Senior Backend Architect - Device Management Solutions

Senior Backend Architect - Device Management Solutions

This is a virtually flexible role, allowing you to work full-time from home with the exception of required in-person training sessions. This offers you the autonomy to manage your work-life balance while ensuring essential onboarding and skill development. Candidates living within a reasonable commuting distance from an office may also be considered for alternate locations.

Please note: This position does not offer visa sponsorship.

About Carebridge Health

Carebridge Health is a valued member of the Elevance Health family through our Carelon business, dedicated to helping individuals enhance their health, independence, and quality of life through home care and community services.

The Senior Backend Architect will be an integral part of our Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform team. In this role, you will design and scale backend services that drive enterprise device ecosystems to support patient-facing technologies. Your focus will be on creating secure, high-performance, and scalable backend systems for device provisioning, management, and integration in cloud-native environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and implement scalable and high-performance backend architectures across distributed, cloud-native systems.

Define and contribute to system architecture, integration patterns, and establish API design standards.

Collaborate on architectural decisions across cloud and multi-platform environments.

Develop and maintain backend services using Java/Spring Boot, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Docker while ensuring code quality and adherence to best practices.

Ensure system reliability, scalability, performance, and observability in production environments.

Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and cloud infrastructure architecture.

Engage with mobile and platform teams to create backend services that facilitate device management (MDM), external APIs, and enterprise integrations.

Participate in technical design sessions, architecture reviews, and requirements gathering.

Mentor engineers and advocate for best practices in backend development and system design.

Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs and platform objectives.

Research and recommend new technologies and enhancements to elevate platform capabilities.

Assist in the evaluation and integration of third-party vendor services.

Contribute to improvements in system and data architecture, assessing current systems and proposing enhancements.

Minimum Qualifications:

A BA/BS degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, along with a minimum of 5 years of experience in relevant technology architecture and design.

Preferred Qualifications:

Strong experience in building backend services with Java (Spring Boot) and/or Kotlin.

In-depth expertise in distributed systems architecture, microservices, and RESTful API design.

Experience with cloud-native development on AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda) and containerization (preferably Docker and Kubernetes).

Proficient with relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL, including performance tuning and data modeling.

Experience in designing and operating high-availability, scalable systems in production settings.

Able to balance technical, analytical, and product considerations in solution design.

Familiarity with the Android Management API, Okta (IAM), and Grafana (monitoring/observability); Geocoding API knowledge is a bonus.

Exceptional communication skills with a collaborative problem-solving mindset.

Experience with telehealth solutions, connected devices (IoT), Android Management API, and mobile applications.

Adaptable and flexible in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

For candidates working in person or virtually in California, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, or Washington State, the salary range for this position is $138,160 to $226,080.

Alongside your salary, Elevance Health offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Elevance Health is committed to equal pay opportunities, ensuring fair compensation regardless of gender, race, or other protected categories.

We value our associates' health and prioritize the well-being of our communities. Therefore, all new hires in specific patient/member-facing roles must be vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza unless a valid exemption is provided. Compliance with federal, state, and local laws will be maintained.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, or any other condition protected by applicable laws. Accommodation requests for the application process can be sent to our support email.