Senior Technical Software Architect

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; United States; Hybrid; USD 102,300 - 163,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Mental health and well-being programs

Investment plans and bonuses

Job summary

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is looking for a skilled solution architect to guide technical solutions that align with business and operational goals. Responsibilities include producing technical designs, maintaining architectural artifacts, and driving initiatives in a hybrid work environment based in the United States.

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software engineering, cloud platforms like AWS, and a strong understanding of API and microservices architectures. The role requires excellent communication skills to convey complex concepts clearly.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years’ experience in software engineering with 4+ years of complex systems architecture design.
• Proficient with best-practice software development and project management.
• Experience in the healthcare/insurance industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own solution technical designs for medium-to-high complexity features.
• Produce architecture artifacts including HLDs and context diagrams.
• Drive projects while ensuring scalability and performance.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

API management

Microservices

Data architecture

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field

Master’s degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Salesforce

FACETS

ServiceNow

Matillion

Snowflake

Job description

Pay Range: $102,300.00 - $163,700.00

Overview

Responsible for leading solution design and associated documentation. Drives technical solution design initiatives, while maintaining strong credibility with cross‑functional partners, particularly engineering and enterprise architecture. Ensures solutions align with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and operational standards, guides junior architects, and contributes across all phases of system design by upholding architectural principles, fostering innovation, and supporting both business and technical needs throughout the project lifecycle.

What you will do:

• Own solution technical designs for medium-to-high complexity features.
• Produce and maintain architecture artifacts (HLDs, current vs. target state, context diagrams, sequence diagrams, etc.).
• Evaluate design trade‑offs (latency vs. throughput, synchronous vs. async calls).
• Drive reference implementations and proof‑of‑concepts (POCs).
• Govern design reviews; capture and track technical risks, assumptions, and decisions.
• Identify and validate non‑functional requirements (NFR).
• Create and enforce enterprise standards (identity, logging, API standards, cloud patterns).
• Drive projects with evolving technical artifacts to continuously maintain the current‑state ecosystem with EA oversight.
• Curate an internal knowledge base of capabilities, systems, processes, interdependencies, and underlying design via the EA tool.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Evolve architecture principles, standards, best practices, and enforce through Architecture Review Board and projects.
• Lead HLD and other solution/technical artifact template maintenance.
• Ensure alignment between enterprise, solution, and technical architecture layers.
• Ensure scalability, performance, and resilience of critical systems.
• Drive technology innovation by applying security, compliance, and risk management standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and related work experience.
• Five to seven years’ experience in software engineering with 4+ years of proven delivery of complex, distributed systems via architecture design and support.
• Proficient with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and AI/ML enablement.
• Expert in API management, microservices, and distributed systems architecture.
• Proficient with Salesforce, FACETS, ServiceNow, Matillion, Apigee, Snowflake, and data warehousing tools/practices.
• Experience with data architecture, analytics platforms, and data governance.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to engineering with good diagramming hygiene for mutual understanding.
• Receptive/adaptive to alternative design approaches presented by engineering, while being accountable for the final design.
• Proficient with best‑practice software development, integration, and configuration management methodologies and project management office reporting.
• Coachable, adaptable, and willing to learn and teach modern technologies/processes.
• Drive cost‑efficient, reliable, and scalable design using cloud‑native patterns.
• Maintain a record of implementing large‑scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for inter‑level audiences.
• Influence without authority and deliver consensus.
• Comfortable in agile or waterfall methodologies.

Extras

• Master’s degree in a technical discipline such as Information Systems Management, Systems Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Experience with multiple platforms, operating systems, RDBMS, and integrated development environments.
• Two or more years in the healthcare/insurance industry.

Location

BCBSRI is headquartered in downtown Providence, conveniently located near the train station and bus terminal. We actively support associate well‑being and work/life balance and offer the following schedules, based on role:In‑office: onsite 5 days per weekHybrid: onsite 2‑4 days per weekRemote: onsite 0‑1 days per weekPermitted to reside in the following states, pending approval from the Human Resources Department: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia.

Benefits

We provide tuition reimbursement and assist with student‑loan repayment. We offer health, dental, and vision insurance and programs that support your mental health and well‑being. We pay competitively, offer bonuses and investment plans, and are committed to growing and developing employees.

Equal Opportunity Employment

BCBSRI is an equal opportunity employer. The law requires an employer to post notices describing the Federal laws. Please visit www.eeoc.gov/know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal to view the "Know Your Rights" poster.