Software Architect - Device Platforms

Job Description SummaryWe are seeking an experienced leader with proven experience and expertise in Software Design and Development, assuming the pivotal role of leading innovation and driving the development of platform solutions for Ultrasound Medical Devices. In this capacity, you will be responsible for seamlessly integrating the medical device with the broader Ultrasound ecosystem's digital offerings. This role encompasses optimizing the current architecture and providing technical and thought leadership for future solutions within the same domain.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Interact with internal and external stakeholders to map business requirements to domain requirements and design qualities such as reliability, security, reusability, testability, etc.
• Support the development teams on all levels by finding the right architectural trade-offs and assist the scrum teams in implementing the taken decisions such as appropriate technology, tools, solutions, workflow, coding standards, etc.
• Lead POC/ATD to solve new and complex problems by researching, learning, and proposing novel solutions in addition to participating in their actual implementation.
• Advocate new and current technologies by researching technology trends, creating demonstrators, and elaborating the benefits.
• Research and introduce new architectural design patterns, best practices, and technology trends.
• Coach and inspire team members to achieve business goals while supporting their personal growth.
• Contribute to proposals, reports, research, and presentations.
• Create and document high-level software architecture to guide the organization and serve as a basis for mutual understanding between all parties involved in product development.
• Ensure the maintainability and extensibility of software architectures over many release cycles.
• Work with other architects/teams to create an efficient DevOps environment, to keep development and operations teams aligned.
• Analyze, design, and develop a software architecture roadmap and implementation plan based upon a current vs. future state of the business.

Education Qualification

Bachelor’s degree (master preferred) in computer science or related field.

Minimum 12 years of experience in software development and design.

Technical Experience:

• Cross-Platform Development: Develop cross-platform GUI applications for Android, iOS, and Windows using Qt/C++.
• Understanding of Software Installation Technologies, including installation file formats, tools, and commands.
• Configuration management, encompassing user profiles and registry locations for application settings.
• Security, covering access-control lists, process integrity, AppContainer isolation, and the firewall configuration API.
• Windows credential providers and the login process to ensure compatibility with cloud authentication.
• Windows "kiosk-mode" lockdown for embedded systems, including an understanding of the limitations associated with specialized devices.
• Fleet management using InTune or other Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions, while adhering to best practices.

Desired Characteristics:

Technical Expertise:

• Design Expertise: Utilize your experience and excellent conceptual knowledge in software architecture and design patterns to drive scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Software Development: Develop software applications using languages such as C/C++ and C#, ensuring optimal performance and security.
• Inter-process Communication (IPC): Strong understanding of the mechanisms provided by an operating system for processes to manage shared data and facilitate communication with each other.
• Concurrent Application Development: Understanding of how threading works and knowledge of concurrent programming principles.
• Domain Driven Design: Apply your expertise in Event-Driven services and Domain Driven Design principles to create robust and scalable systems.
• API Design: Design, publish, document, analyze, and manage APIs to drive consumption, collaboration, and internal/external reuse.
• Software Development Tools: Utilize modern software development tools for Continuous Integration (Jenkins, Git/Gitlab, Jira, JFrog Artifactory, Maven, Gradle, SonarQube, Ansible, Azure pipelines, AWS CodePipeline, etc.).
• Testing Expertise: Conduct Automated unit tests (JUnit, Mocking frameworks), practice Test Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-driven development (BDD) (Cucumber).

Business Acumen:

• Strong problem solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments

• Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

• Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks

• Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective

Leadership:

• Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions

• Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas

• Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team

• Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

Personal Attributes:

• Able to work under minimal supervision

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

• Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility

• Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work

Diversity & Inclusion:

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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