Principal Engineer - Cloud Architect

What will you do Own end-to-end cloud architecture, from requirements and solution design through development, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement. Define architecture principles, technology standards, and reusable patterns for scalable, secure, highly available, maintainable, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Provide cross-team technical leadership by conducting architecture, design, and code reviews; resolving complex performance, scalability, security, and integration challenges; and mentoring engineers across development teams. Partner closely with Marketing, Systems, and other business and technical stakeholders; develop proof-of-concepts, evaluate build-vs-buy decisions, and assess architectural trade-offs across cost, performance, security, maintainability, and time-to-market. Drive engineering excellence across Agile delivery, Dev Ops, CI/CD, observability, security architecture, cost estimation, risk management and mitigation, privacy, quality, and regulatory compliance, while contributing to technical training, hiring, research, and continuous learning. What you need Required Qualifications 14+ years of overall software-development experience, including 8+ years of cloud-architecture experience, with demonstrated experience delivering and operating large-scale cloud products in production. BS-level technical degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Computer Science or Engineering; Master’s degree desired. Strong hands-on expertise in C#, .NET/.NET Core, ASP.NET MVC/Core, Web/REST APIs, microservices, and Windows Services, with experience in multiple programming languages. Experience architecting highly available, large-scale enterprise applications across Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud environments, with strong expertise in Microsoft Azure and exposure to AWS and Google Cloud. Strong understanding of API Management, event-driven architecture, messaging, asynchronous processing, Kubernetes, Docker, service discovery, secrets management, serverless services, Rabbit MQ, and Redis. Experience with modern application technologies including React.js/Angular/Vue.js, SQL, Postgre SQL, Entity Framework, Git, unit testing, and Power Shell. Strong knowledge of Dev Ops and cloud operations, including automated CI/CD, environment provisioning, configuration management, deployment strategies, logging, monitoring, tracing, alerting, dashboards, and operational support. Strong architecture, analytical, communication, and presentation skills, with experience evaluating technical trade-offs, working in Agile environments, and an architectural certification with one or more Public Cloud providers (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Preferred Qualifications Good understanding of HL7 and DICOM protocols. Experience or demonstrated ability to quickly learn and implement data analytics tools. Demonstrated passion for software development and continuous technical learning, such as active open-source contribution, research activities, proof-of-concepts, or exploration of emerging technologies. Travel Percentage: 10% Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.