Remote Senior Solutions Architect - Remote Canada

Description:

• The Senior Solutions Architect – Implementations is a hands-on, customer-facing role responsible for designing scalable, standards-aligned healthcare data solutions using Smile Digital Health’s platform.
• This position involves partnering closely with enterprise clients during discovery and early design phases, often when requirements are incomplete, to guide them toward the right architecture.
• Success in this role requires the ability to ask the right questions, help customers uncover unknowns, and shape practical, future-proof solutions based on best practices and regulatory frameworks.
• The role includes maintaining architectural oversight throughout the implementation and post-go-live phases, ensuring the solution continues to work as expected and adjusting designs as needed.
• Responsibilities include leading architectural design, providing ongoing technical guidance, evaluating customer-specific requirements, collaborating with internal teams, and contributing to internal architecture review boards and documentation.
• The position requires active participation in customer-facing meetings and accurate tracking of time and project management artifacts.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 10+ years of experience in software engineering, technical consulting, or solution architecture roles, ideally with hands-on experience in complex healthcare implementations.
• Proven ability to lead customer-facing architecture and design discussions, particularly with payer, provider, or government-aligned healthcare organizations is required.
• Demonstrated experience in designing solutions involving real-time data ingestion technologies such as Kafka, Camel, and Pulsar, as well as implementing FHIR-based data workflows is essential.
• A strong understanding of clinical data modeling and terminology mapping, including SNOMED CT, RxNorm, and LOINC, is necessary.
• Experience with cloud-native architecture and deployment in AWS, Azure, or GCP using Docker, Helm, and Kubernetes is required.
• Candidates should be skilled in identifying technical trade-offs and adapting solution designs in response to new constraints during delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary, along with strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
• Comfort in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with evolving requirements and shifting priorities is essential.
• Proficiency with solution diagramming and design tools such as Lucidchart is required.

Benefits:

• The position offers a remote work environment, allowing for flexibility in work location.
• A flexible time away from work policy is provided, including PTO, personal, and sick days.
• Competitive salary and health/medical benefits are included.
• Employees can contribute to RRSP/TFSA/401K plans.
• Life and disability insurance are part of the benefits package.
• An employee assistance program is available for support.
• Opportunities for professional development through a FHIR study program and Skillsoft learning are offered.
• Employees can participate in the Super HAPI Fun Club for social engagement.