Wagmo

Actively Hiring

Principal Engineer

Remote - New York, USA

Full time

Role Overview

As Principal Engineer at Wagmo, you will be the named owner of our application architecture, setting technical direction across insurance, claims, partner integration, and our AI systems.

About Wagmo

Wagmo is a modern pet healthcare company built around how pet parents actually care for their pets. We partner with employers to provide a complete approach to pet and pet-parent wellbeing, from preventive wellness plans and emergency coverage to 24/7 pet telehealth guidance.

Key Responsibilities

Own the end state of Wagmo's insurance provider interface, including a documented retirement path for legacy provider models
Design partner and carrier onboarding so that adding a new benefits administrator is a configuration exercise rather than an application build
Own architecture review, hold decision rights in it, and maintain a decision log
Define a single identity architecture spanning enterprise SSO tenants, our partner portal, and consumer authentication
Own the architecture of our AI systems across claims adjudication, customer support, and internal engineering tooling
Mentor squad tech leads and raise the standard of technical design across the team

Requirements & Eligibility

Experience holding a cross-cutting architectural decision that touched several domains at once
A track record of retiring and scaling systems
Depth in Python and Django, relational data modeling, and third-party integration at scale
Experience putting non-deterministic systems into production
Experience in insurance, benefits, payments, healthcare, or another regulated, integration-heavy domain is a strong plus

Required Skills & Tech

ReactPythonTypeScriptReact NativeKubernetesDjangoNext.jsNode.jsFlutterGCP