Software Architect - IntelliScript (Remote)

 What We Do

Milliman IntelliScript is a group of a few hundred experts in fields ranging from actuarial science to information technology to clinical practice. Together, we develop and deploy category-defining, data-driven, software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for a broad spectrum of insurance, health IT and life sciences clients. We are a business unit within Milliman, Inc., a respected consultancy with offices around the world.

Candidates who have their pick of jobs are drawn to IntelliScript’s entrepreneurial and collaborative culture of innovation, excellence, exceptional customer service, balance, and transparency. Every single person has a voice in our company, and we challenge each other to push the outer limits of our full, diverse potential. And, we’ve shown sustained growth that ensures you’ll have room to grow your skillset, responsibilities, and career.

Our team is smart, down-to-earth, and ready to listen to your best ideas. We reward excellence and offer competitive compensation and benefits. Visit our LinkedIn page for a closer look at our company, and learn more about our cultural values here.

Milliman invests in skills training and career development and gives all employees access to a variety of learning and mentoring opportunities. Our growing number of Milliman Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) are employee-led communities that influence policy decisions, develop future leaders, and amplify the voices of their constituents. We encourage our employees to give back to their varied professions, including leadership in professional organizations. Please visit our website to learn more about Milliman’s commitments to our people, diversity and inclusion, social impact, and sustainability.

 What this position entails

IntelliScript’s Information Technology has been a key part of our success and is critical to our future. In this position, you will have responsibility for shaping the ongoing development and enhancement of IntelliScript’s industry-leading software.  You will work closely with the development team on technological research and architecture decisions. The Software Architect role is expected to analyze and provide recommendations to improve existing system architecture and performance, as well as help define standards and provide guidance on new development.

 What you will be doing

• Software development responsibilities, combined with partnership among business teams
• Develop prototypes to evaluate new technologies and consider architectural approaches
• Assess and improve system architecture and performance
• Participate in design process and code reviews
• Help design standardizations and structure of current and future development projects
• Serve as a technical resource for the development team

 What we need

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Proven experience in software architecture oversight, including designing and guiding the implementation of complex systems, with a strong ability to actively participate in hands-on development and collaboration with engineering teams
• Passionate about building high-quality systems with AWS best practices
• Experience with domain driven design
• Experience with microservice architecture
• Experience with event-driven architecture
• Strong experience with .NET, C#, SQL, API and service development
• Experience with React, HTML, CSS and related web UI frameworks
• Understanding of Agile practices (e.g. scrum) 

 What you bring to the table

• Ability to ramp up quickly on both new and existing technologies
• Excellent technical design, problem solving, and debugging skills
• Excellent collaborative skills, with strong written and verbal communication
• Self-motivated team player who can run with a project and is willing to pitch in as needed
• Proactive and positive approach to solving problems, and correcting issues
• Facilitate collaboration among team members
• Demonstrated “let’s find a way to do it” attitude – no task is too big or too small, always willing to pitch in and help someone else
• Loves to learn, takes every opportunity they’re given to develop knowledge and skills
• Adapts to an established process, able to move projects along in a timeframe

 Wish list

• Continued education and/or advanced degree(s)
• Experience with Java
• Understanding of DevOps principles