Principal Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Connecticut.

📋 Description

• Join a team dedicated to delivering technology solutions that align with our business strategy and enhance business value.

• Collaborate on the development of roadmaps, architectures, standards, best practice documentation, and reference implementations for starter code.

• Analyze market trends, make informed decisions between purchasing and developing solutions, and evaluate costs while considering their impact on targeted business outcomes.

• Establish a future state architecture that supports and integrates the strategy for Artificial Intelligence, APIs, data storage, cloud infrastructures, cloud services, and microservices.

• Work closely with technology and business partners to optimize business applications and systems that incorporate modern architectural practices, particularly in AI.

• Formulate and uphold a strategic vision that aligns capabilities with the CVS Health platform, driven by key business factors and technology trends.

• Collaborate on creating enterprise frameworks that encourage reuse, lower costs, manage risks, and accelerate time to market.

• Build and nurture robust relationships with technology and business partners to foster trust and influence significant business outcomes and decisions.

• Offer guidance, direction, and mentorship to engineers and stakeholders on the architecture and design of relevant applications.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 15 years of relevant work experience, with at least 8 years focused on architecture.

• More than 10 years of experience in developing large-scale business applications using modern technologies and architectures.

• At least 10 years of experience in designing complex integrations, emphasizing performance engineering and loose coupling through APIs, microservices, and event-driven architecture.

• Over 8 years of expertise in modern programming languages, frameworks, and technologies.

• At least 6 years of experience facilitating the implementation of north star architectures by delivery teams through mentoring, building proofs of concept (POCs), starter code, and other collaborative efforts.

• Profound understanding of architectural methodologies and best practices.

• A recognized technical leader with comprehensive knowledge of full stack technology.

• Ability to recognize the influence architectural strategies can have on strategic business decisions.

• Extensive experience in requirements analysis, estimation, systems and application design, and testing.

• Expert knowledge of architectural methodologies, development of standards, governance, design patterns, and best practices.

• A diverse technical background with substantial expertise in AI/ML/Agentic AI, cloud technologies, data platforms, hybrid solutions, and scalable operations.

• Exceptional skills in collaboration, influence, negotiation, coaching, and coalition-building.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• Paid time off.

• Retirement savings options.

• Wellness programs and additional resources.