Principal Engineer - Applications

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Weave seeks a Principal Engineer to define the technical vision for its Applications suite—payments, scheduling, forms, and mobile experiences serving 40,000+ healthcare practices. The role drives architecture, solves cross‑team challenges, and elevates engineering capability through mentorship and strategic leadership.

Role Snapshot

• Technical strategy owner for Payments & Scheduling platforms
• Cross‑team architectural coherence leader
• Mentor for Staff and Senior Engineers
• Influence without direct authority
• Scale‑focused distributed systems expert

Must-Have Requirements

• Distributed Systems Architecture
• Event Streaming (Kafka, Google Pub/Sub)
• Scalable Data Stores (SQL & NoSQL)
• Cloud‑native Infrastructure (GCP/AWS, Kubernetes, IaC)
• Backend Development (Go preferred)
• software engineering
• technical leadership
• distributed systems
• US work authorization
• background check

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Compliance‑heavy domain experience (healthcare/fintech)
• AI/ML infrastructure integration
• External technical leadership (open source, speaking, writing)
• Data platform architecture (streaming pipelines, data lakes)
• compliance‑heavy environments
• AI/ML infrastructure
• external technical leadership
• fintech

Work Setup

• Location: Lehi, United States
• Work mode: HYBRID
• Remote scope: COUNTRY_RESTRICTED
• Remote countries: United States
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Work authorization: US work authorization
• Visa sponsorship: no
• Background check: required

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Remote eligibility details beyond US
• Education requirement
• Certifications
• Relocation
• Notice period
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Define and own a multi‑year technical vision for core application platforms
• Drive architectural consistency across Payments, Scheduling, Forms, Business Experience, and RCM teams
• Lead technical due‑diligence for major initiatives, including build‑vs‑buy and platform migrations
• Identify and resolve company‑wide technical problems that span multiple teams
• Forecast project costs and assess business impact of technical decisions
• Shape company‑wide standards for observability, reliability, and engineering excellence
• Mentor Staff and Senior Engineers, elevating architectural thinking across the fellowship
• Monitor industry trends to keep Weave ahead of emerging customer‑experience challenges

Good Fit If You Have

• Proven ability to influence across organizational boundaries
• Strong communication skills translating technical trade‑offs into business terms
• Experience leading large‑scale, high‑throughput systems in regulated domains