System architect

Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC) is a centre for international service and scientific research in the field of pharmacovigilance. We are the WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, and manage the technical and operational aspects of the WHO Programme for International Drug Monitoring since 1978. As an independent, non-profit foundation, we support the World Health Organization, regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders who share our vision of advancing medicines safety. Through research and development of new scientific methods, we explore the benefits and harms of medicines for patients, and offer products and services used by health authorities and the pharmaceutical industry worldwide.
UMC follows the collective agreements between the Swedish Agency for Government Employers and Saco-S and ST. Union representatives are Malin Zaar (Saco-S) and Jessica Avasol (ST), +46 (0)18-65 60 60.


UMC are looking for a skilled System architect
The UMC pharmacovigilance product portfolio develops and maintains software-as-a-service solutions used by medicines agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and other organizations in countries worldwide, as well as APIs and backend systems to enable data exchange and information processing supported by the software.
We are looking for a skilled system architect to coach our two development teams within this portfolio. The person will be responsible for defining the long-term architecture and roadmap for the systems portfolio, as well as for coordinating and securing short- and long-term technical decisions within the teams, between teams, and with the Enterprise Architect and with Product Management staff. Skills to communicate technical details with software developers and business goals with product managers, to assure that solutions are in line with expectations from internal and external stakeholders are required. We are looking for a person who is motivated by system architecture and design but still wants to do hands-on system development.
This position has the following main responsibilities
Develop the solution intent and govern the architecture and design within the Vigi Product Portfolio, to ensure that requirements are met.
Lead the planning, definition, and high-level design of the products, and the exploration of alternatives, in close collaboration with the lead developers.
Secure the plans of the technical architecture.
Prepare, anchor, and make technical decisions within a portfolio spanning several products.
Support the Enterprise Architect with input to the technology roadmap.
Support the Product Management team in work with product roadmaps.
Provide guidance to lead developers during development and operations.
Guide the teams through work with continuous integration and deployment.
Together with product management staff, communicate with external stakeholders and customers to identify quality requirements.
Together with the teams, identify subsystems and components which facilitate maintenance and possible re-use.
Provide guidance to product management staff regarding development needs, to ensure interoperability within the products in the portfolio.
Interact with the Enterprise Architect and other System Architects to anchor decisions spanning multiple portfolios.
Interact with Lead Developers and the Enterprise Architect to ensure that policies are applied and improved.



Skills and Requirements
Experience in software architecture or technical lead positions.
Up-to-date knowledge about trends in technology and architecture.
Understanding of different paradigms within programming languages (object oriented, functional, etc).
Understanding of different paradigms within database technology (relational databases, document databases, etc).
Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft development platform (.NET, Visual Studio, etc).
Experience of working in an agile software development setting.
Ability to present technical content to a non-technical audience.
University degree in data science, software engineering, engineering physics, or similar.
Excellent oral and written English