Principal Software Engineer

Entertainment Partners Inc; Idaho Falls (ID); Remote; USD 121,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits package

Remote-first

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Principal Software Engineer in Idaho Falls to own high-performance subsystems and mentor a growing team. You will optimize Laravel-based models, reduce latency, and ensure scalable data pipelines for millions of events.

Bring 8+ years guiding technology projects, a strong PHP/Redis background, and a pragmatic, remote-friendly approach. The role offers mentorship, a robust benefits package, and a remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years steering technology projects end to end.
• Strong cloud platform knowledge (AWS/GCP).
• Experience translating Laravel complexity for non-technical audiences.
• Proficient in PHP and Redis, with performance focus.

Responsibilities

• Own the performance-driven accountability subsystem.
• Collaborate with analysts to align Laravel models with real behavior.
• Reduce cold-start and latency on critical paths.
• Fix Idaho Falls field-report issues and prevent repeats.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events.

Skills

Cloud platforms

End-to-end leadership

Laravel complexity translation

PHP

Redis

Calm under scope change

Production performance

Technical mentorship

Tools

Laravel

PHP

Redis

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Our technology stack is growing faster than our team, so UnitedHealth Group is bringing on a Principal Software Engineer to keep the architecture honest. Bring the sharp-but-gentle energy and 10 years; UnitedHealth Group brings $121,000 - $193,000, an Idaho Falls base, and room to grow into more.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the performance-driven Accountability subsystem that the rest of UnitedHealth Group quietly depends on
• Pair with technology analysts so UnitedHealth Group's Laravel models match real behavior
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that UnitedHealth Group users feel every click
• Cut PHP cold-start times so UnitedHealth Group functions wake before ID users notice
• Reproduce the oddball-friendly bug from the Idaho Falls field report, then make it impossible again
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Kotlin
• Keep Redis schemas backward-compatible so UnitedHealth Group never forces a breaking upgrade
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with UnitedHealth Group's growing user base

What You'll Bring

• Fluency across AWS and Google Cloud, with strong opinions on both
• Flexibility to adapt your approach as business needs evolve
• The judgment to say no to good ideas at the wrong time
• 8 or more years steering technology projects end to end
• Demonstrated calm when an Idaho Falls, ID client changes scope mid-stream
• Experience translating Laravel complexity for a non-technical audience
• Strong working knowledge of PHP and Redis

The story of UnitedHealth Group is really the story of Idaho Falls, ID betting on an outcome-focused idea about technology and being proven right. The unwritten rule in Idaho Falls is simple: leave the codebase kinder than you found it.

With $121,000 - $193,000 as the anchor, expect mentorship, a benefits package worth bragging about, and the latitude to work remote-first.

Right now we are scheduling first-round calls for Idaho Falls, ID-based candidates.