Principal Software Engineer - Digital Health

Principal I, Software Engineering - Digital Health

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technical Lead – Application Maintenance & Support (AMS) - with hands-on experience for driving development, and maintenance of mission critical enterprise-grade Digital Health applications. This role involves hands-on experience for fixing defects, implementing enhancements, and ensuring high-quality deliverables. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in programming languages, web development frameworks, databases, and cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Software Maintenance & Enhancements
  • Maintain and improve existing applications for stability and performance.
  • Analyze and resolve defects promptly using root cause analysis.
  • Implement new features and enhancements aligned with business needs.
• Technical Leadership
  • Define technical implementation and design for full-stack solutions.
  • Hands-on Technical expertise, conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards.
  • Mentor team members and collaborate with Architects, Product Managers and Program Managers.
• Development & Integration
  • Build scalable, secure applications using Java, Spring Boot, and modern front-end frameworks (React/Angular).
  • Design and implement RESTful APIs and microservices.
  • Integrate front-end components with back-end services for seamless user experience.
• Monitoring & Observability
  • Implement observability measures and performance monitoring.
  • Create and maintain DataDog or New Relic dashboards for application health and metrics.
  • Ensure smooth handover to Cloud Operations with proper documentation and monitoring setup.
• Quality & Best Practices
  • Cross functional impact analysis.
  • Ensure code quality through unit, integration, and regression testing.
  • Optimize application performance.
• Collaboration
  • Work closely with Development team, QA engineers, and DevOps teams.
  • Communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Analytical thinking
  • Structured problem‑solving, validating with data, and converge on fixes.
  • Ability to translate product goals into measurable engineering outcomes and prioritize tradeoffs.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience
• 10–12+ years in software engineering with 3+ years as a Tech Lead, still actively coding.
• Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST APIs.
• Front‑end experience with React, Angular, TypeScript, HTML5/CSS3.
• Cloud & platform skills: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, API Gateway), Redis, RabbitMQ.
• Observability: hands‑on with DataDog, New Relic (dashboards, monitors, APM, logs)
• Containerization & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management.

Work hours: 1 PM to 10 PM IST

Relocation assistance: Yes

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Experience Level

Senior Level