Principal System Architect - MedDevice

El Camino Health; United States; Remote; USD 198,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Principal Architect to define and lead the software architecture vision across its device and digital ecosystem. This role will involve overseeing architectures for cloud services, analytics platforms, and AI/ML enablement.

The ideal candidate must have 15+ years of experience in software engineering and a strong background in regulated systems. The position supports remote work across the US.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering or architecture.
• Deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems and modern application platforms.
• Proven experience architecting regulated or high-reliability systems.

Responsibilities

• Define the multiyear architecture strategy for product software systems.
• Lead cross-functional architecture forums and governance processes.
• Evaluate emerging technologies for strategic recommendations.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud architectures

Microservices

Event-driven systems

DevOps/SRE practices

AI/ML platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

About This Role

The Principal Architect is a senior individual contributor who defines, leads, and governs the software architecture vision across our device and digital ecosystem. This includes our on-device firmware, cloud services, analytics platforms, data pipelines, clinician and patient-facing applications, AI/ML enablement platforms, and operational software systems. The role drives architectural excellence, technology strategy, and systems coherence across R&D, product, clinical, data science, and IT, ensuring the on-device and off-device software ecosystem is secure, scalable, resilient, compliant, and aligned with product strategy and long-term business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Technology & Architecture Strategy

• Define the multiyear architecture strategy for all product software systems, spanning cloud, application, data, integration, and ML/AI infrastructure.
• Establish architectural principles, reference architectures, and guardrails that support reliability, performance, interoperability, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure holistic systems thinking across software platforms, clinical workflows, device interactions, and data flows.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and provide strategic recommendations for adoption, modernization, and platform evolution.

Architectural Leadership & Governance

• Lead cross‑functional architecture forums and governance processes, ensuring consistent patterns, shared services, and disciplined decision‑making across teams.
• Drive architectural clarity early in product development by guiding systems decomposition, API strategies, data models, and cloud architectures.
• Review key technical proposals, high-impact design decisions, and fundamental platform changes across R&D teams.
• Champion engineering quality standards for architecture, coding, testing, observability, and documentation.

Cross‑Functional Influence & Collaboration

• Partner with product management to translate business needs into scalable technical strategies and architectural roadmaps.
• Collaborate with security, privacy, regulatory, quality, and clinical teams to ensure designs meet medical device standards and software compliance requirements.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership, articulating architectural options, trade‑offs, risks, and business impacts.
• Bridge off‑device and on‑device systems to ensure seamless end‑to‑end workflows, data flows, and system integrity.

Execution Support & Technical Leadership

• Provide architectural oversight throughout the SDLC, guiding teams during concepting, detailed design, implementation, and release.
• Drive standardization, reducing duplication and accelerating development velocity through clear architectural patterns.
• Mentor engineering leads and architects across the organization through thought leadership, coaching, and technical review.
• Lead technical investigation and resolution of complex systemic issues, spanning data, scalability, reliability, or workflow interactions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering or architecture, with deep expertise in large-scale distributed systems, cloud architectures, and modern application platforms.
• Proven experience architecting regulated or high‑reliability systems (preferably within medical, health tech, or similar domains).
• Mastery of architectural domains such as microservices, event‑driven systems, data pipelines, observability, DevOps/SRE practices, and cloud‑native technologies.
• Ability to operate as a senior‑level individual contributor influencing executive teams without direct authority.
• Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts in clear, concise, and business‑relevant terms.
• Demonstrated success partnering with cross‑functional leaders across product, security, quality, regulatory, data science, and infrastructure.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FDA, EU MDR, IEC 62304, HIPAA, and related regulatory frameworks for software as part of medical systems.
• Background supporting AI/ML platform architecture, model deployment, and clinical decision‑support software.
• Experience designing architectures that integrate with medical devices, clinical systems, EHRs, or healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7).
• Prior leadership in organizations scaling complex multi-product software ecosystems.

Location: Remote – US

Estimated Pay Range: $198,000.00 – $258,000.00

iRhythm provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, including those who may have any difficulty using our online system. If you need such an accommodation, you may contact [e-mail].

iRhythm Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with all applicable laws.