As a Principal Software Architect, lead the technical direction and architecture of the data platform, focusing on scalable solutions for analytics and AI, while mentoring teams and influencing engineering strategies.
At PointClickCare our mission is simple: to help providers deliver exceptional care. And that starts with our people. As a leading health tech company that’s founder-led and privately held, we empower our employees to push boundaries, innovate, and shape the future of healthcare.
With the largest long-term and post-acute care dataset and a Marketplace of 400+ integrated partners, our platform serves over 30,000 provider organizations, making a real difference in millions of lives. We also reinvest a significant percentage of our revenue back into research and development, ensuring our employees have the resources to innovate and make a lasting impact. Recognized by Forbes as a top private cloud company and honored as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, we offer flexibility, growth opportunities, and meaningful work.
At PointClickCare, we empower our people to be the architects of a smarter healthcare future; one that is human-first and accelerated by AI to create meaningful and lasting change. Employees harness AI as a catalyst for creativity, productivity, and thoughtful decision-making. By integrating AI tools into our daily workflows, collaboration is enhanced, outcomes are improved, and every team member has the proficiency to maximize their impact. It all starts with our hiring practices where we uncover AI expertise that complements our mission, and we continue to invest in training and development to nurture innovation throughout the employee journey.
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As a Principal Architect, you will play a pivotal leadership role in shaping the long-term technical direction of our platform and data architecture. You will be accountable for translating complex, abstract, and evolving business needs into a clear, future-proof architectural vision that scales across multiple domains and teams. You will act as a trusted technical advisor to senior engineering and product leaders, while guiding and influencing engineering strategy across the organization.
You are expected to drive end-to-end architectural decisions for large-scale, distributed systems and big data platforms, enabling high-performance AI and analytics workloads. Your work will directly impact our ability to deliver secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable technology foundations.
As a hands-on technical leader, you will guide senior engineers and architects to execute on the architecture roadmap, while actively contributing to critical design decisions. You will champion engineering excellence, knowledge sharing, and technical mentorship to raise the bar across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
•Define, communicate, and drive the strategic architectural vision across multiple product and platform teams to meet business objectives and scale for future needs.
•Lead architecture for large-scale, data-intensive platforms, including batch and real-time processing systems that power advanced analytics and AI applications.
•Partner with senior engineering and product leaders to ensure architectural alignment with organizational priorities and business goals.
•Translate high-level, ambiguous business problems into scalable and reusable platform solutions, balancing trade-offs between speed, scalability, cost, and technical debt.
•Identify and resolve architectural gaps, system fragility, and scalability challenges across product lines; proactively anticipate future bottlenecks and evolution paths.
•Oversee end-to-end feasibility assessments and architecture reviews; ensure timely delivery of technical designs and unblock execution teams with actionable guidance.
•Influence and govern architecture decisions through design reviews, architecture boards, and technical strategy discussions.
•Champion modern engineering practices including microservices, cloud-native patterns, event-driven systems, and platform thinking.
•Serve as a mentor and coach for senior architects and engineers; develop architectural talent across the team and establish a culture of engineering excellence.
•Track emerging trends in big data, distributed systems, cloud platforms, and AI infrastructure, and assess relevance and readiness for adoption.
•Own architecture documentation and ensure it's a living asset to guide engineering teams through delivery.
Qualifications and Skills
•12+ years of experience in software architecture and engineering, with at least 3 years at a senior/principal architect or technical leadership level.
•Proven success in leading architecture for complex, multi-tenant platforms, preferably in domains involving big data, analytics, and AI.
•Expertise in architecting cloud-native platforms (Azure preferred), including scalable compute, data pipelines, observability, and security.
•Deep knowledge of distributed data systems (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Delta Lake), streaming architecture, and real-time event processing.
•Experience with designing platform foundations to support AI/ML workloads, including model lifecycle management, vector databases, or MLOps.
•Ability to define and execute architecture strategy with measurable business impact; strong product thinking and ability to "connect the dots."
•Excellent communication, storytelling, and influence skills to drive alignment at all levels, including executive stakeholders.
•Proven experience in Data Engineering having expertise with big data, advanced AI integration, and SaaS apps.
•Bonus to have experience with Agentic AI components.
•Candidates will be people who use AI to code faster.
•Experience leading cross-functional teams, mentoring senior engineers, and establishing architecture governance.
•Strong analytical and decision-making abilities; able to evaluate architectural trade-offs and drive consensus.
PointClickCare Benefits & Perks:
Benefits starting from Day 1!
Retirement Plan Matching
Flexible Paid Time Off
Wellness Support Programs and Resources
Parental & Caregiver Leaves
Fertility & Adoption Support
Continuous Development Support Program
Employee Assistance Program
Allyship and Inclusion Communities
Employee Recognition … and more!
It is the policy of PointClickCare to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, religion, national origin, status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law. PointClickCare welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please contact [email protected] should you require any accommodations.
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Top Skills
AI
Analytics
Azure
Big Data
Cloud-Native Platforms
Delta Lake
Event-Driven Systems
Kafka
Microservices
Mlops
Observability
Security
Spark
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