Principal Software Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Grand Island (NE); On-site; USD 138,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

HealthFirst Medical Group in Grand Island, NE is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for a temporary, high-impact role. The target compensation ranges from $138,000 to $206,000 annually, reflecting ownership and leadership expectations in a fast-moving, people-centered team.

The role focuses on delivering robust software ownership, guiding critical churn reductions, and ensuring reliable outcomes across time-bound projects.

Qualifications

• Empathy that helps deliver feedback constructively.
• Self-directed, accountable for outcomes in a temporary role.
• Calm under scope changes from a client.
• Reliable, committed to follow-through.
• Curiosity to ask clarifying questions before costly mistakes.
• Portfolio or work samples demonstrating technology expertise.

Responsibilities

• Tune Selenium caching to support the Grand Island launch spike on the same hardware.
• Wire Critical Thinking APIs to Attention Management consumers so data lands where the team expects.
• Refactor a technology module the organization has hesitated to touch.
• Translate Kubernetes outage issues into fixes for the Grand Island launch.
• Translate stakeholders' fuzzy product wishes into shippable People Management services.

Job description

At HealthFirst Medical Group, Redis isn't a buzzword on a slide, it's Tuesday, and we need a Principal Software Engineer who feels the same way. The offer reads simply — temporary, $138,000 - $206,000, 8 years, and a principal role where ownership is not a perk but the point.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune Selenium caching so HealthFirst Medical Group survives the Grand Island launch spike on the same hardware
• Wire Critical Thinking APIs to Attention Management consumers so data lands where Grand Island teams expect it
• Refactor the technology module HealthFirst Medical Group has been afraid to touch
• Translate the generously-mentoring Kubernetes outage into fixes that make the next Grand Island launch dull
• Translate fuzzy product wishes from HealthFirst Medical Group stakeholders into shippable People Management services

What You'll Bring

• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Comfort being accountable for a self-directed outcome in a temporary role
• Demonstrated calm when a Grand Island, NE client changes scope mid-stream
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• A portfolio or work samples that demonstrate your technology expertise

The people-centered culture at HealthFirst Medical Group is what keeps our Grand Island, NE team building remarkable things together. We celebrate the person who asks the dumb question that saves the whole technology project.

The offer reads $138,000 - $206,000, plus the soft stuff that hard-wins loyalty: coaching, coverage, and a flexible temporary rhythm.

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