Principal Software Engineer

Title: Principal Software Engineer

Reporting to: Director, Software Development
Location: Bengaluru (Bangalore)

Opportunity:

Get Well is seeking a visionary and technically adept Principal Software Engineer to architect, design, develop and optimize our cloud-native applications supporting AI, data platform and analytics. This role is pivotal in architecting scalable, secure, and high-performance applications within a regulated care environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep technical expertise in software architecture and engineering, data governance, and cloud infrastructure. The role will provide technical leadership across teams, ensuring high standards for code quality, performance, and reliability. This is a hands-on role, where strategic thinking meets deep engineering execution in a complex healthcare environment. This position reports to the Director, Product Development. This role requires close collaboration with software engineers, product teams, AI engineers and compliance specialists to deliver accurate, accessible, and actionable data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership:
• • Define and drive the architecture of high-scale, distributed systems powering healthcare applications.
  • Provide hands-on guidance in coding, design reviews, and performance optimization.
  • Mentor and lead engineers across multiple teams.
• Product Development:
• • Design and implement scalable services and APIs on cloud, integrate with interoperability methodologies (FHIR, HL7, etc.)
  • Contribute to the development of Data and AI platforms while collaborating with Data & Platform teams
  • Develop conversational Agentic AI workflows built on top of Data and AI platforms
• Collaboration:
• • Partner with product managers, UX designers, and clinical experts to align technical solutions with healthcare needs.
  • Work cross-functionally with security, compliance, and DevOps to ensure HIPAA-compliant, secure software delivery.
• Innovation:
• • Lead research and adoption of emerging technologies such as AI/ML in clinical decision support or predictive analytics.
  • Contribute to internal engineering standards and technical strategies.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline
• 10+ years of experience in software development, with 2+ years in a technical leadership or principal role.
• Proven experience building large-scale, distributed systems or cloud-native applications using AWS/Azure/Google Cloud/OCI and accompanying distributed tech stack (e.g. - Kafka, NoSQL DBs, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
• Strong proficiency in Java, Python, Node JS, Ruby/Rails
• Deep understanding of microservices, API design, and container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in React JS, Vue JS and other Javacript UI frameworks
• Exposure to health IT standards such as HL7, FHIR, or CDA
• Familiarity with HIPAA, data privacy, and healthcare compliance standards.

About Get Well:

Now part of the SAI Group family, Get Well is redefining digital patient engagement by putting patients in control of their personalized healthcare journeys, both inside and outside the hospital. Get Well is combining high-tech AI navigation with high-touch care experiences driving patient activation, loyalty, and outcomes while reducing the cost of care. For almost 25 years, Get Well has served more than 10 million patients per year across over 1,000 hospitals and clinical partner sites, working to use longitudinal data analytics to better serve patients and clinicians. AI innovator SAI Group led by Chairman Romesh Wadhwani is the lead growth investor in Get Well. Get Well's award-winning solutions were recognized again in 2024 by KLAS Research and AVIA Marketplace. Learn more at Get Well and follow-us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Get Well is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age or veteran status.

About SAI Group:

• SAIGroup commits to $1 Billion capital, an advanced AI platform that currently processes 300M+ patients, and 4000+ global employee base to solve enterprise AI and high priority healthcare problems. SAIGroup - Growing companies with advanced AI; https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/08/75-year-old-tech-mogul-betting-1-billion-of-his-fortune-on-ai-future.html
• Bio of our Chairman Dr. Romesh Wadhwani: Team - SAIGroup (Informal at Romesh Wadhwani - Wikipedia)
• TIME Magazine recently recognized Chairman Romesh Wadhwani as one of the Top 100 AI leaders in the world - Romesh and Sunil Wadhwani: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2023 | TIME