Staff / Principal Forward-Deployed Architect, Data Modernization
Qualified Health PBC5 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$190k - $250k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the Modern Data Platform reference architecture across Databricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric.
- Act as the engagement-embedded technical lead for architecture, design reviews, and hands-on implementation of complex work.
- Lead technical discovery with healthcare partners and design target states from EHR, legacy database, SFTP, FHIR, and flat-file environments.
- Lead and develop platform-specialist Senior Data Engineers and a Cloud/Platform Engineer while setting technical standards.
- Review and approve IaC, ingestion patterns, data-sharing topologies, security controls, and other engineering deliverables.
- Partner with the Engagement Manager and Field CDO on SOW scope, timelines, and technical risk.
- Coordinate technical handoffs to the QH Platform team through Delta Sharing and Reader Accounts.
- Maintain the technical engagement playbook and reusable architecture accelerators.
- Lead pre-sales technical discussions and present to CTOs, CDOs, and enterprise architects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a Master's degree is preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platform architecture, or solutions architecture, including technical leadership of multi-person teams.
- Production experience with at least two of Databricks, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric, with the ability to own the third platform architecturally.
- At least three enterprise lakehouse or cloud data platform implementations in regulated industries.
- Deep cloud expertise, especially Azure networking, identity, key management, infrastructure as code, and observability.
- Client-facing experience leading executive technical conversations with healthcare CTOs, CDOs, or CISOs.
- Healthcare data experience with Epic Clarity/Caboodle, Cogito on Cloud, Bulk FHIR, HL7, claims data, or on-premises-to-cloud CDC is desirable.
- Experience with Delta Sharing, Snowflake Reader Accounts, Fabric External Sharing, or Iceberg shortcuts is desirable.
- Experience in HIPAA/HITRUST-regulated environments, including PHI segmentation, BAA scope, and audit posture, is desirable.
- Experience in professional services, field engineering, healthcare consulting, or large integrated delivery network data-platform teams is desirable.
- Ability to architect and deliver time-boxed greenfield engagements and work hands-on with IaC and PySpark.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary of $190,000–$250,000 plus equity and benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Flexible working hours and hybrid work options.
- The role requires approximately 25–35% travel to healthcare client sites for kickoffs, discovery, working weeks, and key milestones.
- Inclusive, mission-driven environment at a fast-growing company backed by premier investors.
About Qualified Health PBC
Qualified Health PBC builds an enterprise AI platform for health systems, combining workflow automation, generative AI agent development, clinical safeguards, real-time monitoring, and end-to-end governance. The company sells software and partnership-based deployment services to drive measurable clinical and financial outcomes for hospitals and health networks. Headquartered in Palo Alto, it reports reach to over 500,000 users across top U.S. health systems and is backed by investors including NEA, Transformation Capital, and SignalFire.