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 an 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

• As an Enterprise Architect on an Account, you will play a key role in defining the end-to-end application and solution architectures necessary to support incoming customer initiatives and programs. This includes many areas of focus – business, information, application, infrastructure / cloud, network, security, technical operations, and compliance at both State and Federal levels.
• Working across multiple projects, you will identify and address architecturally significant changes, complete architecture impact assessments, prepare technical documentation, and present solutions to the Account Architecture Review Board (ARB).
• Viewed as a leader on an Account, you will assign architecture resources across a portfolio of projects and provide mentorship to more junior staff in the architecture and project teams.
• As part of ensuring quality, you will perform final reviews on document deliverables that will reach the customer.
• Regular interaction with multiple levels of leadership is expected, including the Project Management Office (PMO), project teams, infrastructure and security teams, and the customer. Productive collaboration and quality communications are central to your success.

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 supporting infrastructure.
• Application design principles and product configurations.
• Programming languages, databases, tooling, operating systems, infrastructure, and cloud technologies, as relative to any given Account.
• Software development lifecycles 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.
• Strongly Preferred – Enterprise Architecture experience within a Healthcare environment.
• Driving of Enterprise Architecture initiatives for large Accounts, State and Federal Accounts.
• Producing technical roadmaps, architecture diagrams, and supporting documentation.
• Conducting technical research, testing, and evaluation of complex IT systems.
• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, including Agile.

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 March 28, 2026

#LI-GD1 #LI-REMOTE 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 401(k) employer match, comprehensive health benefits, 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 company website and visit our Careers site 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. Gainwell Technologies defines “wages” and “wage rates” to include “all forms of pay, including, but not limited to, salary, overtime pay, bonuses, stock, stock options, profit sharing and bonus plans, life insurance, vacation and holiday pay, cleaning or gasoline allowances, hotel accommodations, reimbursement for travel expenses, and benefits. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job