[Hiring] Principal Engineer @PatientPoint

Role Description

Join PatientPoint to be part of a dynamic team creating change in and around the doctor’s office. As a leading digital health company, we innovate to positively impact patient behaviors. Our purpose-driven approach offers an inspirational career opportunity where you can contribute to improving health outcomes for millions of patients nationwide.

PatientPoint Network Solutions LLC in Cincinnati, OH seeks Principal Engineer. Responsibilities include:

• Design and development of scalable, AI/ML-powered full-text and vector search services using Java, Python, Lucene, and event-driven microservices.
• Architect high-performance NoSQL data storage and streaming solutions (Kafka, Kinesis).
• Develop secure RESTful and GraphQL APIs.
• Build real-time data pipelines and enforce security best practices.
• Drive long-term technology strategies and mentor engineering teams.
• Ensure maintainable, robust systems aligned with Twelve-Factor App principles and compliance standards.

Specific areas of focus include:

• Architect and Develop: Design, architect, and develop resilient, scalable, cloud-native, and cutting-edge software solutions leveraging AI/ML, Lucene, Vector search, Java, Python, AWS, and event-driven microservices.
• Event-Driven Microservices: Lead the development and optimization of event-driven microservices architectures, ensuring efficient, fault-tolerant, and reliable message processing.
• NoSQL Databases: Utilize NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB) to design data models and implement data storage solutions that meet high-performance requirements.
• API Development: Create and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs to support various applications and services, ensuring high performance and security.
• Distributed Data Processing: Build real-time, batch-oriented data pipelines to process high volume of data leveraging Spring Batch, Apache Kafka, Spark, and Snowflake.
• Streaming Technologies: Implement and manage data streaming solutions using technologies such as Apache Kafka to process and analyze real-time data.
• Multi Cloud Solutions: Leverage AWS, Azure services to build, deploy, and manage multi-cloud based applications, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Security and Compliance: Ensure that all software solutions adhere to security standards and compliance requirements, incorporating best practices for data protection and risk management.
• Integrate and optimize AI/ML models for real-time applications and services.
• Deconstruct complex projects into discrete systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers.
• Design and implement systems and frameworks that can provide long-term value to the company and its engineering functions.
• Develop long-term domain/technology strategies and significantly influence the processes and standards associated with the use of the tools or applications supported.
• Assist in technical audits and implement audit recommendations.
• Ensure that technical documentation for solution designs is created and maintained.
• Build Security First culture and guidelines for all engineers.
• Apply the Twelve-Factor App methodology for building applications to enable portability and resilience when deployed to the web.
• Expert level knowledge of data structures, algorithms, design principles, patterns, and concurrency models.
• Work with the application development teams to implement data strategies, build data flows, and develop conceptual data models.

Travel: 10% travel is required to headquarters (Cincinnati, OH) for company and team meetings at least 5 times a year for 3-4 days at a time. 100% telecommuting from home allowed from anywhere in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in the job offered or a related field.

Requirements

• Experience with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS with 3 years of hands-on work in public cloud solutions.
• 3 years of experience with:
  • Data modeling using a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) using PostgreSQL.
  • Developing products using microservices-based architectures.
  • Building real-time distributed data processing pipelines using Spring Batch, Apache Kafka, and Spark.
  • OAuth2, OpenID Connect, SAML protocols, and encryption technologies.
  • Packaging, orchestrating, and managing containerized services on Amazon EKS or Azure AKS.
• 2 years of experience with:
  • Software development experience with Python 3.10.
  • Core Spring Framework modules, including Spring Core (IoC, DI), Spring MVC, and Spring Data JPA, as well as building RESTful APIs using Spring Boot.
  • Real-time fault-tolerant distributed data streaming technology, specifically using Apache Kafka.
  • Building search solutions using Elasticsearch.
• 1 year of experience with:
  • Software development experience with Java 17 or higher.
  • MongoDB NoSQL Database.
• Experience with:
  • Data privacy and security principles.
  • Twelve-factor app methodology when building applications and services.
  • Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment using Jenkins, Github Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, and ArgoCD.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Flexible time off to recharge.
• Hybrid work options.
• Mental and emotional wellness resources.
• 401K plan.
• Comprehensive range of modernized benefits and cultural perks.

Company Description

PatientPoint® is the Point of Change company, transforming the healthcare experience through the strategic delivery of behavior-changing content at critical moments of care. As the nation’s largest and most impactful digital network in 30,000 physician offices, we connect patients, providers, and health brands with relevant information that is proven to drive healthier decisions and better outcomes.