Senior Real-Time Data Platform Architect - AWS & Kafka

Limelight Health; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Alternative medicine coverage

Flexible PTO

Parental leave (up to 16 weeks)

Paid holidays

401k program

Transportation perks

Education reimbursement

Paw-ternity leave

Job summary

Gravie is seeking a hands-on Data Platform Architect to lead our data and digital transformation, defining the blueprint for Gravie’s next-generation operational data platform and unifying data across internal systems, vendors, and partners for near-real-time insights.

You will own architecture with Kafka, Debezium, and Flink, govern canonical models and data contracts, enforce RBAC and HIPAA-compliant security, and mentor teams while driving AI-use case initiatives.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of experience architecting and operating large-scale data integrations and streaming pipelines.
• Hands-on with Kafka, Flink, Debezium and exactly-once semantics.
• Extensive AWS cloud experience.
• Deep understanding of data observability concepts and HIPAA-related requirements.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end data platform architecture using Kafka, Debezium and Flink.
• Define canonical data models and data contracts for durable, versioned usage.
• Establish data governance and RBAC with HIPAA considerations.
• Lead evaluation and selection of real-time data technologies aligned with company needs.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to Data Producer & Consumer teams.
• Drive Gravie's data platform innovation and practical AI use cases.

Skills

Kafka

Flink

Debezium

AWS

SQL

Python

Java

HIPAA

Data governance

RBAC

Data observability

Communication

Job description

Gravie is seeking a hands-on Data Platform Architect to lead our data and digital transformation, defining the blueprint for Gravie’s next-generation operational data platform and unifying data across internal systems, vendors, and partners for near-real-time insights.

You will own architecture with Kafka, Debezium, and Flink, govern canonical models and data contracts, enforce RBAC and HIPAA-compliant security, and mentor teams while driving AI-use case initiatives.