HHAeXchange

Principal Software Engineer, Ruby on Rails

HHAeXchange

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • New York

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Salary

💰 $165,000 - $180,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

KubernetesRubyRuby on RailsTerraform

About the role

  • Hands-on Development: Contribute directly to the development of key platform features and components as an individual contributor, ensuring alignment with overall project goals.
  • Leadership in Design: Lead the end-to-end design and development of advanced healthcare software systems, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, secure, and high-performing.
  • Architect Healthcare Solutions: Design and implement solutions for healthcare transaction processing that comply with industry standards, including EDI, HL7, and FHIR.
  • Team Enablement and Prioritization: Clearly communicate priorities and expectations to the team, ensuring they have the support and resources to complete their work effectively.
  • Quality Ownership: Take full ownership of the quality of all team-delivered features, ensuring they meet both functional and non-functional requirements with well-thought-out designs.
  • Drive Architectural Innovation: Identify gaps or areas for improvement in existing patterns. Promote a culture of experimentation and innovation by encouraging theexploration of new technologies, tools, and methodologies that can drive competitive advantages.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary technical liaison for executive stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and alignment between engineering and business strategies.
  • Risk Management: Identify potential technical risks early in the development lifecycle and implement strategies to mitigate them, ensuring that projects remain on track and within scope.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, and other stakeholders to define project scope, assess feasibility, and translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
  • Technical Mentorship: Act as a senior technical resource, providing guidance, mentorship, and leadership to engineering teams, cultivating a culture of innovation, accountability, and excellence.
  • Stay Ahead of Industry Trends: Continuously monitor emerging healthcare technologies and trends, recommending cutting-edge solutions to maintain a competitive edge.
  • Other duties as assigned by supervisor or HHAeXchange leader.

Requirements

  • B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field, or a related field, or equivalent significant industry experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering within a software product company, with a focus on developing scalable, high-performance systems.
  • Significant experience in Ruby on Rails
  • Proven track record in application performance tuning and scalability improvements.
  • Proven leadership skills with experience mentoring and guiding engineering teams, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
  • Experience with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of delivering innovative, practical solutions.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Deep experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
  • Knowledge of pod-based architectures, database sharding, and multi-environment deployments.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, or similar).
  • Strong architectural skills, with the ability to balance technical excellence and delivery timelines.
  • Travel 10-25%, including overnight travel