Staff System Architect, HeartFlow

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• Experience: 15+ years of relevant industry experience, including significant time in senior or staff-level roles with cross-team architectural responsibility
• Technical Proficiency:
• Deep expertise across system design, cloud-native architectures, and distributed systems; broad familiarity with backend technologies (e.g., Python, Java), database technologies (SQL, NoSQL), and cloud platforms (AWS)
• Project Experience:
• Strong expertise in distributed systems and microservices architecture
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering large-scale, secure distributed systems and platform architectures with measurable cross-team impact
• Leadership Skills: Proven experience setting technical vision and architectural standards; track record of mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering culture organization-wide
• Methodologies: Experience with Agile development methodologies and project management tools
• Security Knowledge: Strong understanding of web and OWASP security best practices
• DevOps: Experience with DevOps best practices (e.g., CI/CD pipelines)
• Regulatory Understanding: Experience with or demonstrable experience with FDA regulations and compliance requirements for medical software
• Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

Desirable

• We are seeking a Staff System Architect who will define and drive system-wide architectural direction
• In this role, you will own the technical strategy for the backend of our clinical platform, ensuring it is scalable, secure, and built to support HeartFlow’s mission for the long term
• We aren’t just looking for an engineer; we are looking for a systems thinker who can shape architectural standards across teams, align technical direction with business strategy, and ensure our platform is built for the long term
• You will work at the intersection of complex medical data and organizational scalability, ensuring our systems are robust, secure, and ready for growth
• Define and own the system architecture strategy impacting multiple engineering teams, establishing standards and patterns that scale across the HeartFlow platform
• Technical Strategy: Partner with Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to translate organizational goals into multi-year architectural roadmaps and actionable work items
• Define, enforce, and evolve engineering best practices, tooling standards, and architecture patterns
• Establish and govern security architecture standards across the platform, including authentication, authorization, access control, and data integrity
• Make cross-cutting architectural decisions spanning and services, balancing performance, security, scalability, and long-term maintainability
• Identify technology risks and dependencies early to establish mitigation plans
• Mentor and develop senior and staff engineers; serve as a technical multiplier by raising the architectural bar organization-wide
• Lead and own security architecture reviews and compliance strategy, ensuring platform-wide adherence to regulatory and security standards
• Define and oversee authentication and authorization architecture. Ensure all engineering practices across teams adhere to FDA regulations and HIPAA standards for medical software
• Represent engineering architecture in cross-functional leadership forums; communicate technical strategy and trade-offs clearly to executive and non-technical stakeholders across Product, Strategy, Operations, and Regulatory