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 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. 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 position.

At Gainwell, it’s easy to see the positive impact of what we do. The passion you bring to your career ultimately benefits the lives improved by services we provide to our clients. We encourage you to challenge yourself, learn and grow in a company that thrives on innovation. We go beyond entering new arenas to shaping markets with transformational experiences that redefine our business. The difference is clear.

Your role in our mission

• 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.
• Coordinates with application developers, managers, and customer application experts to ensure that required features and modifications are included in the appropriate releases to support cross-product features and to communicate architectural designs and standards.
• Owns Solutions / Post Sale / Integration of components
• Own Enterprise Architecture Framework and Architecture artifacts
• Own technical governance and compliance
• Own the technical roadmap for Product
• Comprehensive knowledge of object-oriented concepts with emphasis on .NET specifications, framework, .Net Core+ and design patterns using C#
• Hands on architect, able to effectively troubleshoot critical issues.
• Experienced in building event driven applications and CQRS pattern.
• Experience in building ASP.Net Core Web application using MVC or Razor pages.
• Experience in building applications using ASP.Net Core WebApi, gRPC or GraphQL
• Experience in implementing SSO in ASP.Net Core Web and WebApi applications using OIDC or OAuth
• Should have experience in working with any of the messaging systems like RabbitMQ, AWS SNS, Kafka or Azure Service Bus
• Should have experience in working with distributed caching using Redis.
• Experience in developing applications using either Azure or AWS services.

What we're looking for

• 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

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 August 24, 2025

The pay range for this position is $118,800.00 - $169,700.00 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 , 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 and visit our 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.