Senior Principal Architect, Enterprise Platform & AI

Quest Technology Management; Cameron Park (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellarus is seeking a Sr. Principal Application Architect to shape the platform's architecture across payer, provider, pharma, and partner workflows. You will own patterns for reusable services, AI-driven development, and vendor integrations, mentoring engineers and aligning execs on architectural direction.

The role emphasizes hands-on design decisions, production tradeoffs, and a build-versus-buy stance, with a focus on scalable, secure, multi-tenant systems in a cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering or architecture experience.
• Experience with enterprise-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
• Strong written communication and architecture documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Set technical architecture vision for enterprise-scale application platforms.
• Define reusable architecture models for services, APIs, and workflows.
• Serve as the senior technical authority for build-vs-buy and integration strategy.
• Translate strategy into practical architecture patterns for teams.
• Review designs, read code, and mentor engineers to raise execution quality.
• Align stakeholders on priorities, risks, and investment decisions.
• Establish governance and patterns for reuse, security, and observability.
• Advance AI-assisted development practices and reusable guidance.
• Mentor engineers to strengthen enterprise-level design judgment.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Microservices

API design

Cloud-native platforms

Leadership without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS or related field

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Kubernetes

OpenAPI

Job description

Stellarus is seeking a Sr. Principal Application Architect to shape the platform's architecture across payer, provider, pharma, and partner workflows. You will own patterns for reusable services, AI-driven development, and vendor integrations, mentoring engineers and aligning execs on architectural direction.

The role emphasizes hands-on design decisions, production tradeoffs, and a build-versus-buy stance, with a focus on scalable, secure, multi-tenant systems in a cloud environment.