Engineering Lead​/Principal Engineer

Engineering Lead / Principal Engineer

Location:

100% Remote role Engagement: 6 Months (Extendable/Convertible to FTE)

• Lead and mentor a cross-functional engineering team (Java, PL/SQL, QA, Dev Ops) 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

• 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 Dev Ops practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Healthcare/compliance (HIPAA, SOC2) is good to have.

• Healthcare domain.
• HIPAA compliant application development.
• Experience leading multiple product teams.