Director of Engineering, Architecture
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
This role is responsible for defining enterprise architecture driving platform modernization and enabling the integration of AI capabilities into imaging products used by healthcare providers worldwide. The successful candidate is an accomplished technology leader with deep expertise in enterprise software architecture high-performance distributed systems and medical imaging platforms.
This is an applied AI architecture leadership role focused on integrating AI capabilities into production imaging solutions rather than developing machine learning models.
- Define and execute the enterprise architecture strategy for the Imaging Fabric platform.
- Lead the design of scalable secure and high-performance imaging solutions across on-premises edge and cloud environments.
- Drive platform modernization through cloud-native architectures distributed systems and performance optimization.
- Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders to translate business strategy into scalable technical solutions.
- Enable the adoption of AI-powered imaging capabilities including visualization intelligent streaming workflow optimization and image analysis.
- Establish architecture standards technical governance and engineering best practices.
- Mentor senior architects and provide technical leadership across global engineering teams.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver reliable enterprise-grade healthcare platforms.
Must-Have Qualifications
- 10 years of experience designing and leading enterprise-scale software architectures.
- Proven experience building high-performance distributed systems in healthcare medical imaging or similarly complex technology environments.
- Deep understanding of medical imaging platforms including DICOM PACS and clinical imaging workflows.
- Experience architecting scalable solutions across on-premises edge and public cloud environments (AWS Azure or Google Cloud).
- Strong knowledge of distributed systems microservices Kubernetes containerized applications and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience integrating AI capabilities into enterprise software platforms including AI inference image analysis or intelligent workflow optimization.
- Strong programming background in C Python Java or Go.
- Demonstrated success leading senior technical teams influencing architecture across organizations and driving enterprise technology strategy.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Medical Imaging or a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree or PhD in Computer Science Medical Imaging Computational Imaging Computer Graphics or a related field.
- Experience with advanced medical imaging technologies including rendering visualization image streaming and large-scale imaging datasets.
- Knowledge of GPU computing (CUDA or equivalent) parallel processing and high-performance computing.
- Experience with AI-enabled imaging capabilities such as image segmentation image enhancement intelligent streaming or predictive data loading.
- Familiarity with modern visualization techniques scientific imaging and enterprise healthcare platforms.
- Experience mentoring senior architects and leading technical transformation across globally distributed engineering organizations.
At GE HealthCare youll help shape technologies that clinicians rely on every day to diagnose disease guide treatment and improve patient outcomes. Youll work alongside world-class engineers architects and product leaders to build scalable healthcare platforms that will define the future of medical imaging.
We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only the pay range for this position is $187440.00-$281160.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills qualifications experience and addition this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package including not but limited to medical dental vision paid time off a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities life disability and accident insurance and tuition reimbursement.GE HealthCare offers a great work environment professional development challenging careers and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is anEqual Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion national or ethnic origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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About Company
GE HealthCare provides digital infrastructure, data analytics & decision support tools helps in diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients