Lead Platform Engineer

Valeris•Remote, Kentucky, KY

11h

About The Position

The Lead Platform Engineer owns the end-to-end architecture of Valeris’ patient services platform, ensuring Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, orchestration and workflow services, agentic automation, integration and data services, and the .NET/Azure ecosystem operate as a cohesive, secure, and scalable platform. The role defines and maintains architectural boundaries, establishes reusable patterns and standards, and helps make the preferred way of building the easiest way for teams to deliver. Working with engineers, business leaders, vendors, and delivery partners, the Lead Platform Engineer drives platform adoption, accelerates program migrations, and maintains architectural consistency through ongoing transformation and growth. The role provides architectural leadership across Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud and the broader enterprise platform, including shared patient and case models, multi-tenant and multi-program architecture, integrations, healthcare connectivity, regulated data, AI and automation, and .NET/Azure services. It also guides modernization and consolidation, governs partner-delivered architecture, defines non-functional requirements, and supports engineering teams through design and code reviews, mentoring, proofs of concept, documentation, and guidance on complex production challenges. The position operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment. The employee is regularly required to talk or hear and frequently required to sit for long periods, type, handle or feel objects, and reach with hands and arms. Minimal travel flexibility is preferred. Candidates who can type at least 35 words per minute with 97% accuracy are preferred.

Requirements

12+ years of experience in software engineering, including 5+ years serving as an Architect in complex, enterprise-scale environments.
6+ years architecting enterprise Salesforce solutions, including ownership of large-scale data models and platform architecture.
Proven experience owning and governing enterprise platform architectures across multiple technology domains, including defining capabilities, system boundaries, and long-term architectural direction.
Deep Salesforce architecture expertise, including data modeling, security, custom development, platform scalability, environment strategy, and release management.
Experience architecting Salesforce as a system of record within a broader enterprise platform ecosystem.
Experience designing and governing multi-tenant or multi-program platforms using shared services and configurable solutions.
Strong enterprise integration architecture experience, including APIs, event-driven patterns, canonical data models, and data synchronization strategies.
Experience architecting secure, compliant platforms that manage regulated or sensitive data.
Working knowledge of .NET and Azure architecture, including the ability to review designs and define platform boundaries.
Experience governing architecture in partner-led or outsourced delivery environments.
Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and applying them to improve engineering practices and delivery outcomes.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.

Nice To Haves

Flexibility to travel as needed.
Ability to type at least 35 words per minute with 97% accuracy.

Responsibilities

Own and evolve the reference architecture for the enterprise patient services platform, including Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, orchestration, agentic services, integrations, data platforms, and .NET/Azure services.
Define architectural boundaries and design principles for data, workflow, business logic, user experience, automation, and system ownership across the platform.
Establish and govern architecture standards, reusable patterns, and golden paths for consistent implementation and adoption across programs.
Design and maintain a scalable multi-tenant, multi-program architecture that supports rapid onboarding through configuration and reusable capabilities rather than custom engineering.
Serve as architectural owner for Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud, including data and case models, security, environment strategy, extensibility, integrations, deployment architecture, and platform scalability.
Ensure adherence to a shared patient and case model and prevent program-specific architectural divergence.
Define and govern integration architecture, including system ownership, canonical data contracts, event-driven patterns, and data synchronization strategies.
Lead architecture for healthcare connectivity solutions, including payer, specialty pharmacy, claims, eligibility, clinical data exchange, e-prescribing, and hub integrations.
Design and govern secure handling of regulated healthcare data, including access controls, encryption, auditability, data retention, and HIPAA/SOC 2 compliance requirements.
Drive architecture and scalability of agentic AI and automation capabilities, ensuring secure, reliable, observable, and compliant workflows for production patient services.
Establish evaluation, testing, and governance frameworks for AI-enabled solutions to ensure quality, reliability, and production readiness.
Provide architectural leadership across the .NET and Azure ecosystem, including APIs, integrations, messaging, compute, data, identity, and observability services.
Guide platform consolidation, modernization, and migration initiatives while balancing innovation, operational stability, and long-term maintainability.
Govern architecture delivered by third-party partners by reviewing solution designs and implementations for alignment with platform standards and strategic objectives.
Define and monitor non-functional requirements, including availability, performance, resilience, recovery objectives, capacity planning, and cloud cost optimization.
Review designs and code, mentor engineers, lead technical proofs of concept, and guide teams on complex production and platform challenges.
Produce and maintain architectural documentation, reference designs, and technical guidance to support adoption and long-term platform sustainability.
Provide architectural direction on governor limits and scale, release and deployment architecture, managed packages and AppExchange, integration boundaries, and extensibility strategy.
Utilize Valeris’ values to drive team success.
Complete training by deadlines for corporate policies and procedures.
Ensure SOPs are followed consistently.
Perform additional tasks or projects as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans, including HSA- and FSA-eligible options, with Valeris contributing toward premium costs.
Telehealth and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services.
Company match on Health Savings Account contributions.
Free basic life and AD&D coverage equal to annual earnings, with a minimum of $50,000 and a maximum of $300,000.
Company-paid Short-Term Disability coverage, with the option to purchase Long-Term Disability.
401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 100% match on the first 5% contributed, with immediate vesting.
Paid Time Off (PTO) and Sick Leave.
Nine paid holidays plus two floating holidays.
Opportunities for advancement and personal and professional growth.
A challenging, stimulating work environment that encourages new ideas.
An inclusive workplace and mission-driven culture.