Principal Software Engineer - Remote-First, High-Impact

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

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.