Chime is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join Zócalo Health during a period of rapid growth. You will have a greenfield opportunity to build and own the technology platform from the ground up, with significant influence over architecture, stack, and engineering culture to help scale a community-oriented primary care model.
What You'll Do
- Drive the architectural vision for the platform, including event-driven patterns, service boundaries, performance, and scalability.
- Lead AI strategy within engineering, including adoption of AI-accelerated developer tooling, code generation, and automated testing.
- Own greenfield architectural decisions, including technology selection, service design, and infrastructure strategy.
- Provide leadership across application, network, and infrastructure security, including secure coding practices and integration of security tooling.
- Work with product to refine MVP scope, introduce instrumentation, and measure feature usage and ROI.
- Drive team SDLC processes, including feature management, testing, CI/CD pipelines, security, performance, and developer experience.
- Lead and support the recruiting process for engineers, helping build an evaluation process.
- Foster a culture of knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of experience.
- Extensive experience designing and building scalable, performant systems across web, mobile, and backend services.
- Deep expertise in cloud architecture, including application infrastructure, networking, observability, and deployment.
- Strong understanding of large-scale architectural patterns, including event-driven systems, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience working in regulated healthcare environments, including familiarity with HIPAA compliance, PHI handling, and EHR integrations.
- Strong knowledge of application, network, and infrastructure security, including OWASP, DAST, SCA, SAST, and secure coding.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and influence product direction.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to translate technical concepts for senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Experience designing or integrating AI or ML-powered product features such as prediction models or workflow automation.
- Experience integrating AI into software development workflows, including AI-enhanced coding tools and automated testing.
- Proven experience identifying and driving system-level and AI-driven improvements aligned to business objectives.
Team & Environment
You will be part of a fast-growing team and report to the VP of Engineering.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $190,000 - $210,000
- Equity compensation package
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision
- 401k
- Flexible PTO policy
- $1,000 home office stipend
- Equipment provided
- Opportunity for rapid career progression
Work Mode
This role is open to candidates located within the United States.
We see diversity and inclusion as a source of strength in transforming healthcare. We believe building trust and innovation are best achieved through diverse perspectives. Acceptance and respect are rooted in an understanding that people do not experience things in the same way.
Individuals seeking employment at Zócalo Health are considered without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
