Solution Architect

Job Title: Solution Architect

Location: Remote Position

Summary of Position:

Alcon is looking to hire a Solution Architect to join our R&D team in US. You will be Responsible for the design of complex, multi-system environments taking into account R&D environments. The role requires critical review and analysis of business requirements for both internal and external clients. In this position you will provide leadership across maintenance and services. This is a unique opportunity to lead a growing team and have a significant impact across multiple healthcare platforms and products. You will also be responsible for designing, develops, documents, tests, maintains, and debugs applications software and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions. Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software. Candidates who have a passion for pushing web technologies to the limits and will lead our team of talented engineers to design and build the next generation healthcare delivery platform, solutions, and decision support tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead an experienced team of engineers to build cutting edge medical device software in the Ophthalmology.

• Build detailed architectural diagrams and specifications to help define solutions and align technical stakeholders

• Help to develop design specifications and proof-of-concept solutions in response to business needs

• Collaborate with your team, Product Managers, and Data Scientists on changes, enhancements, and features.

• Participate in design and requirement reviews to shape the trajectory of our products and improve patient outcomes.

• Review code and define and promote coding quality standards and best practices.

• Develop solutions that have high performance in a cloud and on-perm environment.

• Write technical documentation and effectively communicate product architectures, design proposals and ideas.

• *Commit to quality and place patient safety at the forefront of your work.

  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience(or high school +13 yrs; Assoc.+9yrs; M.S.+2yrs; PhD+0 yrs)

• 5 Years of Relevant Experience

• The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English

• Travel Requirements: 10%

• Relocation Assistance: No

• Sponsorship Available: Yes

  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands on programming experience in Java / JEE / Spring or other modern cloud native technology stacks.

• Proven track record of leading high-power teams successfully.

• Comfortable working in cloud native environment (Linux) Container and Virtualization technologies (VM, Docker, Kubernetes).

• Cloud platforms (AWS).

• Deep understanding of software engineering concepts including multi-threading and concurrency, data structures, memory management as well as client-server and microservices architectures.

• Understanding of OWASP security principles, understanding accessibility, and security compliance.

• Experience with Python.

• Networking protocols (DNS, SSL/TLS, HTTP, gRPC).

• RDBMS and NoSQL storage engines (PostgreSQL, Elastic Search).

• Modern front-end frameworks (AngularJS).

• Python or Java application frameworks (django, WildFly, Spring/SpringBoot).

• Experience with effective SWE team workflows that maximize developer happiness (DevX), productivity, and code quality

• Experience with source control, Git, and Jenkins (Pipelines, Boards, Repos)

• Experience with the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile Development, DevOps, SCRUM, or Extreme Programming methodologies

• Experience in developing responsive SPAs using modern JS/CSS/HTML5 conventions within modern web frameworks, such as AngularJS

  
  

Nice to have

• Healthcare standards (DICOM, HL7/FHIR).