smiledigitalhealth - Sr Solutions Architect - Health Tech- Remote US
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Requirements
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, technical consulting, or solution architecture, supporting complex healthcare implementations. • Proven ability to lead customer-facing architecture and design discussions with payer, provider, or government healthcare organizations. • Experience designing solutions involving real-time data ingestion technologies such as Kafka, Camel, or Pulsar, and implementing FHIR-based data workflows. • Strong understanding of clinical data models and healthcare terminology standards (e.g., SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC), including their use across ingestion, transformation, and API layers. • Working knowledge of cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized deployments using technologies such as HELM, Docker and Kubernetes. • Demonstrated ability to evaluate technical trade-offs and adapt solution designs as new constraints, requirements, or implementation challenges emerge. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Proficiency with solution diagramming tools such as Lucidchart (or equivalent) to clearly communicate architecture, system interactions, and data flows. • Familiarity with U.S. healthcare regulations, such as CMS interoperability mandates (e.g., 9115-F, 0057-F), HIPAA, and general data access governance. • Prior experience with Smile CDR or other FHIR server platforms • Knowledge of the Inferno test suite, NIST validators, or similar conformance tools • TOGAF or equivalent architectural certification
Responsibilities
• Lead architectural design and solutioning during discovery and early implementation phases, partnering with healthcare customers to uncover requirements and design scalable, standards-aligned solutions. • Provide architectural oversight across the full implementation lifecycle and post–go-live, ensuring solutions remain aligned with Smile’s best practices, technical standards, and platform capabilities. • Assess customer-specific requirements and recommend approaches for performance optimization, data ingestion workflows, bundle design, and terminology mapping. • Collaborate with Product, Engineering, QA, Agile Leads, Solution Architects, and Technical Account Managers to resolve architectural questions and validate implementation patterns. • Adapt and evolve solution designs as delivery progresses, addressing new constraints, scalability challenges, and deployment issues. • Participate in customer-facing engagements including design reviews, technical workshops, retrospectives, and escalation discussions, providing clear technical direction at key decision points. • Contribute to internal architecture governance through design reviews, documentation, and reusable solution assets, while staying current with Smile’s product roadmap and relevant regulatory requirements (e.g., CMS interoperability mandates).
Benefits
• Remote Work Environment • Flexible Time Away From Work Policy including PTO, Personal and Sick Days • Competitive Salary and Health/Medical Benefits • RRSP/TFSA/401K Employee Contribution • Life and Disability • Employee Assistance Program • FHIR Study Program and Skillsoft Learning • Super HAPI Fun Club • Smile's core values include respect, inclusion, embracing our differences, and celebrating shared values because our people are the foundation of our success. We are big on creating a sense of belonging and empowering each other to bring our authentic selves to work. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. • We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. Candidates are encouraged to inform us if they wish to discuss or require accommodations during interviews or while working at Smile.
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