Principal Software Architect- Data Platform, Data
Ensemble Health Partners16 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$149k - $223k/yr
Responsibilities
- Re-envision data-platform architecture, modular design patterns, service and repository boundaries, and engineering practices across teams.
- Architect scalable, secure, reliable, and cost-efficient data solutions using Databricks and Azure.
- Define Git workflows, branching strategies, pull-request standards, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and data-engineering guardrails.
- Enable AI, machine learning, and advanced analytics through data quality, lineage, metadata, schema, timeliness, and observability standards.
- Own the data-engineering technology roadmap, conduct proofs of concept, and evaluate emerging tools and techniques.
- Drive FinOps, performance tuning, workload optimization, usage monitoring, capacity forecasting, and platform reliability.
- Mentor senior and staff engineers and influence technical direction through architecture reviews, communication, and technical judgment rather than formal authority.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience.
- Deep experience designing and reviewing enterprise-scale SQL-based data models and transformations.
- 3+ years working with big-data technologies, including Databricks, Spark, and Azure.
- Hands-on experience as a software architect with formal architecture, design patterns, modular system design, and service or repository boundaries.
- Expert proficiency with Git and modern version-control workflows, including trunk-based development, branching, pull requests, and code reviews.
- Strong experience designing CI/CD pipelines and automated unit, integration, and data-quality testing for software and data systems.
- Experience leading major architectural refactors or platform re-platforming efforts and improving maintainability, reliability, or developer velocity.
- Experience designing data platforms for AI/ML, advanced analytics, or intelligent automation workloads.
- Experience with polyglot storage architectures, large-scale cloud data platforms, cost optimization, performance tuning, and platform reliability.
- Ability to assess engineering practices across teams, create technology roadmaps, communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, and drive adoption without formal authority.
- Experience with Databricks pricing models, workload optimization, Azure cloud cost drivers, regulated or healthcare environments, HIPAA, PHI, and data privacy is preferred or a plus.
- Ability to translate business and clinical needs into scalable data solutions and demonstrate openness to innovation, including AI.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including healthcare, time off, retirement, and well-being programs.
- Remote position with required travel to client, temporary, or corporate office locations as business needs require.
- Professional certification relevant to the associate’s field and tuition reimbursement.
- Quarterly and annual incentive programs for eligible employees.
- Collaborative culture focused on growth, innovation, and work-life flexibility.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Ensemble Health Partners
Ensemble Health Partners builds and delivers technology-enabled revenue cycle management services for hospitals, health systems, and affiliated physician groups, spanning end-to-end outsourcing and targeted point solutions. Its offerings include RCM operations, assessments, revenue recovery, and support for Epic and other EHR platforms. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cincinnati, the privately held company is backed by Golden Gate Capital and partners with health systems nationwide.