Principal Engineer, Data and Intelligence - Remote (INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY)
Validic
THIS IS AN INTERNAL POSTING - AT THIS TIME NO EXTERNAL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED
Validic, Inc. is a digital health and remote care company devoted to our mission of improving the quality of human life by making personal data actionable. We are seeking a visionary and technically exceptional Principal Engineer, Data and Intelligence to lead the strategic integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Generative AI (GenAI), across our products and internal developer platforms. This role is ideal for a deeply experienced engineering leader who thrives on systems-level thinking, hands-on innovation, and cross-functional collaboration.
As a senior member of the Technology leadership team, this individual will partner closely with engineering, product, and data teams to drive the adoption of intelligent features, scalable AI systems, and data-driven capabilities. This role also holds key responsibility for unlocking the value of the Company's vast and growing data assets—exploring how they can be harnessed responsibly for advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven insights.
This role will play a key part in client-facing conversations where AI and data capabilities are strategic differentiators, partnering with customer-facing teams to ensure alignment between our technical vision and client needs. This individual will also participate in senior leadership meetings at Validic, helping shape company-wide strategy through the lens of intelligence and innovation.
What You’ll Do at Validic
- Serve as the technical authority and thought leader on AI and GenAI strategy, architecture, and implementation across the Company
- Drive the strategic use of internal data assets to enable intelligent capabilities, predictive systems, and advanced analytics across products and platforms
- Partner with product and engineering teams to design and deploy intelligent, user-facing features that improve experience, performance, and engagement
- Lead technical discovery, prototyping, and evaluation of emerging AI technologies, ensuring alignment with business objectives and ethical principles
- Develop shared tools, models, and frameworks that enable scalable and responsible AI adoption across the engineering organization
- Define and promote best practices for AI/ML system architecture, data governance, model observability, and performance evaluation
- Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to shape infrastructure and pipelines that support robust experimentation and model development
- Collaborate and partner with sales and client success where AI and data capabilities are strategic differentiators and ensure alignment between the Company’s technical vision and client needs
- Act as a multiplier—mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, and raising the bar for technical excellence company-wide
- Represent the company externally in key client meetings, technical partnerships, conferences, and forums where AI and data leadership are critical
- Participate in senior leadership meetings and help shape company-wide strategy through the lens of intelligence and innovation
What You'll Bring to Validic
- Bachelor’s degree in technical field or equivalent experience required
- At least 10 years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in AI/ML, GenAI, or data-driven platform leadership required
- Proficiency with Python, SQL, and JavaScript
- Proven success in designing and deploying data-focused features or systems in production at scale
- Experience using AWS services, including Glue, Redshift, Lamda, S3, Bedrock, and Sagemaker
- Experience with modern AI/ML approaches, including LLMs, foundation models, embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Experience building and scaling data infrastructure and/or machine learning pipelines
- Achievement driven and hands-on innovator, with a “can-do” attitude
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent communicator with a demonstrated ability to translate technical work into business impact
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated exceptional technical aptitude and desire to be involved in architecture conversations
- Strategic thinker with strong systems design capabilities and the ability to drive cross-functional execution
- Ability to learn, proactively seek and apply new knowledge and skills to stay ahead of emerging technologies
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
Why You’ll Love Validic
- Our team is great. We’re talented and passionate folks devoted to our mission and our people.
- Our work is important. We build technology that makes healthcare easier to help people live their best lives.
- Together, we’re solving healthcare’s toughest challenges by enabling personal health data to transform how we diagnose and treat disease, care for people in any setting, and provide personalized care.
What Validic Values
Authenticity - Set aside egos and bring your own flavor
Freedom - Lead with trust and get Super Healthy Information Technology done
Empathy - Challenge directly and care personally
Purpose - Innovate passionately and make an impact
The Fine Print
Location: Remote U.S. Based - Our core hours are 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Reports to: Senior Vice President, Technology
Status: Full-Time/Exempt - No contract or contract to hire requests are being considered.
Compensation and Benefits: The salary range for this position is $180,000-$190,000 per year plus bonus. Placement within salary range is determined by level of education, knowledge and skills, and relevant years of experience beyond the minimum job requirements. Benefits include medical/dental/vision/life insurance, flexible spending accounts, equity, 401(k), and flexible time off/work schedule.
Physical Requirements: Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer in a variety of environments with multiple distractions. Must be able to travel up to 10%.
Must be eligible to work in the U.S. - Please note visa sponsorship is not available.
No recruiters, please.
Validic is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, genetic information, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability status, military status, veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.
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