Principal Engineer, New Products

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PetDeskVeterinary technology
United StatesFull-TimePrincipal
Salary180,000 - 200,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
10+ years of software engineering, including 3+ years at a Staff or Principal level or equivalent technical leadership
Required Skills
C#.NETRESTful APIsData modelingDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • Bring 10+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Have 3+ years at Staff or Principal level, or equivalent technical leadership experience.
  • Have hands-on experience with C#/.NET and cloud-native development, including building proofs of concept.
  • Have designed distributed systems, APIs, and third-party integrations at scale.
  • Bring strong architecture skills, including event-driven design, data modeling, and pragmatic scalability tradeoffs.
  • Be able to translate business requirements into a clear system design and delivery plan.
  • Align multiple teams without formal authority and lead a small team, including contractors, through standards and process.
  • Have built a new product or system from scratch.
  • Use AI coding agents such as Claude Code daily and explain how they affect design, building, and review.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical vision, architecture, and long-term engineering strategy for the platform.
  • Design and evolve a platform supporting integrations across third-party systems, including pharmaceutical manufacturers and clinic systems.
  • Architect data pipelines, APIs, and services for data exchange between veterinary clinics, pet owners, drug manufacturers, and industry partners.
  • Translate business requirements and customer needs into technical solutions that support product roadmap planning and prioritization.
  • Scale the platform and teams through process, automation, and AI-assisted development.
  • Oversee technical execution of key initiatives, managing timelines, dependencies, and cross-functional coordination.
  • Conduct architecture reviews and hands-on technical guidance sessions for complex initiatives spanning teams and systems.
  • Set technical standards and deliverables for a contractor team and potential additional teams.
  • Build hands-on with AI coding agents such as Claude Code and set standards for their use.
  • Identify and mitigate risks involving integrations, data quality, platform scalability, and system performance.
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