Staff Software Engineer

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Drive system design and technical planning for projects, including large, complex, cross-functional initiatives
• Partner on architectural decisions for critical systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with Pearl's long-term technical vision
• Define and implement engineering standards, patterns, and best practices that improve scalability, reliability, and developer productivity across the organization
• Partner to make strategic trade-offs between technical debt, feature delivery, and system reliability

Full-Stack Excellence

• Design and build high-performance, distributed systems including data pipelines, APIs, and microservices that process healthcare data at scale
• Architect intuitive, responsive, end-to-end web applications and internal tools
• Ensure observability, monitoring, and operational excellence across distributed services, cloud infrastructure, and frontend applications
• Apply deep expertise in both backend service design (RESTful and event-driven architectures) and modern frontend frameworks
• Champion security best practices, data consistency patterns, and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SOC2)

Strategic Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with product, operations, and design leadership to align engineering decisions with company priorities
• Act as a technical advisor to multiple teams
• Influence and drive technical discussions across the organization
• Translate business requirements into technical strategies

Mentorship & Cultural Leadership

• Mentor engineers at Software Engineer I, II, and III levels
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on continuous learning and technical excellence
• Conduct thorough design and code reviews
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and retention efforts

Delivery & Impact

• Own and drive multi-quarter technical projects with autonomy and accountability
• Identify and resolve systemic issues, technical bottlenecks, and cross-team dependencies
• Measure and communicate the business impact of technical work

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in full-stack software development with service-oriented architectures and large data systems
• Demonstrated architectural experience designing and implementing scalable, distributed systems including microservices and event-driven architectures
• Strong leadership track record in driving technical direction for significant cross-functional projects
• Cloud platform proficiency (preferably AWS) including hands-on experience with infrastructure design, deployment pipelines, and cost optimization
• Deep expertise designing and optimizing data-intensive applications involving large-scale data movement, transformation, and presentation
• Proven production operations experience in distributed systems (observability, monitoring, incident response)
• Experience aligning technical decisions with business objectives
• Frontend architecture experience including state management, component design systems, build optimization, and deployment strategies
• Hands-on experience with AI-enabled development using tools like Cursor, Claude, or similar productivity tools

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience building systems in healthcare technology, fintech, or other highly regulated industries
• Expertise in regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SOC2)
• Deep database expertise with relational databases including schema design, query optimization, data consistency patterns, and performance tuning