Application Architect

Medclinicx; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Med Clinic X is seeking an Application Architect to design and guide the architecture of healthcare software applications and digital platforms. In this role, you will create scalable architectures, establish technical standards, and work with engineering teams to build high-performance healthcare solutions supporting patient engagement, workflows, and interoperability.

Responsibilities include defining frameworks, reviewing patterns, and ensuring security and compliance with healthcare

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience in application architecture and software design.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and APIs.
• Excellent technical communication and system design documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable and maintainable software architectures.
• Define application frameworks, patterns, and technical standards.
• Create architecture blueprints and technical specs.
• Evaluate technologies and recommend design improvements.
• Architect healthcare SaaS applications and digital platforms.
• Design solutions for patient portals and clinical workflows.
• Support secure EHR/EMR integration architectures.
• Ensure applications meet scalability and security controls.
• Design cloud-native application solutions.
• Define security, reliability, and auto-scaling strategies.

Skills

Application architecture

Software design

APIs

Technical communication

System design documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field

Job description

Med Clinic X is a healthcare technology company building secure, scalable, and innovative digital health applications for healthcare organizations across the United States.

We develop healthcare SaaS platforms, AI-driven healthcare systems, patient portals, telemedicine solutions, automation workflows, and enterprise healthcare applications that help clinics, hospitals, and medical organizations improve care delivery and operations.

Our mission is to design powerful healthcare applications that are reliable, scalable, and built for the future of digital health.

Job Overview

We are seeking an Application Architect to design, define, and guide the architecture of healthcare software applications and digital platforms.

In this role, you will create scalable application architectures, establish technical standards, and work closely with engineering teams to build high-performance healthcare solutions. You will play a key role in designing applications that support patient engagement, healthcare workflows, integrations, and AI-powered healthcare experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable and maintainable software architectures.
• Define application frameworks, patterns, and technical standards.
• Create architecture blueprints and technical specs.
• Evaluate technologies and recommend design improvements.
• Architect healthcare SaaS applications and digital platforms.
• Design solutions for patient portals and clinical workflows.
• Support secure EHR/EMR integration architectures.
• Ensure applications meet scalability and security controls.
• Design cloud-native application solutions.
• Define security, reliability, and auto-scaling strategies.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams on application delivery pipelines.

Engineering Collaboration

• Guide software engineering leads on architecture decisions.
• Review code structures, patterns, and database schemas.
• Solve complex technical bottlenecks.
• Promote coding best practices and design standards.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Strong experience in application architecture and software design.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and APIs.
• Excellent technical communication and system design documentation skills.

Preferred

• Experience in US healthcare or healthcare SaaS environments.
• Familiarity with HIPAA compliance and healthcare app security.
• Experience with EHR/EMR integration systems (Epic, Cerner).
• Knowledge of AI healthcare application architectures.
• Background in enterprise software development and cloud patterns.

Why Join Med Clinic X?

At Med Clinic X, you will architect the applications that support the next generation of healthcare technology. You will:

• Design healthcare applications used by US organizations
• Work with engineering and product teams
• Contribute to healthcare technology innovation

Technical Core

Application Architecture Patterns Cloud Architecture (AWS/GCP) Microservices & Distributed Systems EHR/EMR Interoperability Database Scaling & RLS AI Orchestration & Queues

Systems You Will Work With

Healthcare SaaS Applications

Design multi-tenant microservices layouts isolating database resources via RLS policies.

Build responsive, high-performance, and secure applications for client-facing portals.

Clinical Workflow Applications

Architect automation pipelines, clinical routing schedulers, and reporting systems.

EHR/EMR Integrations

Build interoperability gateway layouts using HL7 FHIR standards for medical databases.

AI Healthcare Solutions

Scale compute-intensive clinical dictation and NLP categorization layers asynchronously.

Design fault-tolerant media channels and signaling layers for real-time video consultations.