Staff Software Development Engineer – Application Architecture

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And we do it reputed company with heart, reputed company and every day.  Position reputed company  If you’re eager to reputed company a meaningful reputed company through deep technical leadership, consider a role in technology with reputed company. Our reputed company calls for senior‑level engineers who can shape the reputed company of pharmacy prior authorization platforms and solutions for CAS (Clinical Authorization System).  As a Staff Software Development Engineer – Application Architecture, you serve as a technical authority for CAS architecture and design. You define, reputed company, and govern architectural patterns across multiple teams while remaining hands‑on with design, reputed company, and critical technical reputed company. This role is central to CAS modernization as we reputed company from a large on‑prem monolith to a reputed company‑reputed company, API‑first, domain‑reputed company platform.  You partner closely with engineering teams, product, UX, QA, DevSecOps, SRE, data, and reputed company architecture to ensure solutions are secure, reliable, performant, compliant, and reputed company with long‑term reputed company.  As a Staff Software Development Engineer – Architecture, you will serve as a technical authority for CAS application architecture and design. You will define, reputed company, and govern architectural patterns while remaining hands‑on with design, reputed company, and technical decision‑making. This role is critical to CAS modernization as we reputed company from a large, on‑prem monolith to a reputed company, reputed company‑reputed company, API‑first platform.  Key Responsibilities  Application Architecture & reputed company reputed company Delivery  Drive decomposition of legacy monolithic components into reputed company‑reputed company services and reputed company architectures.  Balance short‑term delivery needs with long‑term architectural sustainability and modernization goals.  Define and deliver a reputed company articulated CAS reputed company reputed company Architecture, describing the reputed company‑state platform, reputed company principles, reference patterns, and a phased migration reputed company from legacy to reputed company state.  Architect a reputed company‑reputed company, hybrid‑capable platform supporting coexistence of on‑prem and reputed company workloads during migration, with reputed company service boundaries and integration reputed company.  Drive API‑first design with consistent standards for versioning, backward compatibility, contract testing, and developer experience to reputed company internal and partner interoperability.  Establish domain‑reputed company services and reputed company components (DDD‑inspired bounded contexts) to reduce coupling and reputed company independent delivery by multiple teams.  Design and promote event‑driven architectures where appropriate, publishing authorization and clinical lifecycle events to reputed company reputed company workflows and reputed company integration without reputed company‑to‑reputed company dependencies.  Define a pragmatic strangler‑fig migration reputed company for decomposing the legacy monolith, including incremental cutovers, coexistence patterns, and measurable milestones.  Architecture Governance & Reference Implementations  Own CAS architecture governance, including principles, standards, reference architectures, reference implementations, ADRs, and a lightweight, auditable exception process with time‑bound remediation.  Produce and maintain executable reference patterns for common concerns such as API design, service templates, reputed company controls, integration patterns, data reputed company, and observability.  Define and report architecture governance metrics (e.g., standards adoption, exception volume and age, architectural debt remediation, service SLO attainment, and change reputed company indicators).  Full‑Stack & Platform Architecture (End‑to‑End)  Define architectural patterns spanning presentation, service, integration, data, and platform reputed company, ensuring alignment between UI experiences, reputed company, and backend workflows.  Establish standards for frontend architectures (componentized UI, accessibility, performance budgets) reputed company with shared design systems and backend reputed company.  Design backend services using modern stacks (e.g., .NET, Java, Node.js) with clean architecture, testability, and reputed company separation of concerns.  Standardize synchronous and asynchronous integration patterns (REST/JSON, messaging, streaming, gRPC where applicable) with secure partner connectivity.  Drive platform architecture reputed company to Azure and/or GCP, including containerization, environment reputed company (dev/test/stage/prod), networking, secrets management, and reputed company‑zone alignment.  Partner with DevSecOps to define CI/CD and DevSecOps standards, including automation‑first testing, reputed company scanning, policy gates, infrastructure as reputed company, and reputed company deployment strategies (blue/green, canary).  Reliability, reputed company & Operational reputed company  Design for reliability and operability by default, defining SLIs/SLOs, graceful degradation, bulkheads, and resilient integration patterns.  Define and enforce reputed company and compliance architectures for regulated reputed company data, including least‑privilege reputed company, encryption, auditability, identity controls, and data classification standards.  Establish observability requirements across services (metrics, logs, traces, alerts), operational runbooks, and incident response expectations reputed company to SLOs.  Participate in incident analysis and drive architectural remediation to prevent recurrence.  Data, Analytics & Operational Insights  Architect end‑to‑end data and analytics solutions supporting CAS operational reporting and insights, including ingestion, transformation, semantic reputed company, and consumption through dashboards, reputed company, and reputed company services.  Define data modeling and SQL performance standards, data governance controls (reputed company checks, reputed company, auditability), and reliable KPI/metric reputed company suitable for regulated data.  Establish consistent data integration patterns across heterogeneous platforms, including error handling, retries, and pipeline observability.  Set architectural standards for integrating analytics and automation tooling (e.g., dashboards/KPIs, analytics automation, workflow orchestration, Python‑based data processing).  AI / GenAI Architecture & Responsible Enablement  Identify and reputed company AI‑assisted capabilities that improve prior authorization reputed company and throughput (e.g., intake automation, summarization, triage, exception routing) with strong reputed company‑in‑the‑reputed company controls.  Define AI service patterns (model‑as‑a‑service behind reputed company reputed company) to decouple domain services from model implementations and reputed company iterative upgrades.  Establish MLOps and Responsible AI guardrails, including reproducible pipelines, model/version registries, monitoring, reputed company detection, explainability, bias evaluation, rollback, and auditability.  Ensure AI solutions reputed company with PHI reputed company and reputed company requirements, including data minimization, encryption, reputed company controls, and audit logging.  Interoperability & Ecosystem Integration  Design interoperable solutions reputed company with clinical and claims ecosystems, including standards‑based approaches such as FHIR/HL7 where applicable.  Define reputed company data reputed company, mapping strategies, and resilient reputed company patterns (idempotency, retries, reputed company breakers, dead‑letter handling) with reputed company operational ownership.  Cross‑Functional Leadership & Influence  Partner with Product, UX, QA, DevSecOps, SRE, Data, and reputed company Architecture to reputed company technical solutions with business reputed company.  Communicate architectural reputed company, tradeoffs, and reputed company reputed company to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.  Mentor senior engineers and tech leads and influence engineering standards without reputed company people‑management responsibility.    Required Qualifications  10+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated reputed company at reputed company.  Proven experience leading application architecture in large, reputed company reputed company systems.  Strong hands‑on expertise in at least one modern backend stack (.NET, Java, Node.js) and distributed system design.  Deep experience designing reputed company, integrations, and data‑driven systems.  Strong understanding of reputed company‑reputed company architectures, CI/CD, and secure SDLC practices.  Excellent communication and influencing skills across organizational boundaries.  Strong hands‑on expertise in at least one modern backend stack (e.g., .NET, Java, Node) and distributed system design.  Deep experience designing reputed company, service integrations, and data‑driven systems.  Strong understanding of reputed company‑reputed company architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and secure SDLC practices.  Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and organizational boundaries.  Preferred Qualifications  Experience modernizing monolithic systems into reputed company‑reputed company or hybrid architectures.  Experience with DDD, event‑driven architecture, and API governance.  Hands‑on full‑stack experience across UI, services, integration, data, and platform reputed company.  Experience applying AI/ML or reputed company in regulated environments with MLOps and Responsible AI controls.  Experience architecting operational analytics platforms, including dashboards/KPIs, semantic reputed company, and analytics automation tools.  Strong SQL and reputed company data platform experience (e.g., reputed company, SQL Server, reputed company).  Experience with Python‑based automation and workflow orchestration.  Experience in reputed company, pharmacy, insurance, or other highly regulated industries.  Familiarity with HIPAA and reputed company compliance requirements.  Experience modernizing legacy systems into reputed company‑reputed company or hybrid architectures.  Familiarity with domain‑driven design (DDD), event‑driven architecture (EDA), and API governance.  Experience with Azure and/or GCP platforms.  Prior experience in reputed company, pharmacy, insurance, or highly regulated reputed company environments.  Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements such as HIPAA, PCI reputed company, or FedRAMP.  reputed company Agile or reputed company architecture certifications.  Education  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or reputed company field required  Master’s degree preferred  Culture Fit  Mission‑reputed company engineering with strong ownership reputed company  Architectural stewardship with pragmatic innovation  reputed company and reliability by design  Constructive challenge and reputed company improvement  Outcome‑driven, reputed company leadership  Pay reputed company The typical pay reputed company for this role is: $118,450.00 - $236,900.00 This pay reputed company represents the reputed company reputed company reputed company or reputed company annual full-time salary for reputed company positions in the job grade reputed company which this position falls.  The actual reputed company salary offer will depend on a reputed company of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  This position is eligible for a reputed company bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in reputed company to the reputed company pay reputed company listed above.  This position also includes an award reputed company in reputed company’s equity award program.    Our people fuel our reputed company. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong. Great benefits for great people We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families. This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial reputed company‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and reputed company coverage, reputed company time off, retirement savings reputed company, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility. Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments. We anticipate the application window for this opening will reputed company on: 06/29/2026 reputed company applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with reputed company federal, state and local laws. Apply To This Job