Solution Architect (Software)
Location: Remote (Europe-based preferred)
Type: Full-time
Industry: Digital Health, SaMD, DTx
Reports to: Head of Engineering
Position Overview
Newel Health is seeking a highly skilled and visionary Solution Architect (Software) to lead the design, architecture, and evolution of our cloud-native backend systems powering our digital therapeutics and SaMDs. You will be instrumental in ensuring the scalability, security, reliability, and regulatory compliance of our platform. Collaborating closely with engineering teams, product managers, and security experts, you will define the technical blueprint for our backend infrastructure and drive its implementation.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the overall backend architecture for our digital health platform, ensuring alignment with business needs, scalability requirements, and security best practices.
- Design and guide the development of robust and scalable APIs, data pipelines, and backend services using technologies such as PHP, Rust, Python, Typescript and relevant frameworks.
- Lead the selection and integration of appropriate technologies, tools, and architectural patterns to optimize performance, maintainability, and cost-efficiency.
- Define and enforce architectural principles, coding standards, and best practices across backend development teams.
- Design secure and scalable infrastructure on cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures.
- Collaborate with DevOps engineers to establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and logging solutions.
- Define data models and database architectures (e.g., PostgreSQL, Redis) that meet the performance, security, and compliance requirements of our SaMD products.
