186. Data Architect (Snowflake Solutions Architect)

Source Meridian; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract

Learning & growth environment

Health benefits

Competitive salary based on experience

Job summary

Source Meridian is seeking a Senior Snowflake Solutions Architect to lead and implement our next-gen data platform. You will design scalable Snowflake solutions, collaborate with data engineers, analytics, data science, and product teams to ensure reliability and growth.

You will define the data platform standards, roadmaps, and best practices, driving a lean, high-ownership team. This is a hands-on leadership role emphasizing architecture, security, and performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data architecture and data engineering.
• 3+ years hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Experience with Azure cloud and modern ELT tooling.
• Knowledge of data modeling (star, schema, wide tables).
• Proficient English (C1-C2) to lead discussions with US stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end Snowflake data solutions and pipelines.
• Define roadmap, standards, and best practices.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analytics engineers, data scientists and product teams.
• Lead design sessions and govern warehousing, pipelines, orchestration and governance.
• Evaluate tools and integrate Snowflake ecosystem components.
• Implement data security, privacy, and access controls within Snowflake.
• Troubleshoot and optimize warehouse performance and cost.
• Mentor teammates and promote engineering excellence.

Skills

Snowflake expertise

Data modeling

SQL

Python

Azure cloud

ELT tooling

CI/CD for data

English communication

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Fivetran

Matillion

Azure/AWS services

Job description

We're looking for a Data Architect (Snowflake Solutions Architect) to join Source Meridian.

About Source Meridian

Source Meridian is a development software company that works to solve the industry’s most challenging problems in healthcare practices. We are laser focused on specific technologies in the healthcare and life science industries: Healthcare technology, artificial intelligence, and healthcare interoperability.

About the Role

We're looking for a Snowflake Solution Architect to join a small, agile, and highly technical team responsible for defining, building, and owning our client next-generation data platform. This role is a mix of hands-on architecture, technical leadership, and strategic direction - perfect for someone who wants to shape the foundation, standards, and roadmap of a modern data ecosystem.

You will lead the design and implementation of Snowflake-based solutions, influence platform direction, and work closely with stakeholders across engineering, analytics, data science and product to ensure our client data platform enables scale, reliability, and innovation.

What You'll Do

• Architect end-to-end data solutions leveraging Snowflake, including data modeling, ingestion, transformation, security, and performance optimization.

• Define the data platform roadmap, standards, and best practices as part of a lean, high-ownership team.

• Partner with data engineers, analytics engineers, data scientists and business groups to convert requirements into scalable Snowflake solutions.

• Lead design sessions, perform technical reviews, and guide decisions related to warehousing, pipelines, orchestration, and governance.

• Evaluate and integrate relevant tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, Matillion, Azure/AWS services).

• Implement strong data security, privacy, and access management controls within Snowflake.

• Troubleshoot and optimize warehouse performance, cost efficiency, and query execution.

• Mentor teammates and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture and data engineering, with at least 3 years hands‑on in Snowflake.

• Deep expertise in Snowflake features (Warehouses, Streams/Tasks, Time Travel, RBAC, Clustering, Stages etc.).

• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with Python.

• Experience with Azure cloud platform and modern ELT tooling.

• Strong understanding of data modeling (star, vault, wide tables), CI/CD for data, and scalable architecture patterns.

• C1 - C2 English level: able to lead technical discussions, write clear documentation, and work directly with US-based stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience with healthcare data and standards like HL7 and FHIR.

• Experience with dbt for transformations.

• Background in building event-driven or real-time data pipelines.

• Prior experience designing greenfield data platforms.

Soft Skills

• Comfortable working in a small team with high ownership and the ability to set direction.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical groups

What We Offer

• Permanent contract
• Learning and continuous growth environment
• Benefits package focused on health and well-being
• Competitive salary based on experience

reside in Colombia or Ecuador

At Source Meridian , you'll be part of a high-impact tech-health company, building products that truly make a difference.