Technical Manager - Application Architect

Applicants who live within 35 miles of Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in office days per week in Durham, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

Work Schedule: This is a full-time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.

Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.

Job Responsibilities

Architecture and Technical Leadership

• Own and evolve the end-to-end application architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, performance, and security.
• Provide architectural guidance across Java-based services, microservices, APIs, and cloud-native components deployed on AWS.
• Define architectural standards, patterns, best practices, and long-term technical roadmaps.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and integrate AI-assisted development tools to improve development velocity and code quality.
• Drive engineering improvements focused on automation, resiliency, observability, and modernization.

Business Partnership and Product Alignment

• Serve as the primary technical liaison between engineering and business stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs and implementation plans.
• Communicate risks, timelines, dependencies, and trade-offs to stakeholders.
• Provide technical insights that inform product roadmap and strategic planning decisions.

Development Leadership and People Management

• Lead, mentor, and manage software engineers and technical team members.
• Establish and enforce development standards, coding practices, and DevSecOps workflows.
• Guide teams across the software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, deployment, and support.
• Introduce new tools, frameworks, and engineering approaches to improve team productivity and capability.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

AI and Automation Integration

• Evaluate and implement AI-enabled engineering tools, including code generation, automated testing, and documentation tools.
• Identify opportunities for automation to improve development processes and system performance.
• Support adoption of AI-driven enhancements to improve application quality and engineering workflows.
• Apply experience with model-centric programming (MCP) or agent-based workflows to improve engineering outcomes.

Operational and Delivery Responsibilities

• Oversee technical governance, architecture compliance, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Establish and maintain production support processes, including monitoring, diagnostics, and root-cause analysis.
• Partner with DevOps and Cloud teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure performance.
• Lead performance optimization initiatives and architectural refactoring efforts., The Technical Manager - Application Architect leads the design, architecture, and delivery of enterprise-grade applications at Labcorp. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with leadership responsibility to ensure applications are scalable, secure, and aligned with business objectives. The position partners with engineering teams and business stakeholders to drive innovation, adopt modern technologies including AI-enabled tools, and deliver high-quality solutions that support organizational goals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Engineering
• 10 or more years of experience in software development
• 5 or more years of experience in architecture or technical leadership roles
• 5 or more years of experience developing applications using Java and Spring Boot
• 3 or more years of experience designing and implementing REST APIs and microservices architectures
• 3 or more years of experience working with AWS services such as Lambda, ECS, EKS, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, or Terraform
• 3 or more years of experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices
• 2 or more years of experience using containerization technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 or more years of experience evaluating or implementing AI-enabled software engineering tools
• 2 or more years of experience supporting application modernization or cloud transformation initiatives
• 2 or more years of experience applying model-centric programming (MCP) or agent-based workflows in software development environments

Additional Job Standards

• Experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale applications.
• Experience leading or managing software development teams.
• Experience working with integration patterns, distributed systems, and scalable architectures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.