Senior Healthcare Data Platform Architect

YO AI Labs; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

YO AI Labs is seeking an experienced Data Engineer for Healthcare and Life Science domains in Washington DC. You will architect cloud-native data platforms on AWS and Databricks, define data models, metadata, lineage and quality standards, and ensure observability, reliability, and cost efficiency across analytics and operations.

The role requires partnering with engineering teams, data product owners, and senior stakeholders to drive solution framing, workshops, RFP responses, and client

Qualifications

• 10+ years in AI, software development, data engineering, or data architecture.
• 5+ years Life Sciences consulting experience.
• Experience modernizing AI products with governance and data layers.
• Proficiency with Databricks, Python, Spark, SQL, and AWS services.
• Experience leading multi-team onsite and offshore delivery.
• Executive presence to lead VP/Director-level meetings.
• Translate analytics requirements into scalable architectures and data models.
• Experience designing dashboards and analytics on relational/non-relational databases.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, and modern data platform patterns.
• Experience cloud migration and data governance patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead senior client workshops and solution framing.
• Drive end-to-end advisory, opportunity creation, and demand generation.
• Align architecture with business requirements across teams.
• Support RFP/RFI responses and architectural evaluations.
• Define data models, metadata, lineage, and quality standards.
• Architect end-to-end solutions on AWS and Databricks.
• Review designs for scalability, performance, and security.
• Guide long-term architectural strategies.
• Translate requirements into scalable data models and ETL pipelines.
• Oversee data platform modernization and governance.

Skills

Executive presence

Client leadership

Architectural thinking

Problem framing

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Databricks

DBT Core/Cloud

Python

Spark

SQL

AWS

Data Vault 2.0

S3

Glue

Redshift

EMR

Kinesis

DynamoDB

Lambda

CI/CD

Job description

YO AI Labs is seeking an experienced Data Engineer for Healthcare and Life Science domains in Washington DC. You will architect cloud-native data platforms on AWS and Databricks, define data models, metadata, lineage and quality standards, and ensure observability, reliability, and cost efficiency across analytics and operations.

The role requires partnering with engineering teams, data product owners, and senior stakeholders to drive solution framing, workshops, RFP responses, and client