Remote Data Architect — Healthcare AI Data Fabric

Tempus AI; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tempus AI seeks a Data Architect to design the backbone of a high-scale, multi-modal healthcare data ecosystem. You will architect environments that serve massive hospital networks, integrating structured EHRs with genomics and imaging data for real-time insights.

This role focuses on creating an agent-ready data fabric beyond traditional warehousing. You will own ERDs, data dictionaries, and API specs while ensuring data quality, lineage, and compliance with HIPAA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, or related field.
• 7+ years in data architecture or enterprise modeling in healthcare or life sciences.
• Expert-level knowledge of 3NF, dimensional modeling, and Data Vault 2.0.
• Advanced SQL and Python for data profiling and debugging.
• Ability to articulate trade-offs between RDBMS, MPP, and NoSQL and implement MDM.
• Familiarity with HL7, FHIR, and Epic/Cerner data structures.
• Proficiency with ERwin, Vertabelo, or Lucidchart.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of an enterprise data model integrating EHR, genomics, and imaging data.
• Scale data solutions across federated hospital networks with multi-tenancy and high availability.
• Create data access patterns and metadata layers for AI agents to query structured and unstructured data.
• Own ERDs, data dictionaries, and API specifications across Relational, NoSQL, and vector databases.
• Implement data quality and lineage monitoring with strict source-traceability.
• Advise engineering and clinical teams on data modeling standards in a HIPAA-regulated environment.

Skills

3NF modeling

Dimensional modeling

Data Vault 2.0

Advanced SQL

Python

HIPAA & governance

EHR interoperability

HL7/FHIR

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Health Informatics

Tools

Erwin

Vertabelo

Lucidchart

BigQuery

Vertex AI

Job description

Tempus AI seeks a Data Architect to design the backbone of a high-scale, multi-modal healthcare data ecosystem. You will architect environments that serve massive hospital networks, integrating structured EHRs with genomics and imaging data for real-time insights.

This role focuses on creating an agent-ready data fabric beyond traditional warehousing. You will own ERDs, data dictionaries, and API specs while ensuring data quality, lineage, and compliance with HIPAA.