Principal Software Engineer – Healthcare AI

Cross Border Talents

Principal Software Engineer developing AI-powered platforms for healthcare. Architecting systems that improve patient communication and clinical efficiency.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇹 PortugalLead💰 €100,000 - €200,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and scale AI-powered healthcare platforms and distributed systems
Build and optimize agent-based architectures and orchestration systems
Develop secure healthcare data infrastructure and enterprise integrations
Improve system performance, reliability, scalability, and clinical accuracy
Collaborate closely with founders and a highly technical engineering team
Take ownership of technical decisions from architecture through deployment

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience building complex production-grade software systems
Strong backend engineering expertise, ideally with Python
Experience designing scalable distributed systems
Strong software architecture and systems design skills
Experience operating in startup, scale-up, or high-growth environments
Comfortable working independently with high ownership and accountability

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity participation
Fully remote work across the European Union
Flexible employment options (Permanent or B2B)

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI-powered healthcare platformsdistributed systemsagent-based architecturesorchestration systemssecure healthcare data infrastructureenterprise integrationsbackend engineeringPythonsoftware architecturesystems design

Soft Skills

collaborationownershipaccountabilityindependencetechnical decision-making