Principal Architect
Job Description:
- Enable technology solutions that meet business strategy and drive business value
- Define and collaborate on roadmaps, architectures, standards, best-practice documents, and starter-code reference implementations
- Evaluate market trends and execute buy-versus-build decisions
- Assess costs and impacts on targeted business outcomes
- Define future-state architecture for AI, APIs, data stores, cloud infrastructure, cloud services, and microservices
- Consult with technology and business partners to optimize applications and systems using modern architecture and AI
- Maintain a strategic vision aligned with CVS Health platform capabilities, business drivers, and technology trends
- Define enterprise frameworks that promote reuse, reduce cost, manage risk, and increase speed to market
- Build relationships with technology and business partners to establish trust and influence decisions
- Guide, direct, and mentor engineers and stakeholders on application architecture and design
- Ensure non-functional requirements including performance, availability, failover, scalability, and security are met
- Participate in high-level estimation
- Mentor and coach junior architects and drive continuous improvement
Requirements:
- 15+ years of relevant work experience, including 8+ years in architecture
- 10+ years of experience building large-scale business applications using modern technologies and architecture
- 10+ years of experience designing complex integrations focused on performance engineering and loose coupling using APIs, microservices, and event-driven architecture
- 8+ years of experience with modern languages, frameworks, and technologies
- 6+ years of experience facilitating implementation of north star architectures through mentoring, POCs, starter code, and collaborative activities
- Expert-level understanding of architectural methodologies and best practices
- Recognized technical leader with full-stack technology knowledge and expertise in one or more technical subjects
- Experience connecting architectural approaches to strategic business decisions
- Substantial experience with requirements analysis, estimation, systems and application design, and testing
- Experience defining architecture using the C4 model or equivalent
- Expert understanding of architectural methodologies, standards, governance, design patterns, and best practices
- Technical depth in AI/ML/Agentic AI, cloud, data platforms, hybrid solutions, and operating at scale
- Excellent collaboration, influencing, negotiation, coaching, and coalition-building skills
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field
- Preferred: experience with Agile methodology or SAFe practices
- Preferred: experience in AI architecture and practical application of AI technologies
- Preferred: experience with Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Ambient Agents
- Preferred: self-starter who is naturally inquisitive
Benefits:
- CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program
- Award target in the company’s equity award program
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement savings options
- Wellness programs
- Other resources supporting physical, emotional, and financial well-being