Hybrid Principal Engineer

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About the role

  • Principal Software Engineer at OrthoFi driving large-scale platform transformation and governing architectural standards. Leading engineering culture while ensuring technical excellence in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

  • Define and govern architecture standards across the full stack (UI, API, data, infrastructure)
  • Establish design patterns, engineering guardrails, and development best practices across teams
  • Define software and system architecture for one or more product lines
  • Drive tech stack consolidation and evaluate new technologies that enhance business capabilities
  • Design robust, scalable software systems that deliver measurable business value
  • Create coherent designs across multiple interacting systems and services
  • Architect and lead company-wide modularization initiatives
  • Define module boundaries, ownership models, and integration interfaces
  • Create modularization roadmaps balancing technical risk and business priorities
  • Lead large-scale platform upgrades and structural transformations
  • Ensure high-quality rollout with minimal defect rates and well-defined failure domains
  • Build and maintain a prioritized tech debt roadmap
  • Balance long-term architectural health with near-term delivery commitments
  • Influence senior leadership on investment and sequencing decisions
  • Solve technical challenges that impact multiple products or teams
  • Own system-level monitoring, KPIs, and observability strategy
  • Define standards for logging, alerting, and reliability benchmarks
  • Create supportability and scalability through automation of delivery, testing, and deployment
  • Design CI/CD processes and repository architecture to support efficient development
  • Define integration standards and cross-system communication patterns
  • Ensure clean data flows and reliable system interoperability
  • Design cohesive multi-component systems with aligned expectations
  • Partner with data teams to support platform-wide data architecture
  • Champion adoption of AI-driven solutions across the software development lifecycle
  • Guide engineering standards and governance around AI usage at scale
  • Integrate AI-driven capabilities such as performance tuning, telemetry analysis, and incident detection
  • Collaborate with product and data teams to enable AI-powered platform features
  • Set the bar for engineering quality, craftsmanship, and best practices
  • Guide teams on architecture decisions and development standards
  • Mentor senior engineers and sponsor career growth
  • Recruit and develop principal and staff-level engineering talent
  • Mediate technical conflicts and drive alignment across teams
  • Communicate technical strategy, trade-offs, and risks to executive leadership
  • Translate architectural decisions into business impact
  • Shape technical narratives and drive cross-organizational alignment
  • Navigate complex business constraints and ambiguous environments

Requirements

  • 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience
  • 4+ years operating at Principal, Staff, or Distinguished Engineer level
  • Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale architectural transformation
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, API design, and platform architecture
  • Experience with modularization, platform consolidation, or re-architecture initiatives
  • Proven track record influencing engineering direction across multiple teams
  • Experience integrating AI/ML into engineering workflows or product capabilities
  • Executive-level communication skills with C-suite stakeholders

Benefits

  • Full medical, dental, and vision benefits with 100% employer paid options and buy up plans
  • Flexible PTO
  • Employer HSA contribution
  • 9 Company Paid holidays
  • 401(k) match, 3% after 90 days of employment
  • Supportive culture with one-of-a-kind growth opportunities
  • Hybrid in-office and work at home (2 days in-office Tuesdays and Thursdays)
  • Paid Parental Leave as well as a two-week "ease-back" program that enables parents to return part-time at full pay
  • Company and team outings
  • Peer-to-peer recognition program
  • Vendor discounts

Job title

Principal Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$180,000 - $225,000 per year

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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