Platform Architect: Distributed Systems & Microservices

Blue Shield of CA; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus Technology seeks a Principal, Application Architecture to lead architecture decisions for major platform capabilities and cross-domain initiatives. You will translate platform strategy into executable work for engineering teams, owning direction and standards while mitigating high-impact risks.

This senior role focuses on cloud-native architectures, domain-driven design, and scalable service patterns, with a build-over-buy approach and emphasis on integration, modernization, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher, plus 4 years of related experience in lieu of a degree.
• 10+ years of software engineering or related technical experience.
• Experience leading architecture for distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
• Hands-on engineering background guiding service design and production tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions for major platform capabilities and cross-domain initiatives.
• Translate platform strategy into concrete architecture direction and execution standards.
• Own build-vs-buy, integration consolidation, and modernization decisions for platform capabilities.
• Design products for payer, provider, pharma, and partner workflows across domains.
• Mentor senior engineers, architects, and technical leads and influence senior stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Cloud-native

Distributed systems

Influence stakeholders

API design

OpenAPI

PostgreSQL

Security/compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

Stellarus Technology seeks a Principal, Application Architecture to lead architecture decisions for major platform capabilities and cross-domain initiatives. You will translate platform strategy into executable work for engineering teams, owning direction and standards while mitigating high-impact risks.

This senior role focuses on cloud-native architectures, domain-driven design, and scalable service patterns, with a build-over-buy approach and emphasis on integration, modernization, and