Software Architect; Computer Engineer
Listed on 2026-06-06
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Software Architect
Software Architect (Computer Engineer)
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA 02130
The role is based within a leading healthcare system in New England that serves as a major referral center and a hub for clinical research. The organization is seeking a Software Architect to architect, design, develop, and implement enterprise and cloud-based software solutions. This individual will be responsible for the full software development lifecycle of complex applications, from concept to deployment.
As a knowledgeable application architect, you will be responsible for managing, architecting, designing, and implementing full‑stack software solutions (front‑end, API, middleware, and back‑end), leading architecture, design, and working with the team for coding using various programming languages, testing, evaluating different development frameworks including microservices, data structure & DB design, third‑party and open‑source software and libraries.
Knowledge of Machine Learning techniques, tools, and programming (including LLM – Large Language Models) is a plus. You will be knowledgeable in good security practices in application architecture, design, and development to implement secure solutions.
You will join a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, data scientists, and software engineers at a nationally recognized VA health system. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply software architecture skills to high‑impact translational genomic research.
Primary Duties- Create an end‑to‑end secure application software system, including architecture, design, and solution implementation.
- Define, develop, and implement a functional, volumetric, scalable, highly performant, reliable, and distributed system including front‑end, middleware, messaging, API, data, DB, and back‑end systems.
- Define and implement loosely coupled services and micro‑services‑based solutions.
- Design application software systems for high‑performance computing and be able to execute genomics pipelines at scale with large volumes (TB / PB) of data.
- Design and implement application performance management, log management, audit management, and system management tools, including metrics.
- Work with business teams and product managers to ideate software solutions.
- Design an effective test strategy and enable automation techniques.
- Implement effective application security and privacy mechanisms, including authentication, authorization, and access control.
- Write design specs, technical documentation, and user guides.
To be acceptable, the program must: (1) lead to a bachelor’s degree in a school of engineering with at least one program accredited by ABET; or (2) include differential and integral calculus and courses more advanced than first‑year physics and chemistry in five of the following seven areas of engineering science or physics: statics, dynamics; strength of materials; fluid mechanics, hydraulics;
thermodynamics; electrical fields and circuits; nature and properties of materials; and any other comparable area of fundamental engineering science or physics.
Combination of education and experience – college‑level education, training, and/or technical experience that furnished a thorough knowledge of the physical and mathematical sciences underlying engineering, and a good understanding of both theoretical and practical engineering sciences and techniques and their applications to one of the branches of engineering. The adequacy of such background must be demonstrated by one of the following: professional registration or licensure, engineering written test, specified academic courses, or related curriculum.
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