Principal Software Engineer
Core
Lead technical direction and hands-on implementation of real-time, mission-critical clinical decision-support applications using LLMs, OCR, and ML on Google Cloud.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Hands-on IC)
Builds
Real-time distributed clinical platforms, LLM pipelines, and scalable microservices
Domain
Healthcare technology, Cloud-native systems, Large Language Models (LLM)
Required skills
Python (performance/concurrency), distributed systems (event-driven/streaming), GCP (Vertex AI/GKE), microservices architecture, React/Angular, MLOps, LLM application development
Preferred skills
Regulated environment LLM ops, vector databases, evaluation frameworks, CI/CD/SRE practices, healthcare data standards (FHIR/HL7) (via careerplan.io/jobs/R0910155-principal-software-engineer-at-cvshealth)
Technologies
Python, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Vertex AI, GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, React, Angular, Claude, Gemini, GPT-4, Vector Search, Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector
Responsibilities
Own architecture and execution of the clinical platform; Build production-grade LLM systems with prompt engineering and guardrails; Deliver real-time, high-performance streaming services; Operationalize machine learning models on Vertex AI; Design flexible APIs and microservices; Raise the engineering bar through code reviews and mentorship; Own outcomes end-to-end from ambiguous needs to delivered solutions; Partner across Data Science, Product, Clinical, and Security teams
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities