Principal Engineer

Fast Pace Health strives to provide a best in class patient experience in every interaction. We are seeking a highly-skilled, experienced Principal Engineer to join our growing team. Our ideal candidate will be deeply committed to nurturing our Fast Pace mission of teamwork, communication, empowerment and quality care in a friendly and encouraging environment.

Fast Pace Health aims to push for a new vision of healthcare in rural communities that will consist of an array of different services. We are changing the delivery of healthcare in these rural areas by integrating excellent patient care, education, accessibility, and community service, in a way that puts the patient’s needs first and improves the health status of our communities.

Fast Pace Health is a growing company! You will have the support and mentoring you need to become the best Principal Engineer you can be! We will help you grow your clinical competencies, and can offer you a rewarding career path. We work as a dynamic team to surpass our business goals by ensuring our patients receive the best care possible in a positive environment. 

We offer competitive compensation and benefits such as holiday pay, PTO, medical, dental, vision and Work-Life balance, to name a few.

As a Fast Pace Health employee you will have the opportunity to participate in community events and outreach programs. This includes, but is not limited to, seasonal parades, book drives, festivals, trunk or treating, fun runs, and more. We dress up for holidays and celebrate with pot lucks. At Fast Pace, our community is our family, and we are a family first community.

Technical Leadership

• Serve as the highest technical authority on the engineering team, owning architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy
• Conduct code reviews and establish coding standards that ensure quality, scalability, and maintainability
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, frameworks, and AI tools that improve team output and product quality
• Ensure all solutions meet healthcare compliance requirements including HIPAA and relevant data privacy standards

AI Development & Strategy

• Identify opportunities across the organization's 300+ clinic network where AI can improve clinical workflows, operational efficiency, and patient experience
• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered solutions from concept through production
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies and assess their applicability to healthcare use cases
• Develop a roadmap for AI adoption both within the engineering team and across the broader business

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with clinical, operations, and administrative leaders to understand business problems and deliver technology solutions
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear, accessible language for non-technical stakeholders
• Act as a bridge between the engineering team and business units across all six states

Team Development

• Mentor and provide technical guidance to senior engineers
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and engineering excellence
• Contribute to hiring decisions and help grow the engineering team over time

Delivery & Process

• Drive agile practices and ensure consistent, predictable delivery of technology products
• Own technical documentation, system design, and architecture decision records
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and cross-functional project planning

 Non-Essential Functions:

Perform other duties as assigned by management

Education:    

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Finance, Healthcare Administration or another related field or equivalent experience.

and OR

Experience:

5+ years of experience in software engineering

Highly proficient in C# and .NET, ASP.NET development

Experience in HTML, JavaScript, CSS, GUI

Experience with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., Angular, React, etc.)

SQL experience optimizing for performance and real time information

Fast Pace Health is committed to the principle of equal employment and creating an inclusive environment for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our communities. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome job applications from qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, parental status, genetic information or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct.
Please refer to the links below for information regarding your rights under certain federal laws:
https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/WHD/legacy/files/fmlaen.pdf
https://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/eppac.pdf
Mississippi Residents Only:
In Mississippi, Fast Pace requires pre-employment/drug/alcohol testing as a condition of employment. The law requires that Fast Pace notify applicants, in writing, upon application and prior to the collection of the specimen for drug and alcohol test, that they may be tested for “the presence of drugs [or alcohol] in their metabolites.” Miss. Code. Ann. § 71-7-3(5).

Applicants are limited to individuals from states, excluding the following:  California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, and the District of Columbia.