Principal Software Engineer
Highmark Health1 day ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$129k - $215k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own architecture for platform domains spanning client experiences, API gateways, backend services, data stores, and event pipelines.
- Define service topologies and measurable non-functional requirements for scalability, performance, maintainability, security, and robustness.
- Design authorization, consent gating, data shaping, redaction, classification, audit logging, encryption, and key-management approaches for Protected Health Information.
- Lead partner and vendor integrations, including identity federation, file and API exchanges, and webhook ingestion.
- Design migration paths from incumbent vendor platforms, including parallel operation, traffic cutover, rollback, and data reconciliation.
- Write architecture decision records, service specifications, and interface contracts, and present solutions to engineering, architecture, security, and senior leadership.
- Lead resolution of complex technical and business problems, estimate development work, monitor roadmap execution, and mentor software engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field is required; a master's degree is preferred.
- At least 9 years of experience designing and analyzing algorithms, data structures, and design patterns for scalable, highly available systems.
- At least 9 years using two modern programming languages and at least three of React, Angular v4+, NodeJS, NoSQL databases, HTML5, CSS, Google Cloud Platform, or Amazon Web Services.
- At least 9 years of experience with web services technologies such as REST, HTTPS, and JSON.
- At least 9 years using two or more general-purpose programming languages, including Java, Python, C/C++, C#, Objective-C, JavaScript, or Go.
- At least 9 years defining system architectures, evaluating technical trade-offs, and producing fault-tolerant, efficient, and maintainable code.
- Preferred experience includes 9 years working with technology systems, designing solutions, or developing healthcare applications, including translating mockups, prototypes, and user stories into working applications.
- Three years of experience with Natural Language Understanding, Deep Neural Networks, or related fields is preferred.
- Preferred Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Cloud Developer, or Professional Cloud Security Engineer certification.
- Ability to influence technical direction across team boundaries, document architecture decisions, communicate clearly, and apply professional software engineering practices.
Benefits
- Office-based position with a physical work site required.
- Travel requirement is 0%–25%.
- Position regularly teaches or trains others and may involve occasional travel between work sites.
- Base pay range is stated separately as $129,100.00–$214,500.00.
Tech Stack
AngularAWSCC#C++CSSDjangoFlaskGoGoogle Cloud PlatformInformaticaJavaJavaScriptObjective-CPythonReact
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About Highmark Health
Highmark Health is a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit parent company that combines health insurance and care delivery. It operates Highmark’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and owns Allegheny Health Network, a regional hospital and physician system in Western Pennsylvania, plus the technology subsidiary enGen. The organization’s revenue comes from insurance premiums and healthcare services, serving commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid members across its licensed markets.