[Hiring] Principal Software Engineer @Centific

Role Description

• Design, build, and maintain large-scale distributed systems on Azure using .NET/C#
• Navigate and contribute to complex, legacy and modern codebases with minimal ramp-up time
• Engage directly with business stakeholders to rapidly build domain expertise and translate requirements into technical solutions
• Drive architectural decisions, trade-off analyses, and technical strategy for your area
• Own backend services end-to-end: APIs, data access, cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines
• Mentor and unblock other engineers; raise the bar on engineering quality and practices
• Collaborate across organizational boundaries to align technical work with business outcomes
• Identify and resolve systemic issues in production environments, tooling, and development workflows

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in C# and .NET (including .NET 6+ / ASP.NET Core)
• Deep experience with Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, Service Bus, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage, Key Vault, Entra ID)
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently in ambiguous, complex environments with large codebases and distributed systems
• Strong track record of shipping and maintaining production backend systems at scale
• Experience in regulated or domain-heavy industries (healthcare, life sciences, finance, or similar)
• Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to build relationships with non-technical stakeholders and translate between business and engineering contexts
• Comfort with end-to-end ownership: from requirements gathering through deployment and operational support

Requirements

• Prior experience in Health & Life Sciences technology (EHR/EMR systems, clinical data, regulatory compliance, HIPAA, HL7/FHIR, etc.)
• Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Bicep/Terraform)
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures, microservices patterns, and distributed messaging
• Experience with data-intensive systems, pipelines, or ML/AI integrations in a healthcare context
• History of leading cross-team initiatives or serving as a technical anchor on high-impact projects

Tech Stack

• Languages: C#, .NET 8+
• Backend: ASP.NET Core Web APIs, Azure Functions, Worker Services
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure (App Services, AKS/Containers, Service Bus, Event Grid, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, Key Vault, Entra ID/MSAL)
• Data: SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Entity Framework Core
• DevOps: Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Docker
• Observability: Application Insights, Azure Monitor