Senior Platform Architect: Microservices & API Strategy

Blue Shield of CA; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus Technology seeks a Senior Principal, Application Architecture to drive architecture decisions for major platform capabilities and cross-domain initiatives. You will translate platform strategy into executable design, resolve high-impact risks, and guide engineering teams toward scalable, secure production systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, API contracts, data modeling, and vendor integrations, with senior leadership alignment and ongoing modernization across payer,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering, architecture, or related technical experience.
• Experience leading architecture for distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, or modernization initiatives.
• Strong hands-on engineering background guiding service design, API contracts, data modeling, testing, deployment, and production tradeoffs.
• Deep experience with domain-driven design and reusable platform patterns.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate strategy into architecture direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture decisions for major platform capabilities and cross-domain initiatives.
• Translate platform strategy into clear architecture direction and execution standards.
• Drive build-vs-buy, integration consolidation, and modernization decisions.
• Mentor engineers, architects, and technical leads.
• Collaborate with cloud teams across payer, provider, pharma, and partner workflows.

Skills

Microservices

Cloud-native platforms

Domain-driven design

API contracts

Data modeling

Testing

Deployment

Production tradeoffs

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

OpenAPI

Job description

Stellarus Technology seeks a Senior Principal, Application Architecture to drive architecture decisions for major platform capabilities and cross-domain initiatives. You will translate platform strategy into executable design, resolve high-impact risks, and guide engineering teams toward scalable, secure production systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on engineering, API contracts, data modeling, and vendor integrations, with senior leadership alignment and ongoing modernization across payer,