Principal Software Architect

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Full-timeRemote4d ago

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About the role

The Principal Software Architect is a senior individual‑contributor who defines, leads, and governs the software architecture vision across our device and digital ecosystem. This includes our on-device firmware, cloud services, analytics platforms, data pipelines, clinician and patient‑facing applications, AI/ML enablement platforms, and operational software systems. This leader drives architectural excellence, technology strategy, and systems coherence across R&D, product, clinical, data science, and the intersection of our products with IT. The role ensures that the on-device and off device software ecosystem is secure, scalable, resilient, compliant, and aligned with product strategy and long-term business goals. Operating at an enterprise level, this role influences senior stakeholders across engineering, product, quality, regulatory, and security while maintaining deep technical credibility.

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Technology & Architecture Strategy

Define the multiyear architecture strategy for all product software systems, spanning cloud, application, data, integration, and ML/AI infrastructure.

Establish architectural principles, reference architectures, and guardrails that support reliability, performance, interoperability, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.

Ensure holistic systems thinking across software platforms, clinical workflows, device interactions, and data flows.

Evaluate emerging technologies and provide strategic recommendations for adoption, modernization, and platform evolution.

Architectural Leadership & Governance

Lead cross-functional architecture forums and governance processes, ensuring consistent patterns, shared services, and disciplined decision-making across teams.

Drive architectural clarity early in product development by guiding systems decomposition, API strategies, data models, and cloud architectures.

Review key technical proposals, high-impact design decisions, and fundamental platform changes across R&D teams.

Champion engineering quality standards for architecture, coding, testing, observability, and documentation.

Cross Functional Influence & Collaboration

Partner with product management to translate business needs into scalable technical strategies and architectural roadmaps.

Collaborate with security, privacy, regulatory, quality, and clinical teams to ensure designs meet medical device standards and software compliance requirements.

Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership, articulating architectural options, trade-offs, risks, and business impacts.

Bridge off device and on device systems to ensure seamless end to end workflows, data flows, and system integrity.

Execution Support & Technical Leadership

Provide architectural oversight throughout the SDLC, guiding teams during concepting, detailed design, implementation, and release.

Drive standardization, reducing duplication and accelerating development velocity through clear architectural patterns.

Mentor engineering leads and architects across the organization through thought leadership, coaching, and technical review.

Lead technical investigation and resolution of complex systemic issues, spanning data, scalability, reliability, or workflow interactions.

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