Principal Software Architect

About the position

As a Principal Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technology strategy for digital fulfillment of software across multiple teams within the organization. You will collaborate closely with architects and technical product managers to translate overarching system architecture and product requirements into cohesive, high-quality software solutions. In this role, you will drive the design and implementation of a Digital Fulfillment architecture for entitlement management, electronic delivery of digital offerings, licensing of SaaS subscriptions, and remote provisioning for Cloud based customer healthcare services and applications. Your leadership will emphasize quality, test-driven development, and adherence to sound software engineering practices, using industry best practices to maintain a high standard of excellence across all team deliverables. Additionally, you will leverage Generative AI (Gen AI) to drive agile development and releases.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining a scalable and efficient Digital Fulfillment architecture that supports the organization's strategic goals.
• Formulate and implement a strategic vision for SaaS architecture aligned with business objectives.
• Assess and recommend new technologies and methodologies to enhance digital fulfillment processes.
• Collaborate with the team to solve complex business problems, ensuring that solutions align with both SaaS cloud application and enterprise IT technology strategies.
• Develop high-quality distributed system software, incorporating modern cloud approaches.
• Work closely with architects and technical product managers to translate overall system architecture, product requirements, and enterprise IT ERP/CRM cloud strategy into well-designed and implemented software services.
• Take ownership of the implementation of individual software components, with a strong emphasis on quality, test-driven development, sound software engineering practices, cybersecurity, reliability, and data integrity.
• Participate in software design reviews, conduct peer code reviews, and provide input and feedback to other members of the development team.
• Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain innovative software solutions to enhance service performance, durability, cost efficiency, and security.
• Utilize software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all team deliverables.
• Leverage Generative AI (Gen AI) to drive agile development and releases, enhancing the speed and quality of software delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• 9+ years of professional software development experience with a history of technical innovation
• 3+ years of experience building scalable, distributed systems using modern frameworks such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• 3+ years of experience leading the design or architecture of new and existing systems, focusing on design patterns, reliability, and scaling
• Experience providing technical leadership to engineers, leading an engineering team, and/or mentorship

Nice-to-haves

• 10+ years of experience, including 3+ years designing and implementing solutions for digital fulfillment of cloud-based software offerings
• Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Experience in designing and architecting large-scale systems, preferably using AWS technologies
• 2+ years of experience working directly with end customers to assess needs, identify solutions, and constructively resolve disagreements
• Experience in supporting production software deployments
• Technical expertise across all deployment models, including public cloud and on-premises infrastructure
• Experience in creating, documenting, and communicating software architectures for complex products
• Experience in building, tracking, and communicating plans within Agile processes

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
• Life, disability, and accident insurance
• Tuition reimbursement