Remote Principal Software Engineer — Finance Platform

HealthEquity, Inc.; Mission (TX); On-site; USD 138,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

401(k) match

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Gym and wellness reimbursement

Job summary

HealthEquity, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and technical direction for key finance initiatives.

The role involves guiding multiple scrum teams, designing scalable systems for high-volume financial transactions, and partnering with product and business stakeholders on robust technical solutions. The position emphasizes modernization, mentoring engineers, and elevating engineering practices across the organization, with a remote work option and a competitive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (advanced degree preferred)
• 12–15+ years of software development experience including 5+ years in a senior technical leadership or lead role
• Proven experience designing, building, and implementing large-scale, complex enterprise systems
• Demonstrated track record of driving technical innovation and modernization initiatives
• Experience in the FinTech or financial systems domain
• Specialized Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities in enterprise-grade platforms and security compliance

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and technical direction for key finance initiatives, including Unified Billing and financial integrations
• Lead cross-team engineering efforts across multiple scrum teams, ensuring alignment on design, standards, and execution
• Design scalable, resilient systems that handle high-volume financial transactions with strong data consistency and auditability
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate complex financial requirements into robust technical solutions
• Drive modernization efforts including migration, integration, and optimization of platforms like NetSuite and related systems
• Mentor and guide engineers and tech leads, elevating technical depth and engineering practices
• Influence organization-wide engineering standards including observability, reliability, security, and performance
• Identify opportunities for AI/automation to improve developer productivity and operational efficiency
• Act as trusted advisor to leadership, contributing to long-term technical strategy and investment decisions

Skills

C#

.NET

SQL

Python

Azure

OpenAPI/Swagger

Angular

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Git

RabbitMQ

nServiceBus

Azure services (App Service, API Management, Service Bus, Application Insights, Gateway, Key Vault, Azure SQL)

Job description

HealthEquity, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and technical direction for key finance initiatives.

The role involves guiding multiple scrum teams, designing scalable systems for high-volume financial transactions, and partnering with product and business stakeholders on robust technical solutions. The position emphasizes modernization, mentoring engineers, and elevating engineering practices across the organization, with a remote work option and a competitive