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Founded in 2008, HHAeXchange was born out of an idea to create a fully comprehensive end-to-end homecare solution to help people who are aging or have disabilities thrive in their homes and communities. Our employees are passionate about transforming the healthcare space by building the only homecare ecosystem that fully connects patients, personal care providers, managed care organizations, and states.\nThe Principal Software Engineer will play a critical role in designing, developing, and implementing advanced healthcare solutions, including transaction processing systems, integrations with industry standards (HL7, FHIR, EDI), and data management platforms. As a key leader of our engineering team, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to guide the technical strategy, deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance solutions. You will also mentor junior engineers, provide technical oversight, and ensure the team is aligned with the overall strategic vision.You are responsible for ensuring that all software developed by one or more teams at HHA meets our standards for quality, performance, scalability, availability and security by working alongside team members to develop innovative solutions to customer problems.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. 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