The Principal Software Engineer is responsible for leading large technical initiatives on complex solutions at WellSky, providing technical leadership, insights, and motivation to a team of highly skilled developers, and owning deliverable results in a critical area of development while providing reliable, efficient, high-quality software and hardware solutions. This role impacts architecture and process improvements across multiple product lines within a business unit.
A day in the life!
You will be responsible for the following:
- Analyzing system requirements or specifications, translating them into actionable work units for the team to conceptualize, and developing high quality software using the established coding standards and development best practices for multiple product lines within the same BU
- Leading large initiative while mentoring, teaching, guiding, and improving the productivity of other Software Engineers
- Conducting system analysis and proof of concepts, partnering with architect and/or leadership involvement, to determine best design or solution
- Researching and recommending software tools/frameworks/products and/or emerging technologies as needed for a solution
- Leading and creating architecture and designing as needed to meet the requirements, integrate disparate systems or manage changing technologies
- Enforcing the development of unit tests, automated tests, and performance tests as needed to ensure quality, supporting general debugging and isolating areas for improvement
- Capturing and analyzing performance test metrics and providing operational documentation
- Reviewing appropriate documentation, such as implementation manuals, support manuals/playbooks, performance testing guidelines, etc. as needed to run/support the software
- Participating in incident analysis and resolution, and documenting the results of testing, including analysis of defects or support tickets
- May be asked to manage a small team of engineers
- Performing individual contributor's duties for at least 50% of the time
Do you have what it takes?
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Master’s in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 12+ years' experience building cloud SaaS applications using C#, Python, .NET, JavaScript and related frameworks
- 5+ years' experience building RESTful and GraphQL APIs
- 3+ years' experience building and supporting SaaS applications with Google Cloud services like Cloud Run, GKE, Firestore, Spanner, AlloyDB, BigQuery, Dataflow, PubSub, Workflows etc.
- 3+ years in a Technical leadership role influencing at all levels of organization
- Experience leading across the software development lifecycle, including deep knowledge of best practices surrounding Git and GitHub, pull requests and code reviews, continuous integration and delivery, and post-deployment monitoring and analysis
- Experience building SaaS applications using domain-driven, event-driven and microservices architectures
- Experience working with SRE engineers on application logging, monitoring, alerting and security
- Excellent written and communication skills with experience doing presentations to various audience types
- Self-starter and collaborate with other teams (inside and outside of development)
- Enthusiasm for learning, collaboration and mentorship
- Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience
Do you stand above the rest?
Preferred Qualifications:
- Healthcare industry experience
- Experience building and supporting mobile applications
- Working with remote teams
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Additional job expectations applicable to this position include:
- Willingness to work additional or irregular hours as needed
- Working in accordance with corporate and organizational security policies and procedures
- Performing other responsibilities as assigned
WellSky is where independent thinking and collaboration come together to create an authentic culture. We thrive on innovation, inclusiveness, and cohesive perspectives. At WellSky you can make a difference.
WellSky provides equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, genetic information, military service, veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law. WellSky is proud to be a drug-free workplace.
Applicants for U.S.-based positions with WellSky must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Certain client-facing positions may be required to comply with applicable requirements, such as immunizations and occupational health mandates.
Here are some of the exciting benefits full-time teammates are eligible to receive at WellSky:
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Mental health benefits through TelaDoc
- Prescription drug coverage
- Generous paid time off, plus 13 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- 100% vested 401(K) retirement plans
- Educational assistance up to $2500 per year
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What We Do
WellSky is a technology company advancing human wellness worldwide. Our software and professional services address the continuum of health and social care — helping businesses, organizations, and communities solve tough challenges, improve collaboration for growth, and achieve better outcomes through predictive insights that only WellSky solutions can provide.
WellSky serves more than 20,000 client sites around the world — including the largest hospital systems, blood banks and labs, home health and hospice franchises, government agencies, and human services organizations.
Informed by 40 years of providing software and expertise, WellSky anticipates providers’ needs and innovates relentlessly to help people thrive. Our purpose is to empower care heroes with technology for good, so that together, we can realize care’s potential and maintain a healthy, flourishing world.
