Staff Software Engineer: Systems Architect & Tech Leader

AlleyCorp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Pearl Health in New York is seeking a Staff Engineer to serve as a technical architect and strategic partner for your team and our system. You will influence the direction by designing and delivering large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that raise the bar for healthcare technology.

This role demands leadership across backend, frontend, data pipelines, and security, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and HIPAA-compliant practices.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in full-stack software development, with SOA and large data systems.
• Architectural leadership on cross-functional, multi-team projects.
• Cloud experience (AWS) with deployment pipelines and cost optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead system design and technical planning for large cross-functional initiatives.
• Define engineering standards to improve scalability and reliability.
• Ensure observability and operational excellence across services.

Skills

Full-stack development

Service-oriented architectures

Large data systems

Technical leadership

AWS

Data-intensive applications

Observability/Incident response

HIPAA/SOC2 knowledge

Frontend architecture

AI-enabled development (Cursor/Claude)

Tools

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Pearl Health in New York is seeking a Staff Engineer to serve as a technical architect and strategic partner for your team and our system. You will influence the direction by designing and delivering large-scale, cross-functional initiatives that raise the bar for healthcare technology.

This role demands leadership across backend, frontend, data pipelines, and security, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and HIPAA-compliant practices.