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The Position

As a Senior Principal Architect at Roche Information Solutions (RIS), you will be the technical North Star for a product comprising 6 cross-functional teams. Your mission is to evolve a high-scale, legacy cloud-native pathology platform into an Agentic Ecosystem.

You won't just oversee code; you will architect the "Golden Path" for how our engineers use AI, while simultaneously redesigning our clinical workflows—from image ingestion to diagnostic decision support—to be AI-native. You are responsible for ensuring that as we modernize, our architecture remains robust, compliant, and optimized for the next generation of medical intelligence.

The "AI-First" Architectural Vision

Beyond standard architectural patterns, you will lead the cultural and technical shift toward Agentic:

• Systemic AI Integration: Designing orchestration layers where AI agents are first-class citizens within the microservices architecture, not just "add-on" features.

• Architectural Guardrails for GenAI: Defining the standards for prompt engineering, LLM caching, and vector database integration at an enterprise scale.

• Autonomous SDLC: Leading the strategy for "Self-Healing" codebases and automated PR reviews by configuring custom AI agents that understand the Roche RIS domain.

The Opportunity:

• Modernizing Legacy at Scale: Lead the architectural evolution of existing Java/Spring microservices, identifying strategic "seams" to introduce agentic capabilities without disrupting clinical operations.

• Cross-Team Governance: Set the technical standards for 6 development teams, ensuring consistency in API design, security, and cloud-native best practices.

• Agentic Tech Stack Selection: Evaluate and implement the right tools (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, or proprietary agent frameworks) to build a scalable AI infrastructure.

• Security & Compliance: Ensure that all AI-driven architectural decisions meet the rigorous data privacy (GDPR/HIPAA) and quality standards required for medical devices.

Who you are:

• Expert Architect: Extensive experience in high-level system design, specifically with Java 17+, Spring Boot, and AWS. You have a proven track record of managing technical debt in complex legacy environments.

• Agentic Visionary: You are deeply familiar with the evolving "Agentic" tech stack—understanding how to move from simple RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) to fully autonomous agent loops.

• Strategic Influencer: You can articulate a multi-year technical roadmap to executive leadership while remaining "hands-on" enough to pair-program with Seniors on critical bottlenecks.

• Education: 12+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a Principal or Lead Architect role.

Apply directly and join us in shaping the future of healthcare.

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Compensation & Benefits

This position also offers an attractive benefits package.

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