Senior Software Architect
Philips Best, North Brabant, Netherlands · €78K–€130K/yr
Hospitals and Health Care · 10,001+ employees
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About the role
Define and drive the software architecture, technical roadmap, and engineering strategy for 3D interventional applications used in image-guided therapy systems. Guide implementation and technical decisions, balance innovation with delivery and sustainability, and mentor engineers while collaborating across global multidisciplinary teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires an MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, plus 10 or more years of software development experience, including at least 3 years in an architecture or senior technical leadership role. Candidates should bring strong software engineering and architectural expertise, hands-on experience with modern C++, 3D rendering and performance optimization, and familiarity with CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, package management, deployment automation, and cloud technologies.
Benefits
Full description
Job Title
Senior Software Architect
Job Description
AS a Senior Software Architect you will shape the future of image-guided therapy by defining and driving the software architecture and technical roadmap for our 3D Interventional Applications for IGT Systems. Combine hands-on technical expertise with architectural leadership to deliver innovative, high-performance clinical solutions.
Your Role
- Drive technical strategy: Define and execute the software roadmap, leveraging modern technologies, AI, model-driven development, CI/CD, and software engineering best practices.
- Own software architecture: Ensure scalable, modular, maintainable, and extensible designs. Drive architectural consistency, manage cross-project interfaces, and guide key technical decisions.
- Balance innovation and delivery: Accelerate product development while managing technical debt, performance, and long-term sustainability.
- Stay hands-on: Apply your technical expertise to solve complex engineering challenges, evaluate emerging technologies, and guide implementation.
- Provide technical leadership: Inspire, coach, and mentor engineers, fostering engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and high-performing teams.
- Collaborate globally: Work within an international, multidisciplinary R&D organization, partnering with teams across Philips Image Guided Therapy Systems.
You're the Right Fit If You Have
- Education: MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience: 10+ years in software development, including 3+ years as a Software Architect, Technical Product Owner, or Staff Engineer in an Agile environment.
- Strong software engineering foundation: Proven expertise in high-performance software, design patterns, SOLID principles, Clean Architecture, TDD, and modern development practices.
- Hands-on technical expertise: Strong knowledge of modern C++ (C++20), 3D rendering (DirectX/OpenGL), computational geometry, and performance optimization.
- Modern development practices: Experience with CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, package management, deployment automation, and cloud technologies.
- Architectural leadership: Ability to translate complex technical challenges into clear architectural decisions, roadmaps, and actionable solutions.
- Leadership and communication: Ability to inspire and mentor engineers, influence stakeholders, and communicate effectively across technical and business disciplines.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
Compensation & benefits
Doing meaningful work should come with fair, transparent rewards. The base salary range for this role is €[ 78,187]–€[ 130,312]. We determine pay within the range using objective factors, like the skills the role requires, your relevant experience and the responsibility you'll have in this role, alongside internal equity and local market considerations.
This role is eligible for 3% short term incentive with your rewards linked to both individual performance and company results. We’ll share the full approach with you during the interview process, so you can make a clear, informed decision. Benefits include hybrid working, paid time-off, health and wellbeing benefits, learning and development opportunities.
About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.
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