Principal Network Engineer

About BlinkRx: BlinkRx is rebuilding how Americans access life-changing medicines. Today, only one in five prescriptions for new branded therapies are ever filled. The problem isn't the medicine. It's insurance barriers, affordability challenges, fragmented pharmacy experiences, and inadequate support that keep patients from starting and staying on treatment. Our mission is to change that. We built RxOS, the first AI-powered prescription operating system. RxOS connects the largest network of doctors, patients, pharmacies, payers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers, intelligently orchestrating every step to guarantee a seamless prescription journey for every script. Our teams solve complex, high-stakes problems at the intersection of artificial intelligence, healthcare operations, logistics, payments, and regulation. The impact is transformative: BlinkRx more than doubles the rate at which patients take their medications and lowers their out-of-pocket expenses by hundreds of dollars every month. BlinkRx created and leads a rapidly growing $80+ billion category, with exceptional momentum: Built for scale: Over the past decade, we have invested nearly $1 billion in building the technology and operational platform required to serve patients at scale. Proven growth and economics: We have grown 100% annually for the past five years, are profitable, and support more than 60 pharmaceutical brands. Trusted with category-defining programs: Our technology powers a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer’s direct-to-patient platform for its GLP-1 portfolio, providing the infrastructure to expand patient access as demand for these therapies grows. We are a dynamic team of technologists and industry experts seeking to build a generational company that delivers a genuine step change in American health. About the Role Blink Health is looking for a Principal Network Engineer to set the technical direction for our network and connectivity strategy across our offices and cloud environments. You’ll own the architecture of our routing, switching, VPN, firewall, and cloud networking infrastructure, and act as the company’s senior authority on network design, security, and resilience. This is a hands-on, high-influence role for someone who can design for scale, solve the hardest problems, and raise the bar for the engineers around them. What You’ll Do Define and own Blink’s network architecture and multi-year roadmap across on-prem and AWS, including Meraki, Palo Alto, AWS VPC, and AWS Transit Gateway Serve as the senior technical authority for network design in a microservices and container-based environment (AWS, Kubernetes), partnering with engineering, security, and platform teams on high-impact decisions Drive network-as-code and automation (IaC, CI/CD, config management) to make the network repeatable, auditable, and self-service where possible Establish network design standards and guardrails for security, compliance, redundancy, and high availability, and ensure they are adopted across teams Lead the evaluation, selection, and adoption of new products and solutions, building business cases and presenting recommendations to IT and engineering leadership Lead architecture for complex initiatives such as new site build-outs, cloud migrations, network segmentation, zero trust, and M&A integration Serve as the final technical escalation point for critical incidents; lead root cause analysis and drive systemic fixes Partner with security to define hardening and patching standards, and to investigate and remediate security incidents with network impact Design observability and monitoring strategy for network health, performance, and capacity planning Mentor and develop network, systems, and service desk staff; build runbooks and training that scale expertise across the team Own technical documentation and architecture decision records for critical systems Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive-level updates on risk, incidents, and major changes Participate in on-call rotation as a senior escalation resource What You’ll Need 10+ years of experience designing and operating enterprise network environments, with a strong track record in hybrid on-prem and cloud Proven experience architecting and leading large-scale network initiatives in AWS and Kubernetes-based microservices environments Expert-level knowledge of IPSec/VPN, DNS, SNMP, OSPF, BGP, AWS VPC, Security Groups, peering, Transit Gateway, and advanced routing Deep understanding of how cloud, container, and virtualization technologies affect network performance, security, and design Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code and network automation (e.g., Terraform, Python, Ansible) Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, set standards, and drive cross-functional alignment Experience designing for compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI) Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical tradeoffs for leadership Nice to Have Experience with Palo Alto Networks (Panorama, GlobalProtect) and Cisco Meraki at scale Experience with service mesh, CNI, or Kubernetes networking internals Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Advanced Networking Specialty, PCNSE, CCNP/CCIE) Logistics Comfortable working in the Eastern Time Zone Ability to travel up to 10% to office sites Ability to work up to 4 days a week in our NYC, St. Louis, or Pittsburgh office Why Join Us: It is rare to have a company that both deeply impacts its customers and is able to provide its services across a massive population. At Blink, we have a huge impact on people when they are most vulnerable: at the intersection of their healthcare and finances. We are also the fastest growing healthcare company in the country and are driving that impact across millions of new patients every year. Our business model not only helps people, but drives economics that allow us to build a generational company. We are a relentlessly learning, constantly curious, and aggressively collaborative cross-functional team dedicated to inventing new ways to improve the lives of our customers. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Applicants who provide their phone number and consent to receive text messages may receive SMS or MMS updates from Blink Health regarding their application.