Our Why At Dotmatics
At Dotmatics, we believe science, data, and decision-making must be deeply intertwined for innovation to thrive.
Our Portfolio includes Luma, LumaLab Connect, ELN Platform, Graphpad Prism, Geneious, SnapGene, Protein Metrics, OMIQ, FCS Express, LabArchives, NQuery, EasyPanel, MStar, SoftGenetics and Virscidian.
We have a vision for a new Lab of the Future that will change the future of scientific research.
We have created the world’s most comprehensive digital science platform – best-of-breed software applications already used by more than 2 million scientists, together in a single ecosystem united by a powerful, flexible enterprise data platform. This is not flat data buried away in digital graveyards. This is dynamic, multi-dimensional decision-making.
Scientific enterprises need a new level of effectiveness to achieve tomorrow’s breakthroughs. Illness will not wait. The biosphere will not wait. We are tireless in our vision, because the time for innovation is now.
Shaping the Future of Science At Dotmatics
Our global team of more than 800 colleagues are dedicated to supporting our customers in over 180 countries. Together, with our scientific community of users, we accelerate scientific innovation in order to make the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place to live.
You’ll join a collaborative, global team pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation. Your ideas and efforts will have a tangible impact, accelerating scientific progress and discovery. We offer a dynamic, remote-friendly environment that fosters high integrity and collaboration, empowering you to excel. Dotmatics is a company built by scientists, for scientists. Combined, we are now the world’s largest cloud-based scientific research R&D platform. We need your help to keep growing and pioneering the future.
We are Science Driven. We are Customer Centric. We are Better Together.
What do we need
We are seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to be a senior technical authority within Dotmatics Professional Services, responsible for defining and governing end-to-end solution architectures for customer implementations of the Dotmatics Luma platform.
The role combines deep technical architecture expertise with an appreciation of scientific R&D workflows. The Principal Solution Architect ensures that solutions are not only functionally correct, but also meet rigorous non-functional requirements around performance, scalability, security, reliability, observability, maintainability and long-term operability.
This trusted technical advisor role is highly customer-facing and works closely with Sales, PreSales, Product, Engineering, Cloud Operations and Siemens Digital Industries Software (DISW) architecture teams. It plays a key role in joint Siemens engagements, positioning Luma alongside technologies such as Teamcenter, Mendix, and other DISW portfolio software solutions.
In this role you will get to:
- Architecture & Design Authority
- Act as the design authority for Luma-based customer solutions
- Define logical and physical architectures covering applications, data, integrations, identity, environments and operations
- Ensure architectural consistency across multiple customer engagements
- Make and document architectural trade-offs considering cost, complexity, scalability, risk, and long-term sustainability
- Functional & Non-Functional Requirements
- Shape functional requirements in collaboration with Scientific Architect and Application Scientists
- Own non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, security, resilience, observability, accessibility, internationalisation, and maintainability
- Translate business and scientific needs into robust technical architectures
- Integration and Data Architecture
- Design integration approaches using technologies such as Apache NiFi, APIs, batch pipelines, and event-driven patterns
- Define data ingestion, transformation, and migration strategies
- Architect solutions leveraging Databricks, including configuration via Databricks SQL
- Ensure data lineage, auditability, and regulatory compliance
- Support visualisation and analytics patterns using tools such as Sigma for Databricks
- Platform and Enterprise Integration
- Architect Luma solutions that integrate with customer enterprise systems including: ELNs (Dotmatics & Third-Party), LIMS, SDMS, PLM, ERP, Instrument data systems
- Define how Dotmatics fits within broader Siemens landscapes, including Teamcenter, Mendix and other DISW software solutions
- Security, Reliability, and Operations
- Apply security best practices covering IAM, data protection, tenancy, and compliance
- Design for high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery
- Define observability strategies including logging, monitoring, and alerting
- Ensure architectures are operable by support and cloud teams post go-live
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as senior technical advisor to customers, including IT leadership and enterprise architects
- Partner with Sales and PreSales (solution shaping, scoping and risk assessment), Product Management and Engineering (influence roadmap decisions)
- Represent Dotmatics architecture in joint Siemens engagements and architecture forums
- Work with Siemens and non-Siemens partners as a peer architect ensuring architectural alignment across joint delivery model
- Technical Leadership & Enablement
- Provide architectural guidance to other Solution Architects, Technical Leads, Application Scientists, and Delivery Partners
- Review designs and implementations for architectural compliance
- Raise the overall architectural maturity of the Dotmatics Professional Services organisation and partner ecosystems
- Create reusable architectural artefacts including reference architectures, integration templates, and design decision frameworks
- Partner Enablement
- Act as the architectural authority for partner-led implementations of the Dotmatics Luma platform
- Enable system integrators, Siemens partners and regional delivery partners through architectural guidance, design reviews and technical enablement sessions
- Define reference architectures, integration patterns, and implementation guardrails for partners
- Support partner onboarding by defining “how Luma should be implemented” from an architectural and non-functional perspective
- Ensure partner-delivered solutions meet Dotmatics and Siemens standards for scalability, security, operability and maintainability
- Collaborate with Partner, Sales, and Services leadership to define where Dotmatics retains architectural ownership
- Act as an escalation point for complex architectural issues arising in partner-led engagements
We are looking for people who have 10+ years experience designing enterprise-grade SaaS or hybrid architectures. You'll have a degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical or scientific field. You'll have a strong understanding of integration patterns, APIs, data pipelines, and distributed systems.
The key skills we are looking for
- Technical Architecture: Experience with data platforms (Databricks) and integration tools (Apache NiFi).
- Ability to reason about performance, scalability, and failure modeS
- Enterprise Systems Exposure: Experience integrating complex application landscapes (ELN, LIMS, SDMS, PLM, ERP, MES, etc) and comfortable working with heterogeneous customer IT landscapes
- Scientific Domain Appreciation: Scientific R&D workflows and data, particularly in life sciences or regulated environments
- Leadership & Communication: Comfortable acting as the most senior technical voice in the room
- Able to explain complex architectural decisions to technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience working in customer-facing consulting or professional services roles
- Partner and Ecosystem Experience: Experience working with system integrators or technology partners in enterprise delivery models
- Comfortable defining guardrails rather than prescribing every implementation detail
- Able to balance enablement with governance in partner-led engagements
You may also have:
- Architecture certifications (TOGAF, cloud architecture)
- Experience in regulated environments (GxP, FDA, ISO, SOC 2, GDPR)
Total Rewards
Dotmatics utilises a national market-based approach to base pay benchmarking and pay band development. The candidate's final starting pay is based on job-related skills, experience, job specific qualifications & location. In addition to base salary, Dotmatics has implemented a total rewards strategy, which is the combination of compensation, benefits and recognition.
Certain positions are also eligible for variable pay; your recruiter will discuss the full compensation package details.
Other Total Rewards Offered
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Insurance
- Health Spending Accounts
- Wellness Benefits (Mental Health Apps and Fitness Perks)
- Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan (with 4% company match; immediate vesting)
- Flexible Time off Plan (for US exempt employees)
This is the range that we, in good faith, believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
Research shows us the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting outstanding candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply — we’d love to hear from you.
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Dotmatics is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and connected at work.
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