Solution Architect - Pharmaceutical R&D

On behalf of a client in the pharmaceutical industry, we are looking for a Senior Solution Architect to support the modernisation of digital research applications and design solutions integrating commercial and internally developed systems.

Main Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for digital research applications, integrations, cloud-native platforms, AI and data flows

• Design how commercial software and internally developed applications integrate into the existing research IT landscape

• Evaluate commercial software solutions and assess integration requirements and implementation effort

• Define architecture options, Architecture Decision Records (ADRs), reference architectures and phased modernisation roadmaps

• Work closely with software and data architects, engineers, product owners and application experts on architecture and technical decisions

• Ensure architecture aligns with enterprise standards, IT security policies and applicable regulatory requirements

• Support the design and implementation of PoCs, research applications and integrations when needed

Key Requirements

• Strong software architecture and solution design experience within pharmaceutical research IT

• Experience with research data management and scientific digital solutions

• Knowledge of applications and architectures supporting automated, high-throughput screening environments

• Strong cloud-native architecture experience

• Technical experience with at least one object-oriented programming language; .NET/C# and Python are preferred

• Hands-on experience with microservices and event-driven architectures, including Apache Kafka/event streaming

• Experience with containerisation and Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Bicep

• Proven experience designing applied AI/ML solutions

• Experience with Domain-Driven Design

• Knowledge of FAIR principles for research data

Start: asap

End: August 2027

Location: Greater Copenhagen Area

Onsite/remote: min 3 days onsite per week