Application Architect, Medical Imaging

We’re on a mission to change the future of clinical research. At Perceptive, we help the biopharmaceutical industry bring medical treatments to the market, faster. Our mission is to change the world but to do this, we need people like you. What can we offer you? Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you: YOURSELF • 25 days’ holiday (with the option to buy more) HEALTH • Health Cash Plan • Optional private health, dental insurance, and health screens • Cycle to work scheme WEALTH • Generous pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution • Life assurance • Season ticket loan About the role As Application Architect, Medical Imaging, your primary goal will be to conceptualize and guide the creation of advanced, cloud-native platforms which harness artificial intelligence to revolutionize medical imaging within clinical research. Working remotely in the UK, in this newly created role you'll deploy your combination of architectural experience and deep medical imaging domain knowledge to ensure that solutions are designed to meet the evolving needs of clinical trials, balancing innovation, scalability, security and regulatory compliance. Critically, you'll act as a bridge between the architectural vision and the hands-on engineering work that brings these solutions to life. Key Responsibilities Technical Requirements Definition and Management Collaborate closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to refine and clarify business features and requirements, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and end-user needs. Translate high-level business requirements into clear, actionable technical specifications and architectural enablers, maintaining traceability throughout the development lifecycle. Advocate for standards-driven solutions by integrating best practices and architectural principles into requirements definition, reducing technical debt and ensuring scalability. Document and communicate requirements in a structured manner to guide development efforts, validate solution fit, and support ongoing change management. Create Architectural Enablers as required to ensure business requirements are fully and all dependencies are defined and considered. Cloud-Native SaaS Architecture Design Design, document, and communicate scalable, multi-tenant SaaS architectures using cloud-native services, selecting technology components and design patterns. Architect and document microservices-based systems optimized for medical imaging data processing and AI workloads. Analyse requirements and produce specifications to ensure solutions will have appropriate auto-scaling, load balancing, and distributed computing strategies for handling large medical imaging datasets. Design and document secure API-first services for seamless integration with clinical trial systems. Ensure platform scalability to support multiple concurrent clinical trials and imaging workflows. Document design decisions and low-level designs following the C4 model. AI-Driven Medical Imaging Platform Development Define the integration approach of AI/ML models for medical image analysis, including genAI, agentic ai, computer vision and deep learning algorithms. Create low-level designs which enable the real-time and batch processing of medical imaging data (DICOM, NIfTI, etc.). Scope and design efficient DICOM image pre-processing workflows. Medical Image Viewer Integration & Workflow Design Architect integration layers for third-party medical imaging viewers (OHIF, Cornerstone.js, or proprietary systems). Design and agree APIs and SDKs for seamless integration with existing clinical trial management systems. Ensure designs are cross-platform compatible and will provide a responsive design for various devices and browsers. Regulatory Compliance & Security Architecture Design systems compliant with FDA 21 CFR Part 11, GxP, HIPAA, and international medical device regulations. Create strategies and designs which will lead to the implementation of comprehensive audit trails, electronic signatures, and data integrity controls. Architect security frameworks including encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control, and secure authentication. Design disaster recovery and business continuity solutions for critical clinical trial data. Ensure compliance with medical data privacy regulations across multiple jurisdictions. Database & Data Architecture for Medical Imaging Design high-performance database architectures optimized for medical imaging metadata and AI model outputs. Perform analysis of business features to create and maintain both logical and physical data models. Design solutions which enable the storage, analysis, access, and movement of large-scale medical imaging datasets. Design efficient data partitioning and indexing strategies for multi-dimensional medical data. Architect real-time data streaming solutions for live imaging analysis. Implement data governance frameworks ensuring data quality and lineage tracking. Performance Optimization & Monitoring Design comprehensive monitoring and observability strategies for SaaS platform performance. Optimize system performance for large medical imaging secure file processing and transfer. Establish SLAs and implement automated alerting systems for platform reliability. Technical Leadership Engage in technical decisions on technology stack selection for medical imaging and AI workloads, in collaboration with Solution Architect. Mentor team members to foster their professional, technical, and domain growth and development. Ensure development is in line with design via code reviews, inspection and discussion.  Join technical architecture reviews and provide guidance on complex system design decisions. Lead by example, demonstrating strong technical leadership skills and fostering a collaborative and innovative team environment. Innovation Drive adoption of emerg