Senior Application Architect

Humana

1d•Remote

About The Position

Become a part of our caring community and help us put health first Lead the Architecture Behind Humana’s Next Generation PBM Platform Humana, a Fortune 100 healthcare technology leader, is transforming how millions of people access, understand, and experience pharmacy benefits. As a Senior Application Architect, you will play a key strategic role in shaping the technical direction of Humana’s Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) ecosystem—designing scalable, secure, and highly integrated systems that power mission critical healthcare experiences. This is a high-impact role for an architect who excels at system design, API and integration strategy, technical leadership, and guiding engineering teams toward modern, sustainable solutions. What You’ll Do Define & Drive Architecture Strategy Lead the design of application and integration architectures that power Humana’s PBM systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, cloud-ready, and aligned with enterprise architecture direction. Guide Technical Planning & System Design Translate business needs into well‑defined architectural patterns, solution blueprints, and technical roadmaps that support long-term growth and modernization. Ensure Cohesive, Enterprise-Grade Integration Evaluate and align APIs, data flows, and service interactions across interdependent systems, promoting consistency, reuse, and interoperability across Humana’s technology landscape. Lead Architecture Governance & Technical Quality Champion architectural standards, conduct design reviews, identify design risks, and provide guidance to engineering teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise expectations for performance, resilience, and maintainability. Collaborate With Engineering & Leadership Partner with engineering leads, product owners, and enterprise architects to shape platform strategy—advising on tradeoffs, influencing decision-making, and ensuring architectural alignment across teams. Mentor & Elevate the Technical Organization Coach developers and technical leads on architectural best practices, modern design patterns, and high-quality implementation approaches that improve engineering maturity and delivery velocity. Who You Are You are an architect who enjoys: Designing modern, enterprise-scale architectures Tackling integration complexity across large ecosystems Guiding teams toward cleaner, smarter architectural choices Influencing technical strategy and modernization roadmaps Translating business needs into scalable system designs Improving system quality, performance, and long‑term sustainability You’re comfortable operating with autonomy, navigating ambiguity, and making technical decisions that influence multiple teams and systems. Use your skills to make an impact

Requirements

7+ years of progressive experience as a senior developer or technical engineer on large-scale IT projects
Prior experience as an application architect and/or technical team lead
Strong understanding of modern architecture practices (microservices, API-first design, cloud-native patterns, event-driven systems, layered architectures, etc.)
A passion for creating technology that improves healthcare and consumer experiences

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Experience designing architectures in healthcare, PBM, or similarly regulated industries
Familiarity with enterprise integration patterns, domain-driven design, or cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)

Responsibilities

Define & Drive Architecture Strategy Lead the design of application and integration architectures that power Humana’s PBM systems, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, cloud-ready, and aligned with enterprise architecture direction.
Guide Technical Planning & System Design Translate business needs into well‑defined architectural patterns, solution blueprints, and technical roadmaps that support long-term growth and modernization.
Ensure Cohesive, Enterprise-Grade Integration Evaluate and align APIs, data flows, and service interactions across interdependent systems, promoting consistency, reuse, and interoperability across Humana’s technology landscape.
Lead Architecture Governance & Technical Quality Champion architectural standards, conduct design reviews, identify design risks, and provide guidance to engineering teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise expectations for performance, resilience, and maintainability.
Collaborate With Engineering & Leadership Partner with engineering leads, product owners, and enterprise architects to shape platform strategy—advising on tradeoffs, influencing decision-making, and ensuring architectural alignment across teams.
Mentor & Elevate the Technical Organization Coach developers and technical leads on architectural best practices, modern design patterns, and high-quality implementation approaches that improve engineering maturity and delivery velocity.