess technical delivery quality and recognize warning signs before problems occur.
• Experience contributing to business development, such as proposals or white papers.
• Must work from the United States, including a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory.
• Must have been a U.S. resident for three of the past five years.
• Must not reside in New York state.
• Must already have legal authorization to work in the U.S. and not require ongoing visa sponsorship; must be a permanent U.S. resident.
• Must complete the required Public Trust background investigation, questionnaire, and fingerprinting.
• Must actively participate in client virtual meetings, including being on camera.
• Must have flexibility in working hours if residing outside Eastern Time, as partners primarily work Eastern Time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with a social impact-focused product team or in civic tech.
• Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams that include product managers, designers, engineers, and subject matter experts.
• Personal experience with government health and human services programs.
• Working knowledge of Medicaid or CHIP, Medicaid Enterprise Systems, Medicare, the ACA, or MACRA.
• Familiarity with SAFe and agile methodologies.
• Resource management experience, including understanding which expertise is needed on a team and when specialized or generalized resources are appropriate.
• Ability to manage data resources alongside traditional technical roles and product managers.

Responsibilities

• Shape technical strategy across contracts and programs, translating business and policy goals into development direction.
• Drive architectural decisions and support team members, cross-disciplinary partners, and clients through decision-making and execution.
• Apply a product mindset to engineering, prioritizing maintainable solutions and impact for the people who use them.
• Explain technical work in the context of client goals, translating engineering decisions into business and mission value.
• Lead stakeholder discussions about technical options and limitations.
• Coordinate technical staffing and team composition across product or engagement lifecycles; identify skill, information, or staffing gaps and recommend solutions.
• Share technologies and skills that support project and organizational goals.
• Build and maintain complex, scalable solutions across application development, infrastructure, and/or data engineering, including code reviews, technical design, and code contributions.
• Own components or services from development through deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Deploy and manage systems in cloud environments using CI/CD and infrastructure as code.
• Work with APIs, databases, and data pipelines to support application integration and data flow.
• Drive testing, code quality, AI-use, and DevOps practices across teams, projects, or contracts.
• Involve the people affected by systems in technical work and design rather than working in isolation.
• Investigate systemic challenges in State Medicaid Enterprise System modernization with a cross-functional scrum team.
• Interview states and vendors about implementation challenges and recommend system improvements and other interventions to the client.
• Advise on development of Medicaid policy analysis tools and identification, development, and sustainment of process-automation opportunities.
• Advise, guide, and build connections across teams and contracts to improve delivery, communication, and collaboration; assess team skills and deliverables and act on findings.
• Build stakeholder buy-in, proactively identify risks and conflicts, identify approaches, take action, manage up, and escalate when appropriate.
• Shape collaboration approaches across practices and disciplines, coach and mentor colleagues, and help resolve cross-disciplinary project problems.
• Initiate and drive challenging work involving multiple disciplines; anticipate and provide information other practices need.
• Identify and respond to government requirements and policy that may affect work, including accessibility, PRA, FOIA, acquisition regulations, and security compliance; coach others on relevant government context.
• Represent A1M and the team to clients, including in challenging situations.
• Operate with autonomy and initiative, anticipate opportunities and challenges, and engage with managers and leadership on discipline growth, staffing, and organizational strategy.
• Occasionally contribute beyond regular hours, including evenings or weekends when necessary for client needs, deadlines, or strategic growth initiatives; this is expected to be exceptional rather than the norm.
• Identify and cultivate contract growth opportunities, contribute to proposals or white papers, connect with teaming partners, and increase A1M’s visibility through conferences, blogs, or social media.
• Partner with the Practice Director on career-lattice and hiring practices and discipline growth, support high-quality delivery, mentor across levels and disciplines, support remote practice culture, and build discipline community.
• Participate actively in client virtual meetings, including being on camera.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance, short-term disability, and optional voluntary benefits.
• 401(k) retirement benefits with employer matching.
• Four weeks of paid time off, seven company holidays, two personal days, and the employee’s birthday off.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Wellness reimbursements.
• Budgets for training, development, travel, and office supplies.
• Donations to a nonprofit of the employee’s choice upon hire and several times during the year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed