Principal Software Architect: AI-Driven, Scalable Systems

About Norstella:

Norstella is a premier and critical global life sciences data and AI solutions provider dedicated to improving patient access to life-saving therapies. Norstella supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full drug development lifecycle — from pipeline to patient. Our mission is simple: to help our clients bring therapies to market faster and more efficiently, ultimately impacting patient lives.

Norstella unites market-leading brands - Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, Skipta and The Dedham Group and delivers must-have answers and insights, leveraging AI, for critical strategic, clinical, and commercial decision-making. We help our clients:

• Accelerate the drug development cycle
• Assess competition and bring the right drugs to market
• Make data driven commercial and financial decisions
• Match and recruit patients for clinical trials
• Identify and address barriers to therapies

Norstella serves most pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world, along with regulators like the FDA, and payers. By providing critical proprietary data supporting AI-driven workflows, Norstella helps clients make decisions faster and with greater confidence. Norstella’s investments in AI are transforming how data is consumed and decisions are made, disrupting inefficient legacy workflows and helping the industry become more efficient, innovative, and responsive to patient needs.

Job Description:

As an Architect at Norstella, you will serve as the expert for software application and business solutions. You will deal with complex, interrelated applications and systems requiring modern full stack platforms, and will work with rapidly evolving technology-based solutions and teams. You will work closely with internal stakeholders to analyze and define unique and innovative solutions for achieving strategic business goals.

To succeed in this new position, you will:

• Work closely with Engineering and Product teams to come up with technical solutions to our complex problems
• Contribute to and define application architecture for both internal teams as well as external clients
• Have a strong sense of ownership of the solutions that your team works on
• Be willing to work with and invest yourself in learning new technologies, programming languages, databases etc.
• Be proactive, and a self-learner.
• Communicate effectively
• Work closely with our Data Services and Network Operations teams to propose and design solutions that are scalable, with high availability, and high fault tolerance.
• Deliver results in an agile environment

Qualifications & Tech Stack:

We are looking for a Principal architect with a track record of success building scalable full stack solutions in a fast-paced environment. You will need 8+ years of experience as a technology individual Contributor designing and developing software solutions, including experience with the following:

• Proficiency in modern programming languages including C#, .net Framework/Core. Python & Java a plus
• Experience with service-oriented and/or microservices architecture
• Experience with AI tools to drive innovations
• Experience with RESTful APIs
• ORM Frameworks (Entity Framework Core, Dapper, etc)
• Caching Frameworks
• Event-driven/queueing mechanisms
• CI/CD
• Cloud Experience (AWS and/or Azure technologies a plus)
• Angular 6+ React
• Experience solving for complex solutions that span multiple systems
• Excellent Organizational and Project Management skills
• Outstanding communication skills
• Prior experience with Elasticsearch would be preferred.
• Experience with Agile development and delivery – Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban methodologies
• Experience with relational and/or non-relational databases like SQL Server 2016+ / SQL Azure (Azure Data Factory/Synapse preferred), PostgreSQL, DynamoDB etc is a plus
• Experience within pharma/healthcare sector is a plus.

Our Guiding Principles for success at Norstella:

• 01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
• 02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
• 03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
• 04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
• 05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave, 4 days for volunteering and a personal day
• 5% pension match
• Group Life Assurance (100% employer funded)
• Group Income Protection (100% employer funded)
• Other voluntary benefits such as: Dental, Cash Plan, PMI Excess Cover, Health Screening & Critical Illness

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people’s differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual’s abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.

Sometimes the best opportunities are hidden by self-doubt. We disqualify ourselves before we have the opportunity to be considered. Regardless of where you came from, how you identify, or the path that led you here- you are welcome. If you read this job description and feel passion and excitement, we’re just as excited about you.

All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella’s job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third-party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third-party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre-hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: [email protected].

Norstella is an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal, state, or local law.