The Senior Application Architect designs and develops IT applications architecture solutions to business problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards. The Senior Application Architect work assignments involve moderately complex to complex issues where the analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Application Architect who is deeply technical, hands-on, and passionate about building scalable, secure, and high-performing applications. This role requires an architect who actively works alongside development teams (not just high-level design) and contributes to implementation, prototyping, and innovation—especially in AI-driven solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a hands-on architect with ~35–40% coding involvement
- Design and implement scalable, event-driven architectures
- Collaborate with Tech Leads to ensure designs are executed effectively
- Partner with Solution Architects to align with enterprise and domain strategies
- Develop POCs and AI-driven solutions to showcase innovation
- Drive performance, reliability, and security best practices
- Define integration patterns, standards, and documentation
- Contribute to data architecture and governance
What We’re Looking For
- A hands-on “builder” architect, not just a conceptual designer
- Strong ownership with the ability to translate architecture into working solutions
- Passion for innovation, especially AI and cloud-native applications
Use your skills to make an impact
Required Skills
- Strong expertise in .NET Core (including Windows Forms experience)
- Hands-on experience with Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka preferred)
- Strong background in API design and development
- Solid experience with Cloud Platforms (Azure and/or GCP)
- Deep understanding of Low-Level Design (LLD) with ability to work closely with development teams
- Strong experience in SQL and database design
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience with Redis / Caching mechanisms
- Knowledge of Performance Optimization techniques
- Understanding of Security & Compliance frameworks
- Exposure to AI Strategy, Governance, and implementation
- Familiarity with Appian
- Experience with Integration Patterns and distributed systems
- Knowledge of Data Modeling, Storage, and Archival strategies
- Experience in Data Governance practices
- Strong focus on Documentation & Standards
- Experience defining System Reliability and Guardrails
- Exposure to High-Level Architecture (HLD)
- Experience in the Pharmacy / Healthcare domain is a strong advantage
Additional Information
Travel: While this is a remote position, occasional travel to Humana's offices for training or meetings may be required.Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers competitive benefits that support whole-person well-being. Associate benefits are designed to encourage personal wellness and smart healthcare decisions for you and your family while also knowing your life extends outside of work. Among our benefits, Humana provides medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) retirement savings plan, time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave), short-term and long-term disability, life insurance and many other opportunities.About us
About Humana: Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is a leading U.S. healthcare company. Through our Humana insurance services and our CenterWell healthcare services, we make it easier for the millions of people we serve to achieve their best health – delivering the care and service they need, when they need it. These efforts are leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare and Medicaid, families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities at large. Learn more about what we offer at Humana.com and at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
Skills Required
- Strong expertise in .NET Core (including Windows Forms experience)
- Hands-on experience with Event-Driven Architecture (Kafka preferred)
- Strong background in API design and development
- Solid experience with Cloud Platforms (Azure and/or GCP)
- Deep understanding of Low-Level Design (LLD)
- Strong experience in SQL and database design
Humana Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Humana and has not been reviewed or approved by Humana.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, supplemental health, and long-term care insurance are offered alongside on-site/virtual wellness resources and weekly paid well-being time, indicating a whole-person focus.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid PTO and holidays, volunteer time, and formal leave options such as parental and caregiver time provide broad time-away support. Adoption assistance and lactation rooms extend coverage for key life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors long-term savings. Employer-matched emergency savings programs complement retirement planning.
Humana Insights
What We Do
At Humana, our cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by delivering personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing healthcare needs continue to evolve for each person, for each family and for each community, Humana continuously creates innovative solutions and resources that help people live their healthiest lives on their terms –when and where they need it. Our employees are at the heart of making this happen and that’s why we are dedicated to building an organization of dynamic talent whose experience and passion center on putting the customer first.
