Sr. Data Platform Architect

Clinical Ink, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Robust benefits

Unlimited vacation

Education assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Clinical Ink, Inc. seeks a Sr. Data Platform Architect to lead design and optimization of a cloud-based data platform. You will drive scalable, secure data solutions, establish engineering best practices, and collaborate across teams to advance data capabilities, including AI controls and governance.

You will mentor junior engineers, coordinate with stakeholders, and contribute to data governance, data quality, and modern data architectures in a remote-friendly setup in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field, MIS preferred or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in data/ software engineering with large datasets.
• 5+ years as data/enterprise/software architect for cloud data platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• 10+ years data warehouse exp with cloud DWs or MPP DBs.
• 5+ years NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, Neo4j).
• 5+ years data vault 2.0, dimensional modeling, dbt experience.
• 5+ years developing microservices and APIs (REST, SOAP, GraphQL).
• 5+ years messaging/streaming tech (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark, Flink).
• Experience with AI tools governance and guardrails.
• Experience with PowerBI/Tableau/SSRS for reporting.
• Life Science/Clinical Trial data background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and maintenance of a cloud-based data platform with scalable architecture.
• Promote engineering best practices: CI, code reviews, tests, agile.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across teams to deliver data capabilities.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive AI integration controls.
• Advance data governance, quality, catalogs, and lineage initiatives.

Skills

Data platform architecture

Cloud data platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Data warehousing

NoSQL databases

Microservices & APIs

Messaging & streaming

AI governance & guardrails

BI & visualization (PowerBI/Tableau/SS

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Eng / MIS

Tools

Snowflake

AWS Redshift

Oracle Exadata

Teradata

dbt

Job description

We’re on a Mission to Advance Clinical Discovery

Patients are our ultimate why, and pioneering technology for patient outcomes is our DNA.

Join us to advance the life sciences industry with technology solutions that transform the clinical trial experience for patients and put our research clients on the path to making confident, better-informed decisions, faster.

When you join the Clinical ink team, you enjoy:

• Robust benefits (medical, dental, vision, financial)
• Unlimited vacation
• Education assistance
• Parental leave

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Location: Remote

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Clinical Ink is the global life science company that brings data, technology, and patient science together to unlock clinical discovery. Our deep therapeutic-area expertise, coupled with Direct Data Capture, eCOA, eConsent, telehealth, neurocognitive testing, and digital biomarkers advancement, drive the industry standard for data precision and usher in a new generation of clinical trials. With offices in the United States and Denmark, Clinical Ink is rewriting the clinical development experience.

Clinical Ink is seeking a Sr. Data Platform Architect to join our Data Platform Engineering team based in the United States. As the Sr. Data Platform Architect, you will lead the design, development, and optimization of Clinical Ink’s cloud-based data platform, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions. This role will drive technical innovation, establish engineering best practices, and collaborate across teams to advance data capabilities, including the responsible integration of AI and emerging technologies. The Sr. Data Platform Architect's responsibilities include:

• Lead the design, implementation and maintenance of a world class, cutting-edge cloud-based data platform using best practices for data integrity, usability, performance, scalability, and extensibility.
• Lead the adoption of software engineering best-practices at Clinical Ink, including agile methodologies, coding standards, version control, continuous integration, code reviews and test-driven development.
• Manage relationships with colleagues, peers, and stakeholders in a matrixed environment, driving a culture of cross-team collaboration and ensuring successful delivery and adoption of data technology.
• Mentor, train, and coach new and junior team members as needed/required.
• Drive integration of AI controls into technology delivery, operational processes, and platform onboarding activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, MIS (preferred but not required), or combination of education/relevant experience.
• 10+ years of industry experience as a data engineer, software engineer or related field with experience working with large or complex datasets.
• 5+ years of experience as a data solution architect, enterprise architect or software architect designing data platform solutions on AWS, GCP and/or Azure.
• 10+ years of data warehouse experience with cloud data warehouses (ex. Snowflake, AWS Redshift) or MPP databases (Oracle Exadata, Teradata, IBM Netezza).
• 5+ years of experience with NoSQL databases (key-value, document, graph, column-oriented) such as Mongo DB, Dynamo DB, Redis, Neo4J, etc.
• 5+ years of experience designing and building data warehouses using Data Vault 2.0 and/or Dimensional modeling, dbt.
• 5+ years of experience developing microservices and APIs using REST, SOAP, GraphQL, etc.
• 5+ years of experience with messaging, pub/sub, streaming, stream processing technologies like JMS, ActiveMQ, Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Apcahe Spark, Apache Flink and Materialize.
• Experience with AI tools and help establish and maintain control frameworks and technical guardrails supporting AI and Generative AI solutions.
• Experience with reporting and visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Spotfire and SSRS.
• Experience with other information management disciplines including data governance, data science, machine learning, data quality, data catalogs and data lineage.
• Strong communication skills with ability communicate key concepts effectively with technical staff, business stakeholders and senior management.
• Life Science/Clinical Trial Data background or experience preferred but not required.

Additional Information

Clinical Ink is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status.

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