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With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.\nWe are looking for a Solution Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and maintainable enterprise solutions across our digital platforms. This role will provide architectural leadership across multiple products and engineering teams, ensuring that solutions align with enterprise standards, business objectives, and long-term technology strategy.\nWhat you will do\nSolution Architecture\nDesign end-to-end technical solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable.\n\nTranslate business and functional requirements into solution architectures and technical specifications.\n\nDefine application, integration, data, and deployment architectures.\n\nEvaluate solution alternatives and recommend the most appropriate technology approach.\n\nEnsure architecture aligns with enterprise standards and long-term technology strategy.\n\nTechnical Leadership\nProvide architectural guidance and technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.\n\nReview solution designs, code, and technical decisions to ensure consistency and quality.\n\nMentor Technical Leads and senior engineers on architecture principles and best practices.\n\nDrive adoption of modern engineering practices and cloud-native architecture patterns.\n\nPromote reusable frameworks, shared services, and platform capabilities.\n\nCloud Architecture\nDesign cloud-native solutions using Microsoft Azure services.\n\nDefine scalable deployment architectures using containers and Kubernetes where appropriate.\n\nEnsure solutions are secure, highly available, observable, and cost optimized.\n\nGuide engineering teams on cloud architecture, networking, security, and operational best practices.\n\nApplication Architecture\nProvide architectural leadership for applications built using:\nC#\n\n.NET / ASP.NET Core\n\nReactJS\n\nREST APIs\n\nMicroservices\n\nEvent-driven architectures\n\nMessaging platforms\n\nDistributed systems\n\nIntegration & API Design\nDesign secure and scalable API-first solutions.\n\nDefine integration strategies for internal and external systems.\n\nEstablish API governance, versioning, authentication, and documentation standards.\n\nReview messaging and asynchronous communication patterns.\n\nSecurity & Compliance\nEnsure architecture follows secure-by-design principles.\n\nIncorporate authentication, authorization, encryption, and secrets management into solution designs.\n\nApply industry security standards and secure coding practices.\n\nSupport compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements.\n\nEngineering Collaboration\nPartner with Engineering Managers to support engineering delivery.\n\nCollaborate with Product Managers to estimate complexity and define implementation roadmaps.\n\nParticipate in backlog refinement and technical planning activities.\n\nIdentify technical risks and recommend mitigation strategies.\n\nArchitecture Governance\nEstablish architecture principles, standards, and design guidelines.\n\nConduct architecture reviews and technical design reviews.\n\nEnsure consistency across products and engineering teams.\n\nDrive technical debt management and modernization initiatives.\n\nGenerative AI & AI-Ready Architecture\nDesign integration patterns for Generative AI and LLM capabilities across products, including Azure OpenAI Service, Copilot Studio, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.\n\nEstablish governance standards and guardrails for the responsible, secure, and compliant adoption of AI across the platform.\n\nEvaluate Generative AI and AI/ML platform components and recommend adoption strategies aligned with business and technology objectives.\n\nDefine AI-ready application and data architectures that support LLM integration, vector search, and semantic retrieval patterns.\n\nUse AI tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to accelerate architecture documentation, ADR production, and design artefact creation.\n\nStay current with Azure AI platform capabilities and guide teams on their effective and responsible adoption.\n\nArchitecture & Design\nMicroservices\n\nDomain-Driven Design (DDD)\n\nClean Architecture\n\nSOLID Principles\n\nEvent-Driven Architecture\n\nCQRS (preferred)\n\nDesign Patterns\n\nAPI-first Design\n\nDistributed Systems\n\nHigh Availability and Disaster Recovery\n\nWhat you bring\nExperience\nBE/B.Tech degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.\n\n12+ years of software engineering experience.\n\nMinimum 5 years of experience in Solution Architecture or Technical Architecture.\n\nProven experience designing enterprise-scale applications using Microsoft technologies.\n\nStrong expertise in Azure cloud architecture and modern application design.\n\nExperience working in Agile software development environments.\n\nExcellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.\n\nTechnical Skills\nStrong expertise in Microsoft Azure cloud architecture and modern application design.\n\nExperience designing solutions using:\nC#\n\n.NET / ASP.NET Core\n\nReactJS\n\nREST APIs\n\nMicroservices\n\nEvent-driven architectures\n\nDistributed systems\n\nStrong understanding of:\nDomain-Driven Design (DDD)\n\nSOLID Principles\n\nClean Architecture\n\nAPI-first Design\n\nHigh Availability and Disaster Recovery concepts\n\nExperience defining architecture standards, governance frameworks, and reusable design patterns.\n\nKnowledge of enterprise integration patterns and API governance.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nMicrosoft Azure certifications (AZ-305, AZ-204, AZ-400).\n\nExperience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.\n\nExperience with SaaS platforms and multi-tenant architectures.\n\nFamiliarity with AI-assisted development tools and cloud-native modernization initiatives.\n\nFamiliarity with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) and their role in accelerating architecture and delivery workflows.\n\nExperience designing solutions within a medical device, hearing aid, or regulated healthcare environment is a strong advantage. Familiarity with regulated software architecture requirements - including software classification, design documentation, and requirements traceability - will be highly valued.\n\nUnderstanding of ISO 13485 Quality Management Systems and how QMS obligations influence architecture decisions - including audit trail design, data integrity controls, electronic records management, and alignment with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 or EU MDR 2017/745 for regulatory submissions.\n\nAwareness of risk management principles under ISO 14971 and their architectural implications, including hazard identification, risk mitigation through system design, and residual risk documentation for software components in safety-critical medical applications.\n\nPersonal Competencies\nStrong architectural and strategic thinking abilities.\n\nExcellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.\n\nStrong communication and stakeholder management capabilities.\n\nProven mentoring and technical coaching skills.\n\nAbility to influence technical direction across multiple teams and functions.\n\nCustomer-focused mindset with a strong emphasis on quality, scalability, and continuous improvement.\n\nWho we are\nAt WSA, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.\nTogether with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.\nWith us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.\nSounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.\nWSA is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. 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