[Remote] Contract Healthcare Application Architect

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Valore Health is building a platform that helps pharmacists provide direct medical care. The Contract Healthcare Application Architect will select platform components, design the integration architecture, and oversee a development partner’s build, reviews, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Solidify the overall platform architecture by selecting SaaS, purchased, and bespoke development components
• Evaluate Define selection criteria and weights (e.g. implementation effort, total cost, data ownership and portability, vendor lock-in), and run proofs of concept or sandbox tests for each the vendors of each component category
• Write clear decision memos and architecture decision records for executives and investors
• Design the target integration architecture: data flows, FHIR resource model, HL7 v2 and FHIR interfaces, and X12 270/271, 837P and 835 processing
• Design for high availability, end-to-end traceability (from opportunity through visit, claim, remittance and payout), immutable audit logging, role-based access, encryption, and separation of each client’s data
• Set the controls needed for High Trust, HIPAA, and a SOC 2 Type II compliance
• Define designs, interfaces and acceptance criteria for the modules we build from scratch
• Set engineering standards and quality gates for the development partner, then review their architecture, pull requests and test evidence, including conformance tests
• Advise on cloud platform choice (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and build-vs-buy tradeoffs within a startup budget

Skills

• 8+ years in software or solutions architecture, with at least 5 in healthcare
• Hands-on production experience with FHIR (R4) , HL7 v2 and X12 healthcare transactions (270/271, 837P, 835 preferred)
• A track record of evaluating vendors, setting criteria and making recommendations that leadership adopted
• Has designed systems that passed healthcare security or compliance audits (HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST or similar)
• Has overseen an outside or offshore development partner, including design and code reviews and acceptance testing
• Has worked in a startup or fast-paced environment with small teams and fixed deadlines
• Strong writing skills. You can explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical leaders
• Experience with NCPDP standards (SCRIPT, Telecommunication) and Surescripts networks
• Has integrated with pharmacy management systems or EHRs
• Familiar with chronic care management (CCM) and remote patient monitoring (RPM) billing, medical claims for pharmacist services, or provider-supervised care models
• Familiar with TEFCA/QHIN connectivity and health information exchanges
• Has worked on a FHIR-native platform and on AWS or Azure healthcare architectures

Benefits

• Remote, US-based

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