Software Solution Architect

The opportunity

As a solution architect, you will collaborate with a team of international experts in technology, business, and the healthcare industry. Software development is one of the core strengths of the DHEC and pivotal in delivering digital health tools for our clients. With you we want to further strengthen our technical expertise.

Your key responsibilities

As a Solution Architect, your primary responsibility is to oversee and guide the development team, ensuring that the architectural vision is consistently adhered to throughout the project lifecycle. You will collaborate closely with both nearshore and offshore technical teams, as well as vendors and external partners, to deliver software solutions that meet the stringent compliance requirements of the healthcare industry.As a technical authority, you will assess, select, and recommend the most suitable software development technologies, tools, and platforms. You will also define software requirements and devise architectural plans that the development team can implement. You will serve as a liaison, communicating these requirements to other stakeholders such as project managers, scrum masters, product owners, business analysts, developers, and infrastructure or security architects. Part of your role includes providing training and contributing to business development efforts by supporting the creation of proposals and presentations that showcase our technical capabilities to prospective clients.

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client handling and technical writing skills for both technical and business audiences

• Fluency in English and stakeholder management skills

• Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills

• Hands on experience required on debugging issues (mobile/java/DB/Kafka etc)  , tech investigations on production /performance issues , perform R&D, DB scripting, etc.50% hands-on, 30% stakeholder engagement, 20% solution architecture

• Ability to adhere to tight timelines for multiple project deliveries in parallel

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, (Software) Engineering or other related field with strong IT focus. Master's or further certification are advantageous

• Minimum of 10 years of working experience, preferably 2 years in a healthcare context and with particular focus on designing and implementing custom developed applications on native mobile platforms (Android/iOS) backed with Microservices backend. Experience with hybrid solutions or web is a plus

• Deep understanding of mobile application development frameworks and the technical characteristics of the mobile operating systems Android and iOS

• Hands on experience and deep understanding of API and design driven paradigms, debugging skills on distributed systems to identify production issues , Microservices development with Spring boot, API gateways, Kafka based event systems and distributed tracing mechanisms using open telemetry

• Deep understanding of  devOps, containerization, helm configuration topics is necessary  to effectively perform this role

• Exposure to Azure cloud, AKS, Postgres, Kong API Gateway is a plus

• Exposure to software architectures on all layers – network, infrastructure, security, data persistence, micro services and mobile front end (IOS/Android) is required

• Proven experience in writing technical concepts, database design and data modeling. Experience in Postgres and Python will be plus

• Nice to have : Experience in designing architectures in healthcare system landscapes and ensuring interoperability between healthcare-specific data formats, e.g. HL7/FHIR, OMOP, xDT, openEHR

• Nice to have : Good knowledge of the German healthcare system landscapes and reference architectures at hospitals, service providers, and/or health insurance companies, e.g., TI, HIS, LIMS.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A reliable network in the healthcare industry and a consulting track record

• A good overview of industry technology trends and emerging technologies, understand how they apply to our healthcare clients and can drive their adoption into our projects

• Good knowledge of (agile) project management standards, processes, procedures and guidelines as well as the related frameworks, e.g. Scrum or SAFe

• Be able to read and develop code in known programming languages, e.g. Java, Python, PHP

We offer

• B2B contract via Experis

• Remote work

• Medicover

• Multisport

• E-learning platform

• Group insurance