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Career-defining. Life-changing.
At iRhythm, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone, everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day, we collaborate, create, and constantly reimagine what’s possible. We think big and move fast, driven by our commitment to put patients first and improve lives. We need builders like you. Curious and innovative problem solvers looking for the chance to meaningfully shape the future of cardiac health, our company, and your career
About This Role:
The Principal Architect is a senior individual‑contributor who defines, leads, and governs the software architecture vision across our device and digital ecosystem. This includes our on-device firmware, cloud services, analytics platforms, data pipelines, clinician and patient‑facing applications, AI/ML enablement platforms, and operational software systems.
This leader drives architectural excellence, technology strategy, and systems coherence across R&D, product, clinical, data science, and the intersection of our products with IT. The role ensures that the on-device and off device software ecosystem is secure, scalable, resilient, compliant, and aligned with product strategy and long-term business goals. Operating at an enterprise level, this role influences senior stakeholders across engineering, product, quality, regulatory, and security while maintaining deep technical credibility.
Key Responsibilities
Technology & Architecture Strategy
Define the multiyear architecture strategy for all product software systems, spanning cloud, application, data, integration, and ML/AI infrastructure.
Establish architectural principles, reference architectures, and guardrails that support reliability, performance, interoperability, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.
Ensure holistic systems thinking across software platforms, clinical workflows, device interactions, and data flows.
Evaluate emerging technologies and provide strategic recommendations for adoption, modernization, and platform evolution.
Architectural Leadership & Governance
Lead cross-functional architecture forums and governance processes, ensuring consistent patterns, shared services, and disciplined decision-making across teams.
Drive architectural clarity early in product development by guiding systems decomposition, API strategies, data models, and cloud architectures.
Review key technical proposals, high-impact design decisions, and fundamental platform changes across R&D teams.
Champion engineering quality standards for architecture, coding, testing, observability, and documentation.
Cross Functional Influence & Collaboration
Partner with product management to translate business needs into scalable technical strategies and architectural roadmaps.
Collaborate with security, privacy, regulatory, quality, and clinical teams to ensure designs meet medical device standards and software compliance requirements.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership, articulating architectural options, trade-offs, risks, and business impacts.
Bridge off device and on device systems to ensure seamless end to end workflows, data flows, and system integrity.
Execution Support & Technical Leadership
Provide architectural oversight throughout the SDLC, guiding teams during concepting, detailed design, implementation, and release.
Drive standardization, reducing duplication and accelerating development velocity through clear architectural patterns.
Mentor engineering leads and architects across the organization through thought leadership, coaching, and technical review.
Lead technical investigation and resolution of complex systemic issues, spanning data, scalability, reliability, or workflow interactions.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering or architecture, with deep expertise in largescale distributed systems, cloud architectures, and modern application platforms.
Proven experience architecting regulated or high reliability systems (preferably within medical, health tech, or similar domains).
Mastery of architectural domains such as microservices, event driven systems, data pipelines, observability, DevOps/SRE practices, and cloud native technologies.
Ability to operate as a senior level individual contributor influencing executive teams without direct authority.
Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts in clear, concise, and business relevant terms.
Demonstrated success partnering with cross functional leaders across product, security, quality, regulatory, data science, and infrastructure.
Preferred
Experience with FDA, EU MDR, IEC 62304, HIPAA, and related regulatory frameworks for software as part of medical systems.
Background supporting AI/ML platform architecture, model deployment, and clinical decision support software.
Experience designing architectures that integrate with medical devices, clinical systems, EHRs, or healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7).
Prior leadership in organizations scaling complex multiproduct software ecosystems.
Location:
Remote - USActual compensation may vary depending on job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.
Estimated Pay Range
$198,000.00 - $258,000.00As a part of our core values, we ensure an inclusive workforce. We welcome and celebrate people of all backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives. iRhythm Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with all applicable laws.
iRhythm provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, including those who may have any difficulty using our online system. If you need such an accommodation, you may contact us at taops@irhythmtech.com
About iRhythm Technologies
iRhythm is a leading digital healthcare company that creates trusted solutions that detect, predict, and prevent disease. Combining wearable biosensors and cloud-based data analytics with powerful proprietary algorithms, iRhythm distills data from millions of heartbeats into clinically actionable information. Through a relentless focus on patient care, iRhythm’s vision is to deliver better data, better insights, and better health for all.
Make iRhythm your path forward. Zio, the heart monitor that changed the game.
There have been instances where individuals not associated with iRhythm have impersonated iRhythm employees pretending to be involved in the iRhythm recruiting process, or created postings for positions that do not exist. Please note that all open positions will always be shown here on the iRhythm Careers page, and all communications regarding the application, interview and hiring process will come from a @irhythmtech.com email address. Please check any communications to be sure they come directly from @irhythmtech.com email address. If you believe you have been the victim of an imposter or want to confirm that the person you are communicating with is legitimate, please contact taops@irhythmtech.com. Written offers of employment will be extended in a formal offer letter from an @irhythmtech.com email address ONLY.
For more information, see https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/01/taking-ploy-out-employment-scams and https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2020/PSA200121
Career-defining. Life-changing.
At iRhythm, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your skills and your career while impacting the lives of people around the world. iRhythm is shaping a future where everyone, everywhere can access the best possible cardiac health solutions. Every day, we collaborate, create, and constantly reimagine what’s possible. We think big and move fast, driven by our commitment to put patients first and improve lives. We need builders like you. Curious and innovative problem solvers looking for the chance to meaningfully shape the future of cardiac health, our company, and your career
About This Role:
The Principal Architect is a senior individual‑contributor who defines, leads, and governs the software architecture vision across our device and digital ecosystem. This includes our on-device firmware, cloud services, analytics platforms, data pipelines, clinician and patient‑facing applications, AI/ML enablement platforms, and operational software systems.
This leader drives architectural excellence, technology strategy, and systems coherence across R&D, product, clinical, data science, and the intersection of our products with IT. The role ensures that the on-device and off device software ecosystem is secure, scalable, resilient, compliant, and aligned with product strategy and long-term business goals. Operating at an enterprise level, this role influences senior stakeholders across engineering, product, quality, regulatory, and security while maintaining deep technical credibility.
Key Responsibilities
Technology & Architecture Strategy
Define the multiyear architecture strategy for all product software systems, spanning cloud, application, data, integration, and ML/AI infrastructure.
Establish architectural principles, reference architectures, and guardrails that support reliability, performance, interoperability, maintainability, and regulatory compliance.
Ensure holistic systems thinking across software platforms, clinical workflows, device interactions, and data flows.
Evaluate emerging technologies and provide strategic recommendations for adoption, modernization, and platform evolution.
Architectural Leadership & Governance
Lead cross-functional architecture forums and governance processes, ensuring consistent patterns, shared services, and disciplined decision-making across teams.
Drive architectural clarity early in product development by guiding systems decomposition, API strategies, data models, and cloud architectures.
Review key technical proposals, high-impact design decisions, and fundamental platform changes across R&D teams.
Champion engineering quality standards for architecture, coding, testing, observability, and documentation.
Cross Functional Influence & Collaboration
Partner with product management to translate business needs into scalable technical strategies and architectural roadmaps.
Collaborate with security, privacy, regulatory, quality, and clinical teams to ensure designs meet medical device standards and software compliance requirements.
Serve as a trusted technical advisor to senior leadership, articulating architectural options, trade-offs, risks, and business impacts.
Bridge off device and on device systems to ensure seamless end to end workflows, data flows, and system integrity.
Execution Support & Technical Leadership
Provide architectural oversight throughout the SDLC, guiding teams during concepting, detailed design, implementation, and release.
Drive standardization, reducing duplication and accelerating development velocity through clear architectural patterns.
Mentor engineering leads and architects across the organization through thought leadership, coaching, and technical review.
Lead technical investigation and resolution of complex systemic issues, spanning data, scalability, reliability, or workflow interactions.
Qualifications
Required
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering or architecture, with deep expertise in largescale distributed systems, cloud architectures, and modern application platforms.
Proven experience architecting regulated or high reliability systems (preferably within medical, health tech, or similar domains).
Mastery of architectural domains such as microservices, event driven systems, data pipelines, observability, DevOps/SRE practices, and cloud native technologies.
Ability to operate as a senior level individual contributor influencing executive teams without direct authority.
Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts in clear, concise, and business relevant terms.
Demonstrated success partnering with cross functional leaders across product, security, quality, regulatory, data science, and infrastructure.
Preferred
Experience with FDA, EU MDR, IEC 62304, HIPAA, and related regulatory frameworks for software as part of medical systems.
Background supporting AI/ML platform architecture, model deployment, and clinical decision support software.
Experience designing architectures that integrate with medical devices, clinical systems, EHRs, or healthcare data standards (FHIR, HL7).
Prior leadership in organizations scaling complex multiproduct software ecosystems.
Location:
Remote - USActual compensation may vary depending on job-related factors including knowledge, skills, experience, and work location.
Estimated Pay Range
$198,000.00 - $258,000.00As a part of our core values, we ensure an inclusive workforce. We welcome and celebrate people of all backgrounds, experiences, skills, and perspectives. iRhythm Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will consider for employment all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with all applicable laws.
iRhythm provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, including those who may have any difficulty using our online system. If you need such an accommodation, you may contact us at taops@irhythmtech.com
About iRhythm Technologies
iRhythm is a leading digital healthcare company that creates trusted solutions that detect, predict, and prevent disease. Combining wearable biosensors and cloud-based data analytics with powerful proprietary algorithms, iRhythm distills data from millions of heartbeats into clinically actionable information. Through a relentless focus on patient care, iRhythm’s vision is to deliver better data, better insights, and better health for all.
Make iRhythm your path forward. Zio, the heart monitor that changed the game.
There have been instances where individuals not associated with iRhythm have impersonated iRhythm employees pretending to be involved in the iRhythm recruiting process, or created postings for positions that do not exist. Please note that all open positions will always be shown here on the iRhythm Careers page, and all communications regarding the application, interview and hiring process will come from a @irhythmtech.com email address. Please check any communications to be sure they come directly from @irhythmtech.com email address. If you believe you have been the victim of an imposter or want to confirm that the person you are communicating with is legitimate, please contact taops@irhythmtech.com. Written offers of employment will be extended in a formal offer letter from an @irhythmtech.com email address ONLY.
For more information, see https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/01/taking-ploy-out-employment-scams and https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2020/PSA200121
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Who's Hiring
- Sentara30
- Humana26
- Crowe LLP17
- CVS Health9
- Supermetrics7
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software76
- Healthcare & Medical Services42
- Insurance32
- Consulting & Professional Services19
- Electronics & Hardware4
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote principal system architect jobs.
- 10 or more years of experience designing large-scale distributed systems or enterprise software architecture
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and their managed services
- Proficiency in architecture frameworks and modeling tools like ArchiMate, C4, or similar standards
- Demonstrated ability to define and enforce architecture standards across multiple engineering teams
- Experience with microservices, event-driven design, API governance, and service mesh technologies
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Principal System Architect Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote principal system architect openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply directly to roles that match your stack and seniority, since competitive remote positions at this level close fast.
Lead with async communication artifacts
Remote employers hiring at the principal level want proof you can drive alignment in writing. Include links to architecture decision records, RFC documents, or design proposals you've authored, because those artifacts do the work an in-person whiteboard session can't.
Target distributed-team job descriptions specifically
Look for postings that mention async-first workflows, overlap-hour requirements, or explicit remote-distributed team structures. These signal that the role is built for remote work rather than a temporarily remote office position, and your application lands in a process designed for remote candidates.
Prepare to run a remote system design interview
Remote principal architect interviews routinely happen over shared diagramming tools like Miro, Lucidchart, or a live whiteboard in a video call. Practice narrating your design decisions aloud while drawing, because remote panels evaluate how clearly you communicate tradeoffs in real time without physical presence.
Establish your remote collaboration tool fluency upfront
Reference specific tools you use for distributed architecture work, such as Confluence for documentation, Slack for async decision threads, or Jira for cross-team coordination. Naming these concretely in your application signals you'll onboard quickly onto a remote team without a learning curve.
Remote Principal System Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote principal system architect job?
Focus on companies that operate fully distributed engineering teams, including cloud-native software firms, infrastructure-heavy SaaS companies, and defense contractors with distributed delivery models. Remote employers at this seniority level screen heavily for async communication skills, the ability to drive architectural decisions without in-person alignment, and fluency in written design documentation. A portfolio of architecture decision records, system design artifacts, or open contributions to distributed systems projects gives you a concrete edge.
Which companies hire remote principal system architects?
Employers currently hiring remote principal system architects include Sentara, Humana, and Crowe LLP, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first software companies, distributed cloud infrastructure teams, and enterprise technology organizations across sectors like defense, fintech, and healthcare IT are the most consistent sources of these openings.
Can you get a remote principal system architect job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry into principal-level roles is harder because you'll need to demonstrate independent judgment from day one without in-person mentorship. Early-career candidates have the best shot at smaller remote-first startups or open-source-driven organizations that value demonstrated systems thinking over tenure. Contributing to public architecture projects, publishing design documentation, or building distributed system prototypes can substitute for formal experience when remote employers review your background.
Do you need a degree for remote principal system architect jobs?
Not always. Remote employers at the principal level weigh demonstrated architectural expertise, depth with distributed systems, and the ability to lead technical decisions far more heavily than a specific credential. A strong portfolio of real system designs, verifiable contributions to large-scale infrastructure, and clear evidence of cross-team technical leadership routinely outweigh a degree, particularly at remote-first companies that evaluate candidates on output rather than credentials.
Which industries hire the most remote principal system architects?
The sectors hiring the most remote principal system architects are Technology & Software, Healthcare & Medical Services, and Insurance, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These industries rely on distributed engineering teams that need principal-level architects to align technical direction across time zones without a centralized office.
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