# Principal Software Engineer - Platform at Arcadia

- Company: Arcadia
- Company website: https://www.arcadiaca.gov
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote (USA)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $250K to $350K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-13
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/arcadia/a5042cbf-9e39-4d43-8d37-519507e5e81c?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/arcadia-principal-software-engineer-platform/

## About the role

We’re a team of fiercely driven individuals committed to making healthcare more sustainable—and we’re looking for passionate people to help us get there. As our business grows, and as AI is improving, we need fewer, better building blocks: less per-team glue, more self-service capabilities every team builds on, so engineers spend their time on customers instead of plumbing. This is platform engineering at Arcadia. The role could just as well be titled Developer Platform, DevEx, DevProd, or SRE. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Run the platform as a curated internal product : find what slows teams down, pick the few capabilities worth building, publish the roadmap, and measure adoption, delivery speed, stability, and developer satisfaction
- Build software : self-service APIs, templates, and golden paths for CI/CD, environments, and observability, so teams get what they need without waiting on anyone. You write a meaningful share of the code
- Carry the cost of migrations : track usage, automate instead of handing out checklists, push through the final 20%, and sunset
- Manage the platform's stakeholders : say yes with compromises, say no without breaking trust, bring shadow platforms back onto the paved road, and make cost visible to the teams that generate it
- Set the technical direction and evolve the platform, and coach Senior Engineers through design partnership and review
- Both halves of platform engineering: a software engineer's instinct for clean abstractions and APIs, and a systems engineer's depth in cloud, Kubernetes, networking, and IaC

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/arcadia-principal-software-engineer-platform/