Software Architect - Surgical Planning Platform

About the role

Stryker is looking for an experienced Software Architect to contribute to the architecture and technical strategy of next-generation clinical and surgical software products covering the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative ecosystem. The role works closely with Technical Leads, Principal Engineers and Chief Architects to shape the technical vision across desktop applications, cloud-native platforms, surgical planning and guidance solutions, visualization technologies, mixed-reality applications and connected healthcare services. It is a hybrid position based in Bengaluru.

Key responsibilities

• Define the technology roadmap for surgical planning and connected healthcare products.
• Own scalable architecture across desktop, cloud, APIs, data and distributed systems.
• Establish reusable frameworks, components and architecture standards across products.
• Lead migration from legacy systems to modern cloud, microservices, container and DevOps architectures.
• Embed medical-device safety, cybersecurity and standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.
• Guide architecture for medical imaging, DICOM/PACS, 3D visualization and surgical planning.
• Drive CI/CD, automation, testing, quality, security, performance and reliability.
• Mentor architects and engineers, influence senior stakeholders and align global product teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or a related field.
• 12+ years of software development experience, with 5+ years in architecture or technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience architecting complex, scalable software in regulated or mission-critical environments.
• Experience with medical device development standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 13485 and ISO 14971.

Required skills

• C++ and object-oriented design, software architecture patterns and system design.
• Desktop technologies including Qt/QML, OpenGL, VTK and ITK.
• Cloud-native solutions on Azure and/or AWS, microservices, REST APIs, Kubernetes and distributed systems.
• .NET, Java, Python and modern backend frameworks.
• DevOps tools such as GitLab and Jenkins, CI/CD and automated testing.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity and secure development.
• Preferred: medical imaging, DICOM, PACS and 3D visualization workflows, and shared platform frameworks.