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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Application Architecture, Principal - **Company:** Blue Shield of CA - **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Applications Architecture, Application Integration Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Data Architecture, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, Service Design, Software Engineering, Openapi, Cloud Platform System, Code Structure, Event Driven Architecture, Domain Driven Design, Api Management, Microservices - **Published:** August 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88193715/1 ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree or High School Diploma/GED and 4 years of additional relevant experience in lieu of a degree. * 10+ years of software engineering, application architecture, platform engineering, or related technical experience. * Experience leading application architecture for distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, microservices, internal platforms, or modernization initiatives. * Strong hands-on engineering background with the ability to guide service design, API contracts, code structure, data modeling, testing, deployment, and production tradeoffs. * Deep experience with domain-driven design, service decomposition, integration architecture, shared services, customer extensions, and reusable platform patterns. * Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate platform strategy into clear architecture direction and execution standards. * Experience designing and operating microservices and event-driven systems in a cloud environment. Azure experience is preferred; AWS or GCP experience is transferable. * Strong API and data architecture judgment, including REST, OpenAPI, event contracts, PostgreSQL, analytics handoffs, authorization, tenant/customer isolation, and auditability. * Experience mentoring senior engineers, architects, and technical leads. * Healthcare, payer, pharma, regulated-industry, SOC 2, HIPAA, or security-sensitive platform experience is strongly preferred. * Enterprise architecture experience is a plus, especially when paired with hands-on application architecture and delivery execution. * Excellent written communication. You can make architecture decisions clear, concise, and useful to the teams who need to execute them. External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. 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