
Principal Solutions Architect
Humana
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Colorado • District of Columbia • United States
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Salary
💰 $172,200 - $236,900 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define and maintain the end-to-end NBA platform architecture, encompassing data ingestion, state management, decisioning, business rules, machine learning, and channel activation.
- Serve as the technical authority across NBA domains, including State Machine, Action Library, Decision Engine, Data and ML Platforms, and Channel & Integration Services.
- Establish and uphold architectural standards for API-first, event-driven, cloud-native solutions, ensuring consistency across teams and external partners.
- Review and approve solution designs, major technical decisions, and non-functional requirements related to scalability, resiliency, performance, and security.
- Ensure explainability, auditability, and governance are embedded in decisioning workflows, with a focus on regulated use cases.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software and platform architecture, including as a principal or lead architect.
- Demonstrated expertise designing large-scale, cloud-native, distributed systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with Node.js and/or Python, API design (REST/GraphQL), and event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar).
- In-depth knowledge of decisioning platforms, rules engines, and ML integration patterns.
- Experience in regulated enterprise settings (such as healthcare, financial services, or insurance).
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Generous PTO package
- Health benefits effective day 1
- Annual Incentive Plan
- 401K - Excellent company match
- Well-being program
- Paid Volunteer Time Off
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Hard Skills & Tools
software architectureplatform architecturecloud-native solutionsNode.jsPythonAPI designevent-driven architecturedecisioning platformsrules enginesmachine learning
Soft Skills
communication skillsinfluencestakeholder management