Job Title

Software Architect

Job Description

Job title:

Software Architect

As a hands-on Backend Software Architect, you will be involved in developing challenging software modules and systems within a complex and advanced environment in the medical, radiology informatics systems.

This is a high-impact technical leadership position. You will define and drive the architectural vision for modernizing a complex, mission-critical healthcare backend system.

You will lead the cloud migration strategy, modern architecture design, and reliability engineering practices — working closely with development teams, DevOps, security, and product leadership.

Philips is developing the Philips Radiology Informatics Management solution which can serve different steps in the radiology workflow. Philips Image Management solution provides a complete and scalable local and wide area Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) solution for hospital and related institutions/sites, which will archive, distribute, retrieve, and display images and data from hospital modalities and information systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead the architectural roadmap for migrating backend systems to AWS
• Design scalable, resilient, cloud-native or cloud-optimized architecture
• Drive SW and Architecture modernization strategy (modular services, API strategy, data evolution)
• Lead reliability improvements (RCA, DR, observability, performance engineering)
• Establish best practices for security, compliance, and regulated environments
• Guide engineering teams through architecture evolution and technical decisions
• Drive innovation through technical reviews, best practices, modern engineering approaches, and the adoption of AI development tools to enhance productivity and code quality
• Act as technical authority and mentor for senior engineers
  
  

Required Experience

• 7+ years in backend software engineering (architecture, infrastructure, networking, reliability)
• Proven experience as Software Architect with hands-on experience driving the architecture modernization
• Hands-on experience migrating complex on-prem systems to AWS
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and high-availability design
• Experience with C++, C#, Java in enterprise systems
• Practical experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, messaging systems
• Deep understanding of relational databases (preferably Oracle)
• Experience with system reliability, performance tuning, and observability
  
  

Strong Advantage

• Experience working in regulated / mission-critical environments
• Experience with healthcare systems / PACS / imaging systems
• AWS architecture certifications
• Experience modernizing legacy enterprise platforms
  
  

What Makes This Role Unique

• Lead architectural transformation of a mission-critical healthcare platform
• Influence long-term cloud strategy
• Combine deep engineering with business impact
• Work with strong backend engineering teams
  
  

About Philips

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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

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