The Role
Designs and leads software architecture across distributed systems, cloud platforms, microservices, APIs, databases, DevOps, security, messaging, and observability. The role develops technical specifications and system diagrams, evaluates technologies, establishes coding standards, conducts reviews, addresses technical debt, mentors engineers, and participates throughout the software development lifecycle. Collaboration with product managers and geographically dispersed teams is required, along with strong communication, analytical, prioritization, and Agile development skills.
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About Evident Digital Pathology
Evident Scientific, formerly part of Olympus Corporation, is a global leader in life-science microscopy and optical instrumentation. Following the recent acquisition of Pramana, a pioneer in Autonomous Digital Imaging, Evident has combined its world-class optical heritage with Pramana’s software, robotics, and AI innovation to define the future of Digital Pathology.
Our young, high-performing engineering team has already taken the industry to its next node in autonomy—building the world’s most advanced whole-slide imaging platform, deployed at the Mayo Clinic to create the world’s largest digital pathology archive. Today, this technology is trusted by more than 30 top-tier medical institutions across the U.S. and Europe, powering Clinical workflows directly aiding in patient care.
As part of Evident, this team is now advancing to the next level of autonomy—moving from autonomous imaging to intelligent imaging, where scanners, data systems, and user interfaces are self-aware, adaptive, and capable of real-time AI inference at the edge.
Responsibilities:
- Design and architect software solutions that align with business objectives and technical requirements.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.
- Create architectural designs, technical specifications, and system diagrams.
- Evaluate and recommend appropriate technologies, frameworks, and tools to support the development process.
- Lead and mentor software development teams in best practices for design, coding, testing, and documentation.
- Define coding standards and guidelines to maintain code quality and consistency.
- Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to architectural principles and best practices.
- Identify and address technical debt and architectural weaknesses in existing systems.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including planning, estimation, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in software architecture and development.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
Total experience of 20 years and proven experience of 8 years as a Software Architect in software development.
Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail.
Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience working in an Agile development environment is required.
Experience in working with geographically dispersed teams is preferred.
Technical Skills:
- Architecture and Design: Microservices Architecture, RESTful APIs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Containerization and Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD and DevOps: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible
- Database Technologies: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB)
- Monitoring and Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
- Security and Compliance: OAuth, JWT (JSON Web Tokens), Encryption standards (AES, RSA)
- Messaging Architecture: Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ
- Performance and Scalability: Load balancing solutions (Nginx, HAProxy), Caching solutions (Redis, Memcached)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Master's degree
- 20 years of total professional experience
- 8 years of experience as a Software Architect in software development
- Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and best practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for cross-functional collaboration
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Experience in an Agile development environment
- Experience working with geographically dispersed teams
- Experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and service-oriented architecture
- Experience with cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools including Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and Ansible
- Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB
- Experience with monitoring, logging, security, messaging, performance, and scalability technologies listed in the description
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