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Job Title: Technical Architect II – AI-Native Location: Remote (U.S.) Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099) About the Opportunity ZipStaff is seeking a Technical Architect II – AI-Native to lead solution architecture for an assigned business area at a leading healthcare analytics and payment-integrity organization. You will turn product and architecture direction into implementable designs across applications, services, APIs, data flows, and platform components — and treat AI as both a product capability and an engineering accelerator (agents, copilots, code generation, automated testing). This is a hands-on architecture seat in a regulated healthcare domain, not a slide-only enterprise-architect role. What You’ll Do: • Define and drive architecture for the assigned business area. • Translate business/product intent into delivery-ready designs and specifications. • Design systems that use AI-enabled capabilities where they create clear business value. • Set guardrails for safe, accountable use of AI in applications and engineering workflows. • Advance AI-assisted development : copilots, agents, code generation, automated testing, reusable AI skills. • Establish architecture standards, patterns, and design reviews (APIs, services, data flows, platform). • Guide trade-offs across cost, scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability. • Partner with developers and tech leads so architecture is realized in code. • Collaborate with product, engineering, platform, security, data, and enterprise architecture. • Mentor engineers and other architects on modern and AI-assisted delivery practices. Required Qualifications: • 8+ years designing and building web, workflow, service, and backend applications, including architecture ownership for one or more teams. • Strong application / solution architecture : API design, service decomposition, integration patterns, workflow-oriented applications. • Hands-on experience with modern languages/frameworks such as Java, Golang, Spring , or comparable stacks. • Deep familiarity with microservices, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, streaming, and enterprise integration. • Experience applying AI-assisted development, agent-based workflows, and reusable AI skills with judgment on correctness, security, and maintainability. • Strong SDLC background: Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, APM/observability. • Ability to evaluate trade-offs and lead architecture decisions without daily supervision. • Ability to review implementation detail and stay credible with developers. • Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience. • Dedicated secure home office and high-speed internet. • Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. Preferred Qualifications: • Healthcare data, clinical/administrative workflows, or regulated-industry architecture. • Experience translating regulatory requirements into technical design. • Mentoring architects/engineers and leading without formal authority. About ZipStaff ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches and long-term success. To apply , please submit your resume highlighting solution architecture, cloud-native services/APIs, and hands-on AI-assisted or agent-based engineering practices. Pay: $62 - $65 per hour

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Job Title: Technical Architect II – AI-Native
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)
Define and drive architecture for the assigned business area.
Translate business/product intent into delivery-ready designs and specifications.
Design systems that use AI-enabled capabilities where they create clear business value.
Set guardrails for safe, accountable use of AI in applications and engineering workflows.
Advance AI-assisted development : copilots, agents, code generation, automated testing, reusable AI skills.
Establish architecture standards, patterns, and design reviews (APIs, services, data flows, platform).
Guide trade-offs across cost, scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability.
Partner with developers and tech leads so architecture is realized in code.
Collaborate with product, engineering, platform, security, data, and enterprise architecture.
Mentor engineers and other architects on modern and AI-assisted delivery practices.
8+ years designing and building web, workflow, service, and backend applications, including architecture ownership for one or more teams.
Strong application / solution architecture : API design, service decomposition, integration patterns, workflow-oriented applications.
Hands-on experience with modern languages/frameworks such as Java, Golang, Spring , or comparable stacks.
Deep familiarity with microservices, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, streaming, and enterprise integration.
Experience applying AI-assisted development, agent-based workflows, and reusable AI skills with judgment on correctness, security, and maintainability.
Strong SDLC background: Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, APM/observability.
Ability to evaluate trade-offs and lead architecture decisions without daily supervision.
Ability to review implementation detail and stay credible with developers.

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Healthcare data, clinical/administrative workflows, or regulated-industry architecture.
Experience translating regulatory requirements into technical design.
Mentoring architects/engineers and leading without formal authority.

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