Principal Software Engineer

Position Overview

• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Description: PointClickCare is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to champion technical excellence across empowered Scrum teams, drive scalability and reliability of a production system, and contribute to improvements benefiting millions of healthcare users. This role involves mentoring teams, collaborating on projects, and advocating for best practices.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful API endpoints.
• Cloud Experience: Experience with Azure or AWS.
• Containerization: Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Databases: Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Testing: Excellent software testing skills.
• Security: Ability to build security into a system and mentor others.
• Microservices: Experience with microservices.
• Monitoring Tools: Experience using system and performance monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, DataDog).
• Teamwork: Ability to build strong working relationships with peers and stakeholders.
• Self-Starter: Ability to prioritize effectively and deliver despite complexity.
• Leadership: Ability to promote courageous innovative discussion where multiple viewpoints are heard.
• Education: BSc/BA in Computer Science or a related degree.

Responsibilities

• Mentoring: Mentor engineering teams in best practices through collaboration, root cause analysis, and code reviews.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with engineers, architects, product owners, and external teams to deliver software design meeting business and engineering objectives.
• Unblocking Teams: Unblock teams through implementation and troubleshooting.
• Championing Quality: Champion high-quality software through automation, rigorous test planning, and sophisticated monitoring systems.
• Best Practices: Promote best practices and learning across the engineering department.
• System Analysis & Debugging: Analyze and debug complex systems.
• Backlog Refinement: Participate in backlog refinement and lead design sessions.
• Technology Updates: Ensure software is up to date with the latest technologies.
• System Improvements: Identify and advocate for improvements in our systems.
• Innovative Solutions: Provide innovative solutions and prototype where needed.
• Leading Discussions: Can lead implementation discussions with other team members.
• Problem Solving: Effective at determining the underlying causes of bugs and addressing systemic issues that lead to them.
• Analytical Skills: Analytical mind with problem-solving aptitude.

Company Information

• Company: PointClickCare
• Industry: Healthcare SaaS
• Focus: Providing software solutions for healthcare organizations.