Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

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Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead upcoming data pod consolidation initiatives and shape next-generation cloud data solutions. This is a client-facing leadership role that blends deep technical expertise with delivery ownership, team shaping, and trust-building with stakeholders.

You will operate as a deal shaper, technical authority, and delivery owner, responsible for ensuring team throughput, velocity, and quality while helping define the long-term data platform vision.

This role requires strong experience designing, building, and operationalizing cloud-native data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with a particular focus on event-driven architectures, API-first design, and healthcare data standards (HL7).

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Architecture

Lead the design and delivery of cloud-native data platforms built on Google Cloud Platform

Define and implement event-driven and streaming architectures using Pub/Sub and Kafka (based on data source)

Serve as a technical authority for API-first data access patterns, including FastAPI-based services

Establish architectural patterns, reusable components, and custom Cloud Run templates

Lay the foundation for building new data solutions and accelerators across clients

Client & Delivery Ownership

Act as trusted technical advisor for clients, owning delivery quality and technical credibility

Shape project scope, technical approach, and backlog alongside client stakeholders

Lead end-to-end Agile story ownership, from requirements through implementation and delivery

Ensure alignment between business requirements, healthcare compliance, and technical execution

Agile & Team Enablement

Partner with product owners to define and refine backlog and user stories

Enable pod teams to execute effectively once stories are shaped

Own delivery metrics including velocity, throughput, and engineering quality

Mentor senior engineers and uplift engineering best practices across teams

Must-Have Technical Skills

Google Cloud Platform (Advanced)

Cloud Run (heavy usage) with custom templates

BigQuery

Dataflow

Pub/Sub

Cloud Storage

CloudSQL

Dataplex (used in every workflow)

Dataproc

Broad, hands-on experience across the GCP suite

Data & Integration

Streaming and batch data pipelines

Kafka (based on source system integration)

Healthcare data exchange using HL7 standards

Secure data sharing and compliance-aware design

Engineering & DevOps

GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure-aware development and deployment

API development using FastAPI

Experience setting technical foundations for scalable, enterprise solutions

Delivery & Process

Agile/Scrum delivery with full E2E story ownership

Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams

Proven ability to lead without direct authority

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

Experience with dbt (dbt Labs)

Familiarity with clinical data and CMS billing data

Experience working across full medallion architectures (bronze/silver/gold) in cloud environments

Prior experience consolidating or modernizing data platforms

Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead upcoming data pod consolidation initiatives and shape next-generation cloud data solutions. This is a client-facing leadership role that blends deep technical expertise with delivery ownership, team shaping, and trust-building with stakeholders.

You will operate as a deal shaper, technical authority, and delivery owner, responsible for ensuring team throughput, velocity, and quality while helping define the long-term data platform vision.

This role requires strong experience designing, building, and operationalizing cloud-native data solutions on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with a particular focus on event-driven architectures, API-first design, and healthcare data standards (HL7).

Job Description

Technical Leadership & Architecture

Lead the design and delivery of cloud-native data platforms built on Google Cloud Platform

Define and implement event-driven and streaming architectures using Pub/Sub and Kafka (based on data source)

Serve as a technical authority for API-first data access patterns, including FastAPI-based services

Establish architectural patterns, reusable components, and custom Cloud Run templates

Lay the foundation for building new data solutions and accelerators across clients

Client & Delivery Ownership

Act as trusted technical advisor for clients, owning delivery quality and technical credibility

Shape project scope, technical approach, and backlog alongside client stakeholders

Lead end-to-end Agile story ownership, from requirements through implementation and delivery

Ensure alignment between business requirements, healthcare compliance, and technical execution

Agile & Team Enablement

Partner with product owners to define and refine backlog and user stories

Enable pod teams to execute effectively once stories are shaped

Own delivery metrics including velocity, throughput, and engineering quality

Mentor senior engineers and uplift engineering best practices across teams

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is $103,879 to $242,400.

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In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)

• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)

• Life and disability insurance

• Employee assistance programs

• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

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Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.

Ref. code: 468549

Posted on: May 29, 2026

Experience Level: Experienced Professionals

Contract Type: Permanent

Location:

Nashville, TN, US

Brand: Capgemini

Professional Community: Software Engineering

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.