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Senior Software Architect (Bothell, WA)

Philips

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Compensation
$157–249K/yr
Location
Seattle, WAHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senior Software Architect leads development activities for a small cross-functional team in Philips’ Ultrasound R&D Imaging Software group. The role defines and implements architecture, guides design decisions across products and release trains, and advances platform architecture and requirements. It applies software expertise and healthcare standards while partnering across functions and planning on a 6–12 month horizon.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Systems DesignSoftware ArchitectureImaging AlgorithmsSignal ProcessingHigh-Frequency Wave PrinciplesCross-Functional Technical Problem-SolvingUltrasound or AcousticsSoftware Development

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering or Related Field5+ Years Systems Design, Imaging Algorithms, Signal Processing and High-Frequency Wave Principles Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

The Senior Software Architect (Bothell, WA) will be responsible for leading the development activities of a relatively small cross functional project team within the Ultrasound R&D Imaging Software team, with responsibility for results; to continue improving and developing our platforms to enable development, testing, compliance and security teams to execute on their mission.

Your role:

  • Define and implement scalable architecture solutions aligned with product, platform, and nonfunctional requirements.

  • Lead architecture and design decisions across products, solutions, services, and software within release trains.

  • Apply deep software development expertise, healthcare standards, regulatory requirements, and customer environment knowledge.

  • Partner with Product Management, R&D, Software, DevOps, and cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with business goals.

  • Drive product/platform architecture and requirements with a 6–12 month planning horizon.

  • Lead innovation and technical trade-off discussions with internal stakeholders, suppliers, and external partners.

  • Apply I2M architecture and platform processes, ensuring alignment with Application Development and PDLM.

  • Leverage reusable platforms, technologies, and domain-specific solutions to improve development efficiency.

You're the right fit if:

  • You have a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering or a related field.

  • You’ve acquired 5+ years of experience in systems design, imaging algorithms, signal processing, and high-frequency wave principles; ultrasound/acoustics experience preferred.

  • Your skills include systems design, software architecture, imaging algorithms, signal processing, high-frequency wave principles, and cross-functional technical problem-solving.

  • You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position .

  • You’re a systems-focused technical expert with a strong foundation in software, algorithms, signal processing, and high-frequency wave behavior, ideally including ultrasound or acoustics.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

This is an office role.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Bothell, WA is $157,000 to $249,000.

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here (https://www.philipsusbenefits.com/) .

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Bothell, WA .

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As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,418 open Software Architect jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$157–249K/yr
  • Washington median$168–278K/yr23 salary ranges
  • US median$144–287K/yr1,210 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $203K, is 3% below the Washington median midpoint ($210K) — in the middle half of Software Architect salary ranges in Washington.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 25 open Software Architect jobs in Washington and 1,418 across the US. 15% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — less than three in four Software Architect postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 1,177 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 547 of the 1,418 open Software Architect jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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