Architect

Architect - Consumer Directed Healthcare,WCA

Location
Bangalore, India

AboutAlegeus

Alegeusis the market leader in consumer directed healthcare solutions, providing a comprehensive platform for healthcare benefit accounts, benefit debitcardsand consumer engagement solutions. Health plans, third party administrators and financial institutions rely onAlegeustechnology andexpertiseto administer benefitaccounts on ascale.

Role summary

Alegeusseeks an Architect to join the Consumer Directed Healthcare applications team. This roleis responsible fordesigning secure,scalableand cost-effective distributed software solutions that support product growth, clientneedsand platform modernization. The architect will work closely with engineering, product management, qualityassuranceand professional services to define solution architecture and guide implementation.

Key responsibilities

Architecture & System Design

• Design, develop, andmaintainscalable, high-performance applications 

• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices 

• Contribute to system design, architecture, and technical decisions 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, Product, DevOps, US stakeholders) 

• Ensure security, compliance, and data protection in all applications 

• Build and deploy applications in Azure cloud environments 

• Optimizeapplication performance, scalability, and reliability 

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues 

• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices 

• FollowAgile/Scrum methodologies

Application & Platform Engineering

• Contribute to the development of distributed software solutions in partnership with development teams.

• Providetechnical guidance on best practices, architecturechoicesand relevanttechnologytrends.

• Create delivery estimates and infrastructure cost models based on the solution design.

• Work closely with development teams to support implementation and deployment.

• Coordinate with geographically distributed teams.

• Participate in the development process using Agile Architecture principles inSAFe.

• Take part in the production on-call rotation.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with product management, engineering, qualityassuranceand professional services teams.

• Help align architecture decisions with product and customer needs.

• Guide teams on architectural standards, solution direction and engineering best practices.

• Support company growth by expanding functional and technical capabilities across product lines.

Required qualifications(Hard Requirement)

• Ability to balance conflicting interests in a complex and fast-paced environment.

• Minimum10+ years of hands-on experience in software development and application design, with at least 2+ years in an Architect or senior technical leadership role on large-scale SaaS platforms 

• Strongexpertisein Microsoft .NET platform, building and delivering scalable, high-performance enterprise applications using microservices architecture, REST/gRPCAPIs, and distributed system design patterns 

• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS acceptable) 

• Strong understanding of data modeling, relational and NoSQL databases, and designing systems for scalability, reliability, and performance 

• Having experience IAM using OAuth 2.1, OpenID Connect, and modern token-based authentication. 

• Experience integrating with Azure AD/Entra ID,IdentityServer, and providers like Okta/Auth0. 

• Strong in implementing RBAC, ABAC, and policy-based authorization, along with identity governance (MFA, conditional access, privileged access). 

• Proficient in securing APIs through API gateways, rate limiting, schema validation, and WAF policies. Ensures secure service-to-service communication usingmTLS, short-lived tokens, and Zero Trust principles and adherence to OWASP Top 10 and secure SDLC practices

• Experience ensuring data protection and compliance, including encryption in transit and at rest, data masking/anonymization, and securing sensitive data (e.g., PHI), storage, and backups 

• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies (Agile/SDLC) with excellent analytical, troubleshooting, prioritization, and communication skills, and ability to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional, global environments

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s orMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience 

• Knowledge ofadditionalcloud platforms such as AWS or GCP is a plus 

• Relevant professional certifications (e.g., Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Security Engineer, Kubernetes, or cloud certifications) are a plus 

• Experience in thehealthcare domain, including familiarity withHIPAA, HL7, or FHIR standards, is preferred