Principal Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Maryland, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Define and enhance the target architecture for FuzeRx’s core B2B and consumer platforms.

• Drive the technical roadmap for transforming legacy systems into modern, scalable, and cohesive architectures.

• Lead the design and execution of technically demanding initiatives, such as high-volume API integrations, pharmacy fulfillment logistics, and maintaining distributed data consistency.

• Mentor Staff, Senior, and Mid-level engineers.

• Implement design reviews, pairing sessions, and technical brown-bag sessions.

• Establish and uphold standards for coding, testing, CI/CD, and security-by-design.

• Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering Managers, and Pharmacy Operations.

• Architect systems that support HIPAA and SOC2 compliance, patient data privacy, and secure messaging.

• Optimize system performance, minimize latency, and enhance PostgreSQL and AWS database efficiency.

• Assess tools, frameworks, and AWS services through proof-of-concept initiatives.

• Report to the VP of Engineering and work across multiple product squads.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Over 10 years of progressive, hands-on experience in software engineering and systems design.

• At least 3 years of experience operating at a Staff, Principal, or equivalent senior architectural level, leading technical initiatives across various teams.

• Extensive experience building and scaling distributed, high-throughput, and highly available B2B SaaS or transactional systems.

• Standard business hours; expected to serve as a Tier 1 technical escalation point for critical architectural outages.

• Mastery of modern cloud architectures.

• Deep, hands-on experience with AWS, PostgreSQL, Ruby on Rails, Python, TypeScript, and JavaScript.

• Familiarity with Slack, GSuite, and Jira.

• Exceptional communication skills to convey complex technical trade-offs to non-technical executives and stakeholders.

• Strong preference for action and practicality over architectural perfection.

• Proven track record of designing and implementing complex distributed systems, optimizing intricate relational database queries, and establishing automated deployment pipelines.

• Advanced knowledge of healthcare data interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, and NCPDP, as well as EHR integrations.

• Physical ability to work at a computer terminal for extended periods and fulfill the listed physical requirements.

• Must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; no visa sponsorship or transfer is available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Dental, vision, and multiple group medical plans.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan.

• Group life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance.

• Flexible spending account (FSA).

• Health savings account (HSA).

• Commuter benefits.

• Employer-paid short-term (STD) and long-term disability (LTD) insurance.

• Supplemental spouse life insurance.

• Legal insurance.

• Employee assistance program.

• Home health testing kits.

• Fertility medication discount program.

• Flexible vacation time.

• Accrued paid sick time.

• 10 paid holidays.

• 2 floating holidays for full-time non-exempt employees.

• Eight weeks of paid parental leave for eligible employees, with additional paid weeks for the birthing parent.

• 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave.

• Lifestyle Spending Account allowance each month.