Cloud Architect – Healthcare Software

The Cloud Architect drives the modernization of healthcare software products by helping engineering teams transform existing on-premises and legacy applications into scalable, secure and maintainable cloud solutions.

• Lead architecture and technical direction for cloud transformation and application modernization initiatives.
• Define practical target architectures for healthcare software products and guide teams in implementing them.
• Work closely with development teams to modernize legacy and monolithic applications into modular, cloud-enabled solutions.
• Make architectural decisions together with engineers and actively support implementation where needed.
• Evaluate cloud services, platform capabilities and architectural patterns for AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Balance scalability, security, performance, cost and regulatory compliance when making technical decisions.
• Define reusable architecture principles, patterns and platform capabilities that accelerate future product development.
• Review solution designs and implementation to ensure architectural quality and consistency.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Software Development, DevOps, Quality, Cybersecurity and Regulatory teams.
• Coach engineers on cloud-native architecture, software modernization and engineering best practices.
• Stay involved throughout delivery to ensure architecture is successfully implemented—not only documented.

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or a related technical discipline.
• A Bachelor’s Degree with equivalent additional professional experience may also be considered.
• Minimum 10 years of professional experience in software engineering, including at least 5 years in a software or cloud architecture role.
• Experience in regulated healthcare or medical device software development is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Architecture of enterprise or healthcare software products
  • Cloud transformation and application modernization
  • Designing and delivering cloud-native solutions on AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
  • Modernizing legacy and monolithic applications
  • Leading architectural decisions across multiple product teams
  • Working in Agile software development environments

• Experience defining cloud transformation strategies and target architectures for complex software products.
• Experience balancing business objectives, technical debt, regulatory compliance and cloud adoption.
• Experience mentoring architects and senior software engineers.
• Experience driving architecture from concept through implementation.
• Experience with Platform Engineering, DevSecOps and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container-based platforms.

• Base salary range: €78,187 – €130,312.
• Eligible for annual bonus tied to KPIs and company performance.
• Benefits include generous paid leave, paid parental leave, employer pension contributions, health and wellbeing programs and discounts on Philips products.
• Work onsite in the office minimum 3 days per week.

Philips is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. The company provides equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of age, color, citizenship, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth, race, religion, sexual orientation or other protected categories.