Senior Principal Application Architect

Be part of a team that unleashes the power of leading-edge technologies to help improve the health and well-being of those most vulnerable in our country and communities. Working at Gainwell carries its rewards. You'll have an incredible opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. You'll add to your technical credentials and certifications while enjoying a generous, flexible vacation policy and educational assistance. We also have comprehensive leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

Summary

As a Senior Principal Application Architect at Gainwell, you can contribute your skills as we harness the power of technology to help our clients improve the health and well-being of the members they serve - a community's most vulnerable. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Principal Architect with deep expertise in Medicaid system, Pharmacy Benefit Management and .NET technology stack. The ideal candidate will provide architectural leadership, define technical strategy, and ensure the delivery of scalable, secure, and compliant solutions. This role requires a strong knowledge of healthcare and government programs (MMIS, Medicaid Information Technology Architecture - MITA, CMS compliance) combined with enterprise-level .NET application architecture.Connect your passion with purpose, teaming with people who thrive on finding innovative solutions to some of healthcare's biggest challenges. Here are the details on this postion.

Your role in our mission

• Creates highly complex application architectures for Medicaid solutions leveraging .NET technologies and cloud-native services.
• Ability to code scalable solutions, and also contribute directly to development by building prototypes, writing code, and mentoring teams.
• Establish architectural standards, security controls, and performance benchmarks.
• Ensure adherence to CMS Modular Certification, MITA maturity model, and interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR, X12 EDI).
• Lead design of PBM applications across claims, prior authorization, formulary, drug utilization review, rebates, and eligibility systems.
• Define end-to-end architecture for Medicaid Claims, Encounter, and financial systems.
• Partner with business leaders, state agencies, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Mentor engineers, solution architects, and development teams on best practices in .NET, microservices, and cloud adoption.
• Coordinates with application developers, managers and customer application experts to ensure that required features and modifications are included in the appropriates releases to support cross-product features and to communicate architectural designs and standards.
• Conducts and provides cost analyses to determine the feasibility of various approaches.
• Provides advice and counsel regarding product content, as appropriate, as requirements or policies change. Designs application modules that work together to produce the desired product.
• Provides high-level analysis and design reviews to avoid duplication of effort in solving the same application problems with different products.
• Works with third party vendors to develop software and/or integrate their software into the company's products.
• Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.
• Evaluates new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities within the company products.

What we're looking for

• An ability to rapidly grasp and apply complex business and technical concepts.
• Entrepreneurial in your approach and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must have a sound understanding of the software development and software test lifecycle.
• Must have a sound understanding of the Agile methodology.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for application design, coordination, and testing.
• Leadership skills to lead and guide teams and projects.

What you should expect in this role

• United States remote opportunity
• Video cameras must be used during all interviews, as well as during the initial week of orientation
• The Deadline to submit applications for this posting is September 30, 2025

The pay range for this position is $148,500.00 - $212,200.00 per year, however, the base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. Put your passion to work at Gainwell. You'll have the opportunity to grow your career in a company that values work flexibility, learning, and career development. All salaried, full-time candidates are eligible for our generous, flexible vacation policy, a 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits , and educational assistance. We also have a variety of leadership and technical development academies to help build your skills and capabilities.

We believe nothing is impossible when you bring together people who care deeply about making healthcare work better for everyone. Build your career with Gainwell, an industry leader. You'll be joining a company where collaboration, innovation, and inclusion fuel our growth. Learn more about Gainwell at our company website and visit our Careers site for all available job role openings.

Gainwell Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.