Application Architect (Milliman SkySail)

Milliman, Inc
life insurance, parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k)
United States, Texas, Dallas
10000 North Central Expressway (Show on map)
Nov 10, 2024
Description Milliman SkySail is looking for an Application Architect to join our team. Your primary role will be to design, develop, and oversee the implementation of software applications, ensuring they meet business requirements and are scalable, secure, and maintainable. Who We Are Milliman Skysail is a consulting and software-as-a-service (SaaS) unit of Milliman that leads the way in pharmacy claims analysis and reporting. SkySail Rx was founded in 2015 and acquired by Milliman in 2021. We are a fast-growing team of around fifty expert individual contributors. We specialize in analyzing pharmaceutical claims, data engineering, and application development. We place a strong emphasis on individual contribution and continuous learning. By joining our team as an Application Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping the architecture of our applications, focusing on leveraging proven technologies and best practices. Collaborating closely with product managers, developers, and Senior Architects, you will help build robust, scalable software solutions. Your expertise in principles such as clean code, refactoring, and test-driven development will be key in driving our application strategy. You will work with our Data Platform Architect to ensure your designs integrate seamlessly within the larger enterprise architecture. Job Responsibilities What you'll do as an Application Architect* at Milliman SkySail* Architect and Design: Develop and maintain scalable, secure, and sustainable application architectures that align with business requirements and the broader enterprise architecture. Refactor and Migrate: Identify and leverage seams within existing legacy desktop applications to safely refactor and migrate the codebase to a web-based architecture, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to existing functionality. Collaborate: Collaborate with Product Managers, stakeholders, Engineers, and Senior Architects to translate business needs into technical specifications that work within the broader enterprise architecture. Implement Best Practices: Leverage proven design principles such as clean code, refactoring, and test-driven development to ensure the creation of high-quality, robust software solutions. Ensure System Performance: Optimize application performance, ensuring responsiveness and reliability to meet the needs of front-end and data teams. Align with Enterprise Strategy: Ensure that application designs and implementations are consistent with the enterprise architecture, supporting the strategic goals of the organization. Continuous Improvement: Participate in peer review processes and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development practices, maintaining the highest standards of software quality, security, and integrity. Ensure Code Quality: Ensure application code is held to a high standard and routinely work with application engineers to identify and resolve areas of improvement. Being Successful at SkySail At SkySail, you'll have the opportunity to both contribute in your area of expertise and collaborate cross-functionally with other experts. Our most successful contributors are excited to learn from the other experts in our company as well as teach about their area of expertise. We place a strong emphasis on peer review. We believe in the power of constructive critique. Our most impactful contributors welcome critical feedback and excel in providing insightful and appropriate feedback to their peers. We are disrupting our industry by introducing more efficient ways to quickly analyze pharmacy claims data. We apply that same disruption internally as we will adapt new processes and tools and throw out old ones. We're quick to adopt better tools and processes, and unafraid to discard what doesn't work for us anymore. At SkySail, flexibility is at our core; we favor timely reactions to market and client changes over rigid plans. This agility is embraced by our top contributors, who thrive by embracing change and quickly pivoting when opportunities evolve. Minimum Requirements 10+ years of relevant work experience. 5+ years of experience specifically as an Architect, Lead Engineer, or related role. Familiarity with building web services on AWS Python Fluency C# Fluency Competencies and Behaviors that Support Success in this Role Experience building data visualization applications Experience building web architectures Experience using AWS Proven ability to work on both greenfield and legacy code projects Proven ability to improve code quality across their team Excellent verbal and written communication skills The Team Milliman is one of the leading experts in healthcare financing and delivery. We advise clients on a wide range of issues-from assessing the impact of healthcare reform on organizations or populations to streamlining operations while advancing the quality of patient care. Our consulting work is supported by a powerful toolkit of data analytics solutions and informed by the most trusted, comprehensive set of cost guidelines in the industry. Through a team of professionals ranging from actuaries to clinicians, technology specialists to plan administrators, we offer unparalleled expertise in employee benefits, investment consulting, healthcare, life insurance and financial services, and property and casualty insurance. *Location: This is a remote position with periodic travel within the US, particularly to our offices in Cleveland, Denver, and Dallas. The expected application deadline for this job is January 17, 2025.* Salary: The salary range is $107,000 - $217,000, depending on relevant factors, including but not limited to education, work experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, location, etc. Benets: At Milliman, we focus on creating an environment that recognizes - and meets - the personal and professional needs of the individual and their family. We oer competitive benets which include the following based on plan eligibility: Medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, including domestic partners A 401(k) plan with matching program, and prot sharing contribution Employee Assistance Program (EAP) A discretionary bonus program Paid Time O (PTO) starts accruing on the rst day of work and can be used for any reason; full-time employees will accrue 15 days of PTO per year, and employees working less than a full-time schedule will accrue PTO at a prorated amount based on hours worked Family building benets, including adoption and fertility assistance and paid parental leave up to 12 weeks for employees who have worked for Milliman for at least 12 months and have worked at least 1,250 hours in the preceding 12-month period Commuter Program, which allows you to use pre-tax dollars to pay for your parking or public transit expenses to get to and from work. You may utilize this benefit any time throughout the year and funds will be available the first of the month following your first contribution. A minimum of 8 paid holidays Milliman covers 100% of the premiums for life insurance, AD&D, and both short- term and long-term disability coverage Flexible spending accounts allow employees to set aside pre-tax dollars to pay for dependent care, transportation, and applicable medical needs Equal Opportunity: All qualied applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. *#LI-CS1 #Remote* Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)