Senior Software Architect

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Job Title: Senior Software Architect
Your Role:

• Assists scrum teams in defining and implementing solutions suitable for hosting current and upcoming features within release trains ensuring compliance with nonfunctional requirements and focusing on architectural and design decisions.

• Ensures the creation and realization of architectures encompassing products solutions services and software within a release train and may engage in some code development activities.

• Possesses deep knowledge of software development and design as well as familiarity with healthcare standards customer environments compliance requirements and regulations (e.g. FDA).

• Collaborates with key stakeholders including product management R&D/software leaders and cross-functional teams such as Software DevOps to align on architecture and design decisions.

• Focuses on the product level or business offering with a planning horizon of 6-12 months ensuring strategic alignment and forward-thinking architectural planning at the release level.

• Holds accountability for architecture and requirements at the product/platform level driving the alignment of technical aspects with business goals and ensuring cohesive product development.

• Leads innovation efforts with internal partners primarily at the peer level facilitating cross-disciplinary and supplier collaborations to enhance technical solutions.

• Engages in technical negotiations addressing integral trade-offs with multiple internal stakeholders and external parties ensuring optimal solutions that balance various technical and business considerations.

• Understands and effectively applies the development logic of the Idea to Market (I2M) architecture and platform creation process ensuring seamless interfacing with Application Development (AD) and Product Data Lifecycle Management (PDLM) suites.

• Performs decomposition and partitioning re-using common and/or domain-specific platforms and technologies to streamline development efforts and ensure efficient utilization of resources.

Youre the right fit if:

• Bachelors / Masters Degree in Software Engineering or equivalent engineering discipline.

• Minimum 15 years of experience with Bachelors OR Minimum 10 years of experience with Masters in areas such as Software Development Software Design and Architecture Testing and Quality Assurance or equivalent.

Preferred Skills (Technical/Functional Skills)

Software architecture

Embedded system expertise

Complex system control knowledge for complex machinery/robotics/medical device

Agile Methodology

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Business Acumen

Strategic Planning

Escalation Management

Systems Integration

Quality Specifications

Software Architectures

Stakeholder Management

Resource Planning & Allocation

Software Design

Code Reviews

Requirements Management

Regulatory Requirements

How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams this means working in-person at least 4 days per week.
Onsite roles require full-time presence in the companys facilities.
Field roles are most effectively done outside of the companys main facilities generally at the customers or suppliers locations.
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