Principal Platform Engineer — Real-Time GraphQL & AI

Charlie Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Stock options

Equal Opportunity Employer environment

Job summary

Charlie Health in New York is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction of the Core Platform team. You will be responsible for architecting the federated GraphQL services that underpin all client interactions and ensuring that our platform operates securely and efficiently.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience, particularly in platform or distributed systems architecture. This role emphasizes technical leadership, managing roadmap delivery, and architecting complex systems in a regulated environment.

Charlie Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, targeting a salary range of $225,000 to $325,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with platform architecture.
• Hands-on experience with GraphQL and event streaming systems.
• Experience with technical leadership and team alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap and intake for the Core Platform team.
• Set the technical direction and manage team delivery.
• Architect federated GraphQL supergraph and manage schema.

Skills

GraphQL federation

event streaming systems (Kafka)

software engineering

TypeScript/Python

cloud primitives (AWS)

Job description

Charlie Health in New York is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the technical direction of the Core Platform team. You will be responsible for architecting the federated GraphQL services that underpin all client interactions and ensuring that our platform operates securely and efficiently.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience, particularly in platform or distributed systems architecture. This role emphasizes technical leadership, managing roadmap delivery, and architecting complex systems in a regulated environment.

Charlie Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, targeting a salary range of $225,000 to $325,000 per year.