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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Healthfirst
- **Location:** Concord, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unit Testing, Google Cloud, Technical Debt, Integration Tests
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_c654f6190718df1c9fde2fefc9db40d0

## About the Role

* Ability to thrive both independently and as part of a tight-knit team
 * The reliability that lets a manager stop checking in
 * Comfort being accountable for an inclusive outcome in a full-time role
 * Comfort with the full-time cadence of a Concord-based operation
 * 8 or more years steering technology projects end to end
 * Hands-on experience with modern Cross-Functional Collaboration workflows and tooling
 * Hands-on technology experience that holds up to follow-up questions

## Description

* Write the Unit Testing integration tests that catch regressions before Concord, CA ships them
 * Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
 * Reach into legacy Google Cloud modules and leave them cleaner than you found them
 * Lead technical design reviews for principal technology initiatives
 * Re-architect the technology flow so Google Cloud handles ten times Concord's current load
 * Deliver principal-quality features within the $200,000 - $282,000 Principal Software Engineer mandate
 * Turn HealthFirst Medical Group's Cross-Functional Collaboration on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something
 * Stand up observability so HealthFirst Medical Group sees failures before customers in CA do