Senior Staff Software Engineer

SCAN Health Plan • Long Beach, CA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will design and implement scalable, secure, and resilient architecture to support SCAN’s transition to Azure Cloud, microservices, emerging technologies such as LLMs and agentic AI, Dynamics 365, and other vendor implementations. You will act as a strategic partner to technical teams and business stakeholders, translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable guidance. The role contributes to critical business outcomes and technology strategies intended to improve member experience and health outcomes, create competitive advantages, reduce operational risk, and lower total cost of operations. You will also oversee governance, technology standards, and architecture review processes to ensure alignment with organizational goals.

The position includes strategic technology planning and roadmapping; cloud and application architecture; solution design; vendor evaluation; collaboration with Product Managers, System Architects, Product Owners, and development teams; support for Agile teams and delivery; architecture governance and continuous improvement; risk management; and technical documentation and communication. You will guide the Azure transition, promote Azure-native services and FinOps practices, develop microservices architecture and CI/CD practices, establish monitoring and observability, and ensure that solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in enterprise architecture or related roles.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing technical solutions for complex, distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, performance, and security.
• Expertise in Azure Cloud services, microservices architecture, DevOps practices, and enterprise application and data integration.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization such as Docker and Kubernetes, and monitoring tools such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Prometheus, or Grafana.
• Understanding of FinOps and cost optimization practices.
• Experience managing Architecture Review Boards and setting technology standards.
• Strong understanding of solution and enterprise architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
• Expertise in system integration, cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, and GCP, microservices architecture, and APIs.
• Knowledge of iPaaS platforms such as MuleSoft or Boomi, and experience designing and delivering integrations across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, API, event-driven, and batch environments.
• Proficiency in relevant programming languages and technologies, such as Java, .NET, Python, and JavaScript frameworks.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and infrastructure as code.
• Knowledge of databases, data architecture, and data modeling techniques.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence and drive technical decisions across teams and stakeholders.
• Experience working with Product Managers, System Architects, and development teams to align business requirements with technical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Agile and SAFe.

Nice To Haves

• Certifications in architecture frameworks such as TOGAF and cloud platforms such as AWS Solutions Architect or Azure Architect are preferred.
• DevOps certifications such as Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.
• Knowledge of iPaaS platforms such as MuleSoft or Boomi, including API-led integration, orchestration, transformation, security, monitoring, and reusable integration patterns, is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business needs and develop a technology architecture strategy supporting future growth and organizational goals.
• Assess emerging technologies and recommend solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Lead the transition to Azure Cloud and create a roadmap for scalable cloud architecture.
• Develop and manage a technology roadmap covering IT initiatives, upgrades, migrations, and modernization.
• Drive adoption of Azure-native services while optimizing performance, cost efficiency, and security.
• Design and implement microservices architecture, ensuring governance, scalability, and reusability.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to build DevOps practices and efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and promote FinOps practices to optimize cloud spending while maintaining performance and scalability.
• Establish monitoring and observability frameworks for real-time insight into application and infrastructure performance.
• Provide technical leadership for RFP processes and vendor evaluations for cloud and application solutions.
• Create and maintain architectural standards and practices that support agile development, scalability, security, and performance.
• Work with Product Management and System Architects to define solution context, enablers, and key technical components for ART increments.
• Ensure technical solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Act as a technical liaison among business stakeholders, Product Managers, Product Owners, and development teams to align business needs with technical capabilities.
• Collaborate with other architects to maintain consistent and aligned architectural approaches across the enterprise.
• Engage stakeholders to gather input, define solution features, and address technical challenges.
• Communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and design rationales to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Guide Agile teams within the ART and Solution Train to align solutions with architectural goals and design patterns.
• Participate in Planning Interval (PI) Planning, prioritizing architectural enablers and helping teams implement the architectural vision.
• Review technical deliverables for adherence to architectural standards and alignment with solution designs.
• Conduct architecture reviews, provide feedback, and ensure adherence to architecture standards and principles.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, architecture optimization, and technical debt reduction.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and methodologies to improve architecture and development processes.
• Identify architectural risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex architectural challenges to ensure reliable, scalable, performant systems.
• Work with Agile teams to remove architectural impediments to development progress.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation and accessible solution design blueprints.
• Clearly communicate architectural direction and guidance throughout the organization.

Benefits

• Annual employee bonus program.
• Robust wellness program.
• Generous paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid holidays per year, one floating holiday, birthday off, and two volunteer days.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match.
• Employee recognition program.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Opportunity to contribute to work benefiting members and the community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior