We’re unique. You should be, too.
We’re changing lives every day. For both our patients and our team members. Are you innovative and entrepreneurial minded? Is your work ethic and ambition off the charts? Do you inspire others with your kindness and joy?
We’re different than most primary care providers. We’re rapidly expanding and we need great people to join our team.
The Associate IT Architect is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will direct, design, and support software projects across ChenMed, partnering with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. This role requires both independent work and cross-functional collaboration. You are expected to make sound technical decisions, drive them forward, and unblock delivery without relying on direct management oversight. You will guide architecture and implementation choices, mentor software developers, and serve as the technical lead for small to medium-sized engineering teams.
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:Architecture and design: Define and evolve solution architecture for projects, including APIs, data models, integration patterns, and deployment considerations, aligned with ChenMed's architecture direction and shared standards in partnership with peer architects.
Technical leadership: Act as tech lead for small to medium engineering teams; set technical direction, review designs and code, contribute hands-on through implementation, testing, and debugging, and keep delivery on track.
Build vs. buy: Evaluate and recommend build-versus-buy options, including vendor assessment, total cost of ownership, integration effort, and long-term maintainability.
Project support: Partner with stakeholders to clarify requirements, break multi-month initiatives into actionable work for the team, identify risks, and support projects from conception through production.
Mentorship: Coach and mentor software developers on architecture, design patterns, coding practices, and professional growth.
Cross-functional collaboration: Work across product, engineering, operations, and business teams to align technical solutions with organizational needs.
Decision ownership: Make pragmatic technical decisions, document rationale, and move initiatives forward with minimal escalation.
Quality and standards: Promote engineering best practices and ensure designs account for non-functional requirements (security, scalability, reliability, performance, and cost) alongside maintainability, observability, and testability.
Adaptive approach: Staying ahead of emerging industry trends and evolving technologies to proactively inform and adapt technical decisions in line with modern ways of working.
Proficient in at least 2 of the following languages or frameworks: Java, Javascript/Typescript, Spring Boot, React
Expert in understanding relational and NoSQL Databases such as SQL (MySQL), MongoDB
Familiar with at least one cloud provider: AWS (preferred), GCP, Azure
Knowledgeable in technologies related to event driven architecture such as Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, Amazon MSK
Deep understanding of architecture/software engineering patterns such as: MVC, CQRS, event sourcing, event-driven, Strangler Fig, IaC, Modular Monolith Expert in delivering web based software using standards such as: RESTful and GraphQL API design, distributed systems concepts, and modern software delivery practices (version control, CI/CD), publisher and consumer, containerization
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE CRITERIA:
BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer or Software Engineering or a related field OR additional experience above the minimum will be considered in lieu of the required education on a year-for-year basis required
A minimum of 5 years of IT-related work experience required
MCSA, MCSE or a related IT certification preferred
PAY RANGE:
$108,313 - $154,733 SalaryThe posted pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for this position. Final compensation will depend on a variety of factors including but not limited to experience, education, geographic location, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for a bonuses or commissions.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
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We’re ChenMed and we’re transforming healthcare for seniors and changing America’s healthcare for the better. Family-owned and physician-led, our unique approach allows us to improve the health and well-being of the populations we serve. We’re growing rapidly as we seek to rescue more and more seniors from inadequate health care.
ChenMed is changing lives for the people we serve and the people we hire. With great compensation, comprehensive benefits, career development and advancement opportunities and so much more, our employees enjoy great work-life balance and opportunities to grow. Join our team who make a difference in people’s lives every single day.
Current employees, if you want to apply to our internal career site, please click HERE
Current Contingent Worker please see job aid HERE to apply
#LI-OnsiteSkills Required
- BA/BS in Computer Science, IT, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent experience
- Minimum of 5 years of IT-related work experience
- General knowledge of systems, network, and security architecture domains
- Hands-on experience implementing technical solutions, scripting, configuring systems, servers, and cloud resources
- Ability to analyze network, application and system requirements and produce secure, reliable designs
- Expertise in at least one domain and intermediate skill in at least two other domains
- Knowledge of version control using GitHub, TFS, VSTS, Jenkins or similar
- MCSA, MCSE or related IT certification
ChenMed Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ChenMed and has not been reviewed or approved by ChenMed.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include multiple medical, dental, and vision options, wellness incentives, and an Employee Assistance Program. Feedback suggests these health offerings are seen as a strong component of the total package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match and financial wellness resources are emphasized. Feedback suggests the retirement program is viewed as competitive, with match and vesting details commonly highlighted.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave at 100% for up to four weeks and up to 10 days of backup child/adult care are provided. Feedback suggests these family supports add meaningful flexibility and security.
ChenMed Insights
What We Do
ChenMed brings concierge-style medicine and better health outcomes to the neediest populations – moderate-to-low income seniors with complex chronic diseases. Operating over 50 medical centers in eight states, we are known to our patients as Dedicated Senior Medical Center, Chen Senior Medical Center, or JenCare Senior Medical Center. Through our innovative operating model, physician-led culture and empowering technology, we drive key quality and cost outcomes that create value for patients, physicians and the overall health system. By recruiting focused physicians and reducing their doctor-to-patient ratios, we increase patients’ “face time” during each monthly appointment and help foster stronger doctor-patient relationships. Results of our high-touch approach to primary care are impressive, as illustrated in the recent Modern Healthcare cover story published on Oct. 20, 2018, which reports that: “Indeed, ChenMed's approach has resulted in 50 percent fewer hospital admissions compared with a standard primary-care practice, 28 percent lower per-member costs, and significantly higher use of evidence-based medications.”
