HealthTech Solution Architect Hybrid, Digital Health

Healthdirect Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Paid Parental Leave

Wellbeing program

Learner journeys

Job summary

Healthdirect Australia is seeking a Solution Architect to shape the digital platforms and integrations behind Australia’s trusted health services. You will lead API-led and event-driven designs across consumer channels, connect with partners using HL7 standards, and guide architecture decisions in a secure, scalable cloud environment.

The role is hybrid, with collaboration across product, engineering and vendor teams to deliver accessible, reliable services at scale.

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT experience, 3+ years in technical leadership or solution architecture
• Experience designing API-led and event-driven integration across omnichannel tech
• Knowledge of HL7 FHIR (AU Core) and related health initiatives
• Proven experience architecting consumer-facing digital apps at scale in public cloud (AWS)
• Desirable CMS/DXP experience in headless/composable architectures
• Strong grounding in persistence, data management, security, and agile delivery

Responsibilities

• Design well-architected solutions for consumer digital channels (content/search/mobile) meeting scale and WCAG 2 AA
• Define/apply API, event-driven and messaging patterns using HL7 standards to connect with partners
• Assess vendor solutions for fit, interoperability and compliance; recommend technologies
• Contribute to privacy, security and clinical safety assessments; ensure design decisions reflect findings
• Build/maintain reference architectures, document decisions, and coach delivery teams while highlighting technical debt

Skills

API-led integration

Event-driven architecture

Microservices

API management

Messaging

HL7 FHIR

Cloud/AWS

Public cloud

Education

Degree in computer science or software engineering

Tools

Optimizely

Sitecore

Adobe

Job description

Healthdirect Australia is seeking a Solution Architect to shape the digital platforms and integrations behind Australia’s trusted health services. You will lead API-led and event-driven designs across consumer channels, connect with partners using HL7 standards, and guide architecture decisions in a secure, scalable cloud environment.

The role is hybrid, with collaboration across product, engineering and vendor teams to deliver accessible, reliable services at scale.