Platform Architect (healthcare solution)

Intellias; Poland; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellias is seeking a Staff-level Platform Architect to lead a large healthcare technology initiative focused on a modern platform for connected health data and digital experiences.

The role blends hands-on engineering with architectural leadership across teams, emphasizing scalable systems, cloud-native design, and production readiness in AWS and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Backend development in Python or another modern backend language.
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Deep understanding of Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
• Experience designing large-scale REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Strong AWS and Kubernetes background.
• Expertise in system design, cloud-native architectures, and production operations.
• Experience with modern data platforms and databases.
• Excellent communication skills and strong engineering mindset.

Responsibilities

• Design and build large-scale distributed systems and platform services.
• Drive event-driven architecture using Kafka and related technologies.
• Shape REST and GraphQL API architecture and governance.
• Build reusable platform capabilities and architectural patterns.
• Contribute directly to production code, prototypes, and technical PoCs.
• Partner with engineering, data, AI, and product teams.
• Define standards for scalability, resilience, security, and observability.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence architecture across multiple teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Kafka

REST APIs

GraphQL

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

System design

Data platforms

Communication

Job description

Intellias is looking for a Platform Architect to join a large-scale healthcare technology initiative focused on building a modern platform for connected health data and digital healthcare experiences.

This role is ideal for a senior hands‑on engineer who enjoys solving complex distributed systems challenges while influencing architecture across multiple engineering teams.

What you’ll do:

• Design and build large‑scale distributed systems and platform services
• Drive event‑driven architecture using Kafka and related technologies
• Shape REST and GraphQL API architecture and governance
• Build reusable platform capabilities and architectural patterns
• Contribute directly to production code, prototypes, and technical PoCs
• Partner with engineering, data, AI, and product teams
• Define standards for scalability, resilience, security, and observability
• Mentor senior engineers and influence architecture across multiple teams

What we’re looking for:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong backend development expertise in Python or another modern backend language
• Hands‑on experience with distributed systems and event‑driven architectures
• Deep understanding of Kafka or similar messaging platforms
• Experience designing large‑scale REST and GraphQL APIs
• Strong AWS and Kubernetes background
• Expertise in system design, cloud‑native architectures, and production operations
• Experience with modern data platforms and databases
• Excellent communication skills and strong engineering mindset

Nice to have:

• Healthcare domain experience (FHIR, HL7, EHR integrations)
• Experience working with regulated and sensitive data
• Knowledge of healthcare security and compliance requirements
• Experience with AI‑enabled systems and LLM integrations

You’ll have the opportunity to influence the architecture of a next‑generation healthcare platform while remaining deeply involved in engineering. This is a Staff‑level role with broad technical ownership, high impact, and exposure to modern cloud, data, interoperability, and AI technologies.