Application architect, Software Development, Cloud Engineer - Software

A Little About Us

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts - driving real, measurable results for clients.

At Zelis, AI is woven into the fabric of how we work. Every associate is expected - and empowered - to partner with AI to challenge the status quo, accelerate innovation, and amplify their impact. This is a place for builders with a growth mindset who act with agility, embrace change, and use modern technology to shape smarter solutions, exceptional experiences, and the future of our industry for our clients, customers, and our culture.

You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you've gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are.

Zelis Healthcare seeks a highly experienced, hands‑on Application Architect to play a key role in driving the modernization of our platform within the Platform Engineering organization – Core Business Services. This role will partner closely with engineering leadership to define and execute a strategy to evolve our technology from a monolithic architecture to a scalable, cloud‑native platform.

This individual will not only help shape the technical vision but will actively contribute to its execution. Working across multiple engineering pods, this role will embed with teams to design, build, and deliver critical components – helping decompose core systems, modernize our payments and communications platforms, and establish scalable patterns using AWS and cloud‑native technologies.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in distributed systems, API design, and platform engineering, along with a pragmatic approach to driving incremental, business‑aligned transformation. They will lead by example – writing code, contributing to system design, and guiding teams through complex technical challenges while introducing best practices for containerization, CI/CD, observability, and resilient system design.

Operating in a highly secure, high‑volume, 24x7 transactional environment, this role will influence architecture and elevate engineering practices across the organization. While this is not a people‑management role, it requires strong leadership through influence – mentoring engineers, partnering with engineering managers, and helping teams adopt modern development approaches, including AI‑enabled engineering workflows.

Success in this role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands‑on execution, with the ability to turn long‑term architectural vision into tangible progress. This individual will be instrumental in accelerating our platform transformation by building alongside teams, improving developer experience, and enabling scalable, sustainable growth.

• Partner with engineering leadership to define and execute an application modernization strategy, evolving from a monolithic architecture to scalable, cloud‑native services
• Contribute directly to the design and development of critical components across engineering pods, including APIs, services, and shared platform capabilities
• Lead the decomposition of core systems into modular, service‑oriented and event‑driven architectures
• Embed with teams to guide and implement best practices for building, deploying, and operating services in AWS (containers, CI/CD, observability, resilience)
• Establish and standardize patterns for APIs, reusable engines, and platform services to enable consistency and scale
• Identify and drive incremental modernization opportunities that reduce…