Founding Principal Engineer, Healthtech Platform & Equity

Alldus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Alldus is seeking a Founding Principal Engineer to join our Healthtech team in New York City. You will shape the technical strategy, build critical platform capabilities and guide a distributed engineering team to deliver complex solutions.

You will lead architecture, oversee production software, and mentor engineers while driving alignment with HIPAA and payer requirements. This role demands strong hands-on leadership and excellent communication with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years in production software with Staff/Principal Engineer experience.
• Strong full-stack capabilities across databases, backend services and UIs.
• Ability to define architecture and deliver complex systems end-to-end.
• Experience leading hands-on engineering teams, including offshore groups.
• Proven track record raising engineering standards and mentoring developers.
• Experience with distributed/offshore teams and regulated environments.
• Healthcare experience or sensitivity to HIPAA-like requirements is a plus.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and manage competing priorities in a growing company.
• Excellent communication and ability to explain technical decisions to senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Shape the technical roadmap and architecture for telehealth services and patient-facing apps.
• Develop production software and tackle platform challenges.
• Assess build vs buy decisions and engage external partners when needed.
• Lead and mentor offshore engineers, setting clear priorities and delivery.
• Introduce engineering standards for code reviews, testing, deployments, on-call and incidents.
• Ensure platform reliability and data security, with compliance considerations.
• Drive practical AI adoption across clinical, operational and engineering processes.
• Refine the technology stack (TypeScript, Node.js, React, AWS) and guide evolutions.
• Collaborate with clinical, growth and operations teams to translate business needs into technical plans.
• Hire and onboard US-based engineers, shaping team structure and culture.

Skills

8+ years experience

Full-stack engineering

Architecture definition

Leading teams (onsite/offshore)

Mentoring developers

Distributed/offshore collaboration

Regulated environments

Security and data integrity

Prioritization under ambiguity

Strong communication with leadership

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

React

AWS

Job description

Alldus is seeking a Founding Principal Engineer to join our Healthtech team in New York City. You will shape the technical strategy, build critical platform capabilities and guide a distributed engineering team to deliver complex solutions.

You will lead architecture, oversee production software, and mentor engineers while driving alignment with HIPAA and payer requirements. This role demands strong hands-on leadership and excellent communication with senior stakeholders.