Senior Principal Software Architect - Remote

Lyric; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 180,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyric is a remote-first employer seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of our products and drive engineering strategy. You will lead the design and development of complex, scalable software systems, mentoring engineers and ensuring quality across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and staying current with emerging technologies to deliver innovative healthcare decision intelligence solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with leading design and development of complex systems.
• Experience with microservice architectures on modern stacks.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills for engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Leads end-to-end design and development of software solutions, including backend and integration components.
• Defines technical requirements with product managers and engineers.
• Drives architectural decisions and enforces coding standards and quality practices.

Skills

Leadership experience

Software architecture

Microservices

Tech stack breadth

Education

Bachelors/Masters in CS

Tools

.NET ecosystem

JavaScript/Python/Java/C# stack

Job description

Lyric is a remote-first employer seeking a Principal Software Engineer to shape the technical direction of our products and drive engineering strategy. You will lead the design and development of complex, scalable software systems, mentoring engineers and ensuring quality across cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance, and staying current with emerging technologies to deliver innovative healthcare decision intelligence solutions.