Principal Software Engineer (AI/Healthtech)

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer (AI/Healthtech): Leading multi-year, multi-team technical initiatives for a health-tech drug acquisition platform with an accent on large-scale architecture, reliability, scalability, and integration of ML components. Focus on designing and deploying ML-based anomaly detection systems and NLP features, ensuring long-term maintainability and high engineering quality.

Location: Remote (US)

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing, venture-backed Health-Tech company building a next-generation drug acquisition platform to disrupt the PBM sector.

What you will do

• Define and align technical strategies for multi-year, multi-team initiatives.
• Own technology decisions for large-scale architectures, including frameworks and build-versus-buy choices.
• Design highly reliable, scalable, and maintainable systems with embedded ML components.
• Ensure engineering quality through regular health reviews, curated testing strategies, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with machine learning engineers to design, validate, and deploy ML-based anomaly detection systems.
• Partner with Directors, product managers, and design leadership to align on technical strategy and business objectives.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including leading large-scale, complex systems or initiatives (15 years required, or 12+ with an advanced degree).
• Expertise in system architecture, including design for scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Proficiency in evaluating build-versus-buy decisions and choosing frameworks/tools for diverse use cases.
• Experience driving the overall health and quality of systems, including testing strategies and technical documentation.
• Strong ability to influence and align technical and product strategies across teams and stakeholders.
• Deep technical expertise in software design and architecture, with experience in Machine Learning concepts and NLP techniques.

Culture & Benefits

• Highly competitive wellness benefits including Medical, Pharmacy, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance and AD&D Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Benefits and 401(k) Retirement Savings Program.
• Discretionary Paid Time Off and 12 Paid Company Holidays.
• Wellness Benefits and Commuter Benefits.
• Paid Parental Leave benefits.
• Professional development and training opportunities.