Company Overview
Founded in 2015, PHIL is a Series D health-tech startup that is building a platform that interfaces between doctors, pharmacies, and patients to streamline the process of patients receiving prescriptions. This is a complex, archaic industry, and we've set out to change that.
Phil’s B2B2C platform provides an end-to-end prescription management and delivery service. Our robust platform connects patients, prescribers, pharmacies, and manufacturers, enabling easy and affordable access to medicine. Through its digital stakeholder experiences, patient access services, market access solutions, and distribution models, pharma manufacturers can deliver affordable and timely therapy access to patients, resulting in more patients staying on their treatment plans longer. Consequently, pharma manufacturers are enabled for more innovation.
The team at Phil is a group of like-minded individuals from varying backgrounds, passionate about creating a new and innovative healthcare platform that is focused on patient experience and overall human wellbeing. Ready to join our team of mission-driven, analytical, and passionate people? Keep reading!
Position Overview
Phil is seeking a talented and experienced Principal Engineer/Software Architect to define and lead the evolution of our technical architecture. This role will focus on scaling our prescription management platform, simplifying complex workflows, and preparing for AI/LLM integration. Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will own our architectural vision, drive innovation, and serve as the technical authority for our engineering organization.
Responsibilities
Develop and own the technical architecture vision for PHIL’s prescription management platform
Lead architectural evolution to support scale, complexity, and growth
Design high-performance, backend systems to support mission-critical operations
Define architectural principles, standards, and guardrails across the platform
Analyze and simplify complex, rule-based workflows and systems
Architect scalable solutions for large volumes of pharmacy and patient data
Create data structures and APIs optimized for AI/LLM consumption
Drive technical governance, architecture reviews, and engineering best practices
Mentor Staff Engineers and provide technical leadership across teams
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, business, and engineering stakeholders
Qualifications
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 in architectural leadership
Proven experience designing and scaling complex, workflow-driven systems
Deep expertise in backend systems, distributed architectures, and API design
Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Experience simplifying complex systems while enhancing functionality
Expertise in data modeling and high-reliability data pipelines
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Experience in regulated industries such as healthcare, pharma, or finance
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with healthcare or pharmacy-related systems and/or prescription processing and pharmacy operations
Experience with workflow engines and configurable systems
Proficiency in Golang, Python, or similar languages
Background in scaling B2B2C platforms with multiple integrations
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and CI/CD pipelines
Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into production systems
Benefits
Ground floor opportunity with one of the fastest-growing startups in health-tech
Fully remote working environment
Competitive compensation (commensurate with experience)
Full benefits (medical, dental, vision)
401(k) contribution opportunity
PHIL Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer.
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What We Do
We believe that helping patients get prescriptions with seamless convenience can improve health and save lives. Phil revolutionizes life science product commercialization with technology. We are passionate about improving health outcomes, so we built an entirely new solution that improves the prescription experience for manufacturers, providers and patients. Our technology solution heightens brand value and provides an unparalleled experience for physicians and patients.
