Optum · 8 hours ago
Director Architecture - Remote
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$135K/yr - $231K/yr
7+ years expOptum is a global leader in health care innovation, seeking a Director of Architecture to shape the architectural direction of complex healthcare platforms. This role involves ensuring systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and interoperable while partnering with senior technology and business leaders to promote architectural excellence.
EducationHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Shape the end to end architecture across platforms, services, and data domains, ensuring alignment with healthcare needs and enterprise standards
Establish clear patterns, guardrails, and reusable models that support modernization, interoperability, and long term sustainability
Apply an AI aware mindset to inform design choices, improve clarity of tradeoffs, and guide teams toward a shared architectural vision
Oversee design through the full lifecycle, ensuring reliability, performance, security, and cost effectiveness are built in from the start
Support teams with AI enhanced design tools that streamline modeling, analysis, and documentation
Encourage thoughtful use of AI aware patterns such as predictive insights, intelligent workflows, and automated quality checks
Partner with data, ML, and analytics teams on safe, responsible integration of intelligence into systems
Use AI tools to accelerate architecture tasks like API review, dependency analysis, and solution documentation
Define and govern enterprise API standards, including Open API/Swagger style guides and versioning practices
Ensure APIs and integrations follow consistent, consumer friendly, and interoperable patterns across teams
Understand how EMR and clinical systems interact with payer platforms to guide integration and data movement
Apply interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, X12) to ensure systems communicate reliably and securely
Mentor architects and engineers to strengthen system design, integration skills, and architectural thinking
Encourage safe and effective adoption of AI augmented engineering techniques across teams
Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders across product, business, engineering, and operations
Communicate design options, risks, and decisions in clear, business aligned terms
Partner with SRE, platform, and security teams to ensure systems are reliable, observable, and resilient
Identify architectural improvements that reduce operational effort and increase developer productivity
Support continuous improvement with metrics, insights, and evolving standards - using AI supported analysis where helpful
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
7+ years of experience in software solution architecture, with a focus on AI/ML systems
7+ years of experience architecting scalable platforms and microservices, including RESTful API design and cloud-native development
3+ years of experience working in healthcare technology ecosystems or familiarity with healthcare data, regulatory constraints, interoperability expectations, or enterprise health environments
3+ years of experience communicating architectural vision and strategy across cross-functional teams
3+ years of experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and data integration tools
2+ years of experience designing agentic workflows or autonomous systems
1+ years of experience with AI/ML concepts including responsible AI principles, multi-agent solutions, generative AI, MCP and A2A
1+ years of experience with MLOps tools for deploying and managing models in production
Preferred
Experience integrating AI enabled capabilities into enterprise systems while maintaining architectural hygiene, safety, compliance, and maintainability
Experience leading largescale modernization initiatives, interoperability transformations, or platform rationalization efforts
Solid grounding in FHIR, HL7, X12, or healthcare specific data exchange standards
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Benefits
A 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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Chief Financial Officer
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