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About Intelliguard Group, LLC
Intelliguard is redefining how hospitals manage their most critical medications. With more than 25 years of experience and the most RFID patents in the field, we combine trusted technology with deep pharmacy expertise to bring accuracy, intelligence, and control to every step of the medication journey.
We're a fast-growing healthcare technology company that believes innovation should make life better for the people who save lives. Our Mira Ecosystem™ connects RFID automation, real-time visibility, and predictive insights to help hospitals reduce waste, prevent shortages, and strengthen compliance. Trusted by hundreds of leading hospitals and health systems across North America, Intelliguard is helping shape the future of medication intelligence.
We move fast, solve hard problems, and look for people who thrive in an environment where curiosity, collaboration, and accountability matter. If you're motivated by building technology that improves healthcare and want to be part of a team that's making a real impact, we'd love to meet you.
Learn more at intelliguardhealth.com
About the role:
Intelliguard has an excellent opportunity for a .NET Architect to join our team in Columbus, Ohioreporting to Head of Software Development. As a .NET Architect, you will be responsible for architecting, designing, evolving, and scaling the Mira Ecosystem™ enterprise pharmaceutical supply chain and medication management system servicing healthcare institutions across North America. In this role, you will shape the architecture of mission-critical systems that track medication inventory in real-time using RFID technology, integrate with hospital Electronic Health Records via HL7 standards, and ensure regulatory compliance for controlled substances. You will work across our full product suite including Mira Care (RFID Medication Workstation & Inventory Cabinet), Mira Prep (RFID Kit & Tray Management) and Mira Intelligence (Pharmacy Business Analytics) solutions. As the architect, you will balance the demands of a complex distributed system spanning cloud infrastructure, on-premises hardware enclosures, and real-time messaging while maintaining the reliability and security standards required in healthcare environments.
You will collaborate closely with the product team, software engineers, QA, DevSecOps, data teams, and hardware engineers to ensure seamless integration between physical devices and enterprise software. In addition, you will be instrumental in shaping Intelliguard's adoption of AI-assisted development tools.
What You'll Be Doing:
• Architecting real-time inventory tracking systems that communicate with RFID hardware enclosures and IoT devices
• Defining and evolving the technical architecture across our .NET backend services, Angular and React frontend
applications, and SQL Server data layer
• Designing scalable, event-driven solutions using NServiceBus, Kafka and AWS services (SQS, S3, DynamoDB)
• Establishing patterns for healthcare interoperability including HL7 messaging and EHR integrations
• Lead the technical vision for projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into
technical specifications.
• Mentor software engineering, QA and DevSecOps teams on best practices
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies that improve system performance, developer productivity (AI-coding tools),
and operational reliability
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and security standards
• Perform other duties as assigned
We Would Love To Hear From You, If:
Required
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field is required; a master's degree in
technical or business discipline is preferred.
• 10+ years of software development experience with at least 5 years in an architecture or technical leadership role
• Deep experience in .NET/C# and experience in modern .NET 8, ASP.NET Core and WPF
• Designed and operated distributed systems with message-driven architectures (NServiceBus, Kafka or similar)
• Strong SQL Server experience including performance tuning, temporal tables, and change data capture
• Experience architecting cloud-native solutions
• Ability to Communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering and business stateholders
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker
• Ability to mentor developers, foster collaboration, and drive technical excellence within a team
• Experience with Agile methodologies and participation in Scrum ceremonies
Preferred
• Experience integrating custom hardware and software solutions
• Experience with RFID
• Integrating healthcare systems using HL7 standards
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.
• Experience working in regulated environments such as HIPAA and PIPEDA
Why You Should Join Us:

• Generous Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, 10 Holidays, Floating Holiday Time)
• Medical, Dental, Vision Plans
• 401K with Employer Match
• Life/AD&D and Long-Term Disability (LTD)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Optional Plans
• Parental Leave
• Pet Plan
• To play a part in helping hospitals and health systems continuously improve the environment of safety around every medication decision!

Other Information:

• Hybrid role in Columbus, OH (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this role.
• The essential functions of the job are usually performed in an office setting, in an indoor, temperature controlled environment. The office environment noise level in the work environment is typically low to moderate. While performing the job duties, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods, standing and walking intermittently, reach with hands, arms, talk or hear. The employee is required to use office equipment such as a computer, mouse, keyboard, printer. The employee may sometimes be required to lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, we will work with you to provide an appropriate accommodation in accordance with applicable laws.