Principal Engineer Operations System Engineering (IT)

CO Salary Range: USD 100,100.00 - 147,000.00 per year

Posting Date
08/15/2025

2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, United States of America

Principal Engineer Operations System Engineering (IT)

As a Principal Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for the implementation of complex large-scale systems and solutions across multiple projects and implementation teams.

You will be responsible for ensuring that solutions align with the customer's functional and non-functional requirements as well as with best practices, architecture guidelines, and security and compliance regulations.

You will combine deep technical knowledge, visionary thinking, and the proven ability to drive transformative technological strategies across the enterprise. You will be a visionary who shapes the future of technology through innovation, expertise, and unparalleled leadership, embodying the values of IT and DaVita.

• Provide strategic technical leadership, influencing technology strategy, and championing technology advancement.

• Drive innovation and research, stay informed on emerging technologies, and minimize technical debt.

• Define technical architecture and direction for enterprise-level projects, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Act as a thought leader, presenting complex ideas clearly and tailoring them to the audience.

• Mentor and develop engineering talent, oversee coaching and mentoring programs for budding engineers.

• Apply your expertise in cloud-native infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and operational reliability to drive advancements in DaVita's technology platforms.

• Use experience with API platforms, microservices, event streaming systems, and DevOps practices to enhance DaVita's capabilities.

• Leverage proficiency in SQL and NoSQL databases, along with performance tuning techniques, to optimize data management and access.

• Apply deep understanding of design patterns, multithreading, memory management, and caching strategies to improve software performance and scalability.

• Build and lead operational teams that can monitor and provide robust 24x7 production support.

• Program planning, estimation, design, and implementation: Develops, documents, and tests software to ensure that the deliverables meet the needs of end-users and achieve business goals.

• Develop and maintain relationships with internal IT partners and business stakeholders; this includes but is not limited to ongoing communications, presentations, and coordination.

• Ensure best practices in design, development, and adherence and oversee the technical aspects of all projects.

• Provide technical guidance, oversight, and standards adherence to engineering and development teams.

• Extensive experience (15+ years) in software development, architecture, and technical leadership.

• Proven track record of leading end-to-end software development projects, with expertise in the full application lifecycle.

• Deep technical knowledge in areas such as cloud computing, API management, microservices architecture, event streaming, and DevOps practices.

• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing budgets, leading teams, and establishing centers of excellence.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence technical strategy and mentor junior engineers.

• Bachelor's degree in technology related field is required. Master's degree preferred.

• Commitment to DaVita's values of Service Excellence, Integrity, Team, Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Fulfillment, and Fun with the ability to demonstrate those positively and proactively to patients, teammates, management, physicians, and/or vendors (Village Service Partners) in everyday performance and interactions.

• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills including the ability to listen attentively and communicate information clearly and effectively.

• Demonstrated ability to work well with cross-functional groups.

• Demonstrated interpersonal, collaborative, and relationship-building skills; ability to interact positively with teammates at all levels across the company.

• Professional presence and excellent presentation skills; ability to speak to large audiences and small groups using PowerPoint presentations.

• Demonstrated strengths in organizational, attention-to-detail, follow-through, analytical, reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.

• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out
• Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more

• Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita's online training platform StarLearning.