Staff Engineer: Data Platform & Ontology Architect

Vizient; Edina (MN); On-site; USD 118,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Vizient is seeking a Staff Engineer to act as a senior technical leader and hands-on architect for a strategic data product being rebuilt on Palantir Foundry and AI Platform. You will own the enterprise ontology, integrate EHR and ERP data, and drive analytics engineering frameworks across product teams to deliver trusted reporting and AI-enabled workflows.

In this role, you will mentor engineers, define architectural standards, and shape the long-term technical roadmap while hands-on

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of a Palantir Foundry-based data product.
• Define and evolve the enterprise ontology using EHR/ERP data and related sources.
• Model core clinical, operational, financial, and administrative entities for scalable analytics.
• Establish architecture standards, data contracts, and semantic modeling frameworks.
• Design and optimize PySpark transformations and analytical datasets for enterprise reporting.

Skills

Palantir Foundry

PySpark

Spark

Python

SQL

Data architecture

ETL

Education

Relevant degree preferred

Tools

Palantir Foundry

PySpark

Spark

Python

SQL

Job description

Vizient is seeking a Staff Engineer to act as a senior technical leader and hands-on architect for a strategic data product being rebuilt on Palantir Foundry and AI Platform. You will own the enterprise ontology, integrate EHR and ERP data, and drive analytics engineering frameworks across product teams to deliver trusted reporting and AI-enabled workflows.

In this role, you will mentor engineers, define architectural standards, and shape the long-term technical roadmap while hands-on