Align Technology's Platform Engineering team is looking for a passionate and experienced Solutions Architect to help us revolutionize the dental industry. The Software Engineering team works across Align to provide services and systems that enable teams to more efficiently deliver business value. The ideal candidate is a critical thinker with outstanding communication skills and years of hands-on programming experience designing and building large software systems. * Design high-value, reliable, simple, secure and scalable software solutions to support business needs * Engage stakeholders to gather and document functional and non-functional requirements * Define responsibilities of system components and design interfaces between systems * Define aspects of development, appropriate technology, workflow and standards * Evaluate existing system designs and propose improvements as needed * Identify risks and propose solutions in system designs * Write and review formal design documents * Collaborate with other architects and software developers globally * Foster innovation through research, recommending new technologies, processes and or standards * Provide development and design guidance to individual development teams * Prepare, lead and or participate in design reviews * Participate and sometimes lead cross organization development initiatives * Act as senior technical leader across R&D providing guidance in all phases of our SLDC