Senior Solutions Architect - Remote US

smiledigitalhealth; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Life coverage

Disability coverage

Employee assistance program

FHIR study support

Job summary

smiledigitalhealth is seeking a Lead Architect for healthcare data solutions to guide customer implementations from discovery to launch and ongoing operation. You will translate complex clinical, operational, and technical needs into scalable designs that comply with healthcare data standards and regulatory requirements.

You will collaborate across delivery, product, engineering, and customer success teams, providing hands-on architectural guidance, troubleshooting, and performance tuning to

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery with customers and translate clinical, operational, and technical needs into designs.
• Recommend architectures aligned with standards, regulations, and best practices.
• Maintain architectural oversight during implementation and post go-live.
• Support performance tuning and resolution of edge cases in deployed solutions.
• Coordinate with product, engineering, delivery, and technical accounts to implement designs.
• Help customers make sound decisions when requirements are ambiguous or evolving.

Job description

Role overview

Lead the architecture of customer implementations for healthcare data solutions, from early discovery through launch and ongoing operation. You’ll help enterprise clients clarify incomplete requirements and design scalable solutions aligned with healthcare data standards and regulatory needs. The role combines hands-on technical design with ongoing architectural guidance, troubleshooting, and collaboration across delivery, product, engineering, and customer success teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery with customers, ask targeted questions, and translate clinical, operational, and technical needs into solution designs.
• Recommend practical architectures that align with applicable standards, regulatory frameworks, and implementation best practices.
• Maintain architectural oversight during implementation and after go-live, adjusting designs as real-world constraints emerge.
• Support performance tuning and resolution of edge cases in deployed solutions.
• Coordinate with product, engineering, delivery, and technical account teams to move designs into working implementations.
• Help customers make sound decisions when requirements are ambiguous or evolving.

Benefits and work setup

The role is listed as remote within the United States. Benefits include flexible paid time away, health coverage, retirement contribution options, life and disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and learning resources that include FHIR study support.