Optum · 7 hours ago
Principal Architect - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$135K/yr - $231K/yr
5+ years expOptum is a global leader in health care innovation, seeking a Principal Architect to define and govern enterprise-level architecture for Payment Integrity. The role involves partnering with various stakeholders to align technology direction with enterprise objectives and modernize core platforms.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the senior technical authority for architecture across Payment Integrity; define architecture vision, principles, patterns, and reference architecture
Drive long range planning to align application and technology portfolios with business objectives
Lead end to end architecture for platforms supporting claims, provider, eligibility, analytics, and modernization initiatives
Evaluate solution options, integration patterns, cloud architectures, and modernization strategies
Provide oversight for domain level architectures and ensure alignment with enterprise standards
Assess and guide adoption of emerging AI/ML, automation, and LLM based technologies in alignment with enterprise approved tools
Architect capabilities that support fraud/waste/abuse detection and enterprise payment integrity strategy
Collaborate with senior engineering, product, clinical, analytics, and business stakeholders to translate needs into architectural direction
Serve as the senior architecture point of contact across engineering, business, and operations teams
Establish and enforce architecture governance, standards, patterns, roadmaps, and EA review boards
Ensure compliance with internal policies, security guidelines, and industry standards (FHIR, CQL, CDS, HIPAA, terminology standards)
Produce detailed architecture artifacts such as sequence diagrams, systems models, and data flows
Lead proofs of concept, prototypes, and reference implementations
Provide deep technical guidance to architects, engineers, and cross functional teams
Mentor solution architects and engineering leaders; uplift architecture maturity and technical excellence
Function as a thought leader within the architecture community and represent the ARC job family in strategic initiatives
Qualification
Required
5+ years of technical leadership experience, influencing multiple engineering teams toward consistent architectural standards and platform direction
Demonstrated experience leading architecture for large scale, enterprise systems (serving multiple business units, managing high volume transactions, or spanning multi team delivery)
Demonstrated hands‑on technical depth designing distributed systems, integrations, and cloud‑native architectures across multi‑team environments
Cloud architecture proficiency in Azure, AWS, or GCP, with experience designing or migrating at least one production‑grade system
Proven experience driving technical change initiatives such as modernization, simplification, platform rationalization, or introducing new architectural patterns
Solid cross‑functional partnership experience working with business, product, analytics, or clinical leaders to align architecture with business strategy
Demonstrated ability to evaluate and guide adoption of emerging technologies including AI/ML, automation, or next‑generation platform capabilities
Proven solid communication and influence skills, with a record of aligning senior stakeholders and mentoring architects or senior engineers
Preferred
Experience working in or supporting Payment Integrity, healthcare claims, provider data, or related healthcare domains, ideally across multiple platforms or functions
Experience leading or contributing to enterprise architecture governance, including review boards, standards development, or platform roadmapping
Experience driving or supporting modernization of legacy systems, including cloud migration, application rationalization, or platform consolidation efforts
Experience aligning architectural direction across global engineering teams (India + U.S. or similar distributed model)
Experience implementing or advising on AI‑enabled capabilities-LLMs, automation, RAG, intelligent routing, or AI‑assisted engineering patterns
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Incentive and recognition programs
Equity stock purchase
401k contribution
Company
Optum
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group.
10001+ employees
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Daniel Castillo
Chief Executive Officer, Optum Care Delivery
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Jay Green
Chief Financial Officer
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