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# Principal Application Architect

- **Company:** Gainwell Technologies
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $118,800.0 - $169,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Applications Architecture, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Curam Configuration Tools, Togaf, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eb458232b2d26be6

## About the Role

* Ten or more years of application architecture and/or product development experience
 * Experience working with:
 + architecture framework methodologies such as TOGAF
 + software systems, applications and network markets
 + technical products, vendors, and families of technologies and company hardware and software products
 + broad business area and knowledge of competitor products and services
 + application design principles and product configurations
 + appropriate programming languages, operating systems, hardware and software to understand product line software and hardware
 + mainframes, scheduling software, and other related technologies
 + software development life cycle and client requirements
 * Leadership skills to guide and mentor the work of less experienced personnel
 * Good communication skills to communicate with customers, support personnel, application development personnel and management
 * Background working in Health Care Industry, preferably Medicaid

## Description

* Provides architectural oversight for the development of highly complex new and/or enhanced applications or products. Integrates components built by application developers and/or programmers as needed. Provides technical advice to other departments within the company.
 * Reviews and conducts technical research, testing, evaluation and documentation of complex hosting/configuration tools and methodologies
 * Evaluates new technologies and software products to determine feasibility and desirability of incorporating their capabilities into company products.
 * Acts as liaison between third party vendors and company to procure, develop and/or integrate their applications into company products and to ensure that applications are in accordance with company product standards and guidelines.
 * Works with product development teams and senior designers on complex projects to develop architectural requirements to ensure client satisfaction with product.
 * Owns Solutions / Post Sale / Integration of components
 * Typically works on large projects
 * Own Enterprise Architecture Framework and Architecture artifacts for accounts
 * Own technical governance and compliance
 * Own and lead Architecture Review Board for account
 * Own the technical roadmap for account
 * Analyzes data and drives operational improvements
 * Focused on root cause analysis and driving permanent correction
 * Client facing
 * Proactively shares solutions across accounts
 * Upskills the team