[Hiring] Principal Architect @The Cigna Group

Role Description

The Principal Architect - PBM Modernization & AI Engineering is a senior architecture leader responsible for designing and delivering modern technology solutions that accelerate the transformation of the Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) ecosystem.

• Partner closely with product, engineering, data, and business teams to modernize legacy platforms.
• Enable scalable, cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven architectures.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on application architecture, engineering excellence, technology modernization, and AI adoption.
• Possess extensive experience designing, building, and modernizing enterprise platforms utilizing modern technology stacks, including React, Java, Go, Node.js, cloud-native services, and modern data architectures.
• Guide engineering teams through complex transformation initiatives.
• Help define and implement architectures that leverage Generative AI, Agentic AI, and intelligent automation.
• Champion practical AI adoption across the software development lifecycle.
• Ensure solutions remain scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and technology leadership.
• Demonstrated progression from hands-on software engineering roles into architecture leadership positions.
• Deep expertise designing and building cloud-native applications utilizing Java, Go, Node.js, React, APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong background in data architecture, data modeling, data engineering, and modern data platforms.
• Experience implementing Generative AI, Agentic AI, large language model (LLM)-based solutions, and intelligent automation capabilities in enterprise environments.
• Experience within healthcare, pharmacy benefit management (PBM), payer, or pharmacy technology domains preferred.
• Proven ability to influence senior technology and business leaders while driving large-scale modernization initiatives.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related fields.

Requirements

• Lead the design and implementation of architecture solutions supporting strategic PBM modernization initiatives.
• Drive the transformation of legacy applications into modular, cloud-native, API-first, and event-driven platforms.
• Establish architecture standards, reference patterns, and engineering best practices that improve scalability, resiliency, maintainability, and speed to market.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through architecture reviews, solution design, proof-of-concept development, and critical engineering initiatives.
• Partner with engineering teams to modernize application platforms using React, Java, Go, Node.js, Kubernetes, cloud-native services, and modern integration patterns.
• Define and implement data architecture, data modeling, and data engineering strategies that support operational, analytical, and AI-driven business capabilities.
• Drive adoption of DevSecOps, platform engineering, architecture automation, and AI-assisted software development practices.
• Identify and implement opportunities to embed Generative AI, Agentic AI, and intelligent automation capabilities within PBM products and business workflows.
• Define architectural patterns that support AI-enabled workflow automation, intelligent decision support, knowledge management, and operational excellence.
• Leverage AI-powered engineering platforms and development copilots, including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and emerging technologies, to accelerate modernization efforts, improve developer productivity, enhance software quality, and reduce delivery timelines.
• Design and implement AI-enabled software engineering capabilities, including SDLC agents, reusable skills, prompt frameworks, and specification-driven development practices that automate architecture, coding, testing, documentation, and modernization workflows.
• Ensure all solutions are secure, scalable, observable, compliant, and aligned with enterprise architecture principles and governance standards.
• Mentor architects and engineers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, continuous learning, and modernization.

Benefits

• If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.