Engineering Lead / Principal Engineer

Engineering Lead / Principal Engineer
Positions: 2-3
Location: 100% Remote role
Engagement: 6 Months (Extendable/Convertible to FTE)

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team (Java, PL/SQL, QA, DevOps) with clear ownership, accountability, and delivery focus.

• Establish prioritization and escalation paths to reduce dependency on senior management and contain escalations within engineering.

• Oversee planning, execution, and delivery with emphasis on quality, timelines, and operational efficiency.

• Provide hands-on technical guidance in Java, database systems (Oracle/PL-SQL), and architecture planning/design reviews.

• Align engineering execution with strategic IT objectives and long-term technology roadmap.

• Implement governance for progress tracking, visibility (Jira, MoM), incident RCA, and release management.

• Drive process improvements to shift effort from operations to strategic initiatives; manage risks and unblock teams proactively

Required Skills

• 12-18+ years of software engineering experience.

• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, database architecture (Oracle/PL-SQL), and system design.

• Proven track record in project delivery, technical oversight, and architecture governance.

• Working knowledge of cloud, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.

• Healthcare/compliance (HIPAA, SOC2) is good to have.

Preferred

• Healthcare domain.

• HIPAA compliant application development.

• Experience leading multiple product teams.