Principal Software Engineer

At PointClickCare our mission is simple: to help providers deliver exceptional care. And that starts with our people. As a leading health tech company that’s founder-led and privately held, we empower our employees to push boundaries, innovate, and shape the future of healthcare.

With the largest long-term and post-acute care dataset and a Marketplace of 400+ integrated partners, our platform serves over 30,000 provider organizations, making a real difference in millions of lives. We also reinvest a significant percentage of our revenue back into research and development, ensuring our employees have the resources to innovate and make a lasting impact. Recognized by Forbes as a top private cloud company and honored as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, we offer flexibility, growth opportunities, and meaningful work. 

At PointClickCare, we empower our people to be the architects of a smarter healthcare future; one that is human-first and accelerated by AI to create meaningful and lasting change. Employees harness AI as a catalyst for creativity, productivity, and thoughtful decision-making. By integrating AI tools into our daily workflows, collaboration is enhanced, outcomes are improved, and every team member has the proficiency to maximize their impact. It all starts with our hiring practices where we uncover AI expertise that complements our mission, and we continue to invest in training and development to nurture innovation throughout the employee journey.

Join us in redefining healthcare — so it doesn’t just survive, it thrives. To learn more about PointClickCare, check out Life at PointClickCare and connect with us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn.

For Remote Roles: If this role is remote, there will be in-office events that will require travel to and from the Mississauga and/or Salt Lake City office. These will include, but not limited to, onboarding, team events, semi-annual and annual team meetings.

For Hybrid Roles: If this role is Hybrid, there will be an expectation to reside within commutable distance to the office/location specified in the job listing. This will include, but not limited to, weekly/bi-weekly/monthly events in the office with your specific team. This is a requirement for this role.

You will join a high-impact team transforming healthcare through technology. Our platform connects fragmented clinical systems to enable real-time care coordination across thousands of healthcare facilities, serving millions of users. You will design and build scalable platform services, leveraging modern AI-augmented engineering practices to accelerate delivery, improve reliability, and enhance clinical and operational outcomes.

-Build robust platform services supporting clinical operations

-Partner with product and clinical teams to understand and solve real workflow challenges

-Drive architectural decisions for business platform services

-Own the reliability and performance of critical healthcare solutions

-Mentor team members on modern engineering practices

-Strong track record building and shipping production software in modern languages (Java, Python, or similar)

-Deep understanding of cloud-native architecture and distributed systems design patterns

-Expertise in design, optimization, and scaling for both relational (SQL) and NoSQL database systems

-Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices

-Proficiency with test-driven development, automated testing, and maintaining high code quality

-Hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue.js)

-Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices

-Experience with production observability, monitoring, and performance optimization tools

-Comfortable using AI-augmented development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) as part of your workflow

-Experience applying AI tools throughout the development lifecycle from requirements analysis, documentation to incident response

-Strong code review skills demonstrated through giving and receiving constructive feedback

-Experience with Git workflows and collaborative development practices

-Ability to balance feature delivery with system reliability and technical excellence

-Comfortable with on-call responsibilities and incident response

-Experience building and scaling SaaS platforms

-Track record of mentoring engineers or leading technical initiatives

-Background with Spring Boot and Java ecosystem

-Experience with Azure cloud services and Kubernetes (AKS)

-Experience in healthcare technology or regulated industries

-Understanding of HIPAA compliance and handling sensitive data

Front‑End: React, Micro‑Frontends, Material‑UI

Backend: Java, Spring Boot

Data: PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Redis

CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins

Infrastructure: Azure, AKS, Terraform

AI Tooling: Claude Code, Copilot

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