Data Architect, Next Platform

Job Summary

Tempus seeks a Data Architect to design a high-scale, multi-modal healthcare data ecosystem. The ideal candidate will lead the design and management of an enterprise data model integrating clinical EHR records, genomics, and imaging data. They will also architect scalable data solutions for federated hospital networks, enabling AI agents to autonomously access and reason over structured and unstructured datasets.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and management of an enterprise data model integrating clinical EHR records, genomics, and imaging data.
• Architect data solutions designed to scale across federated networks of hospitals, ensuring multi-tenancy, high availability, and performance across hybrid cloud environments.
• Design data access patterns and metadata layers specifically optimized for AI agents, allowing them to autonomously discover, query, and reason over structured and unstructured datasets.
• Author and maintain entity-relationship diagrams (ERDs), data dictionaries, and API specifications across multiple technologies (Relational, NoSQL, Vector Databases).
• Implement automated solutions to monitor data quality and lineage with strict traceability back to source systems, ensuring "ground truth" for agentic evaluations.
• Educate engineering and clinical teams on data modeling standards, governance, and best practices for maintaining data integrity in a HIPAA-regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, or a related field.
• Professional Experience: 7+ years in data architecture or enterprise modeling, with significant experience in the healthcare or life sciences domain.
• Modeling Mastery: Expert-level knowledge of 3NF, Dimensional (Star Schema), and Data Vault 2.0 modeling techniques.
• Advanced SQL & Python: Exceptional SQL skills for complex analytical environments and proficiency in Python for data profiling and debugging.
• Technology Strategy: Ability to articulate the trade-offs between RDBMS, MPP, and NoSQL technologies, and experience implementing Master Data Management (MDM) solutions.
• Interoperability Standards: Deep familiarity with HL7, FHIR, and Epic/Cerner data structures.
• Tools: Proficiency with modeling tools such as Erwin, Vertabelo, or Lucidchart. Bonus Points: Experience with Vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, or pgvector) or Graph databases to support RAG and agentic memory.
• Cloud Architecture: Hands-on experience with GCP (BigQuery, Vertex AI) or AWS healthcare-native services.
• Specialized Clinical Data: Direct experience working with EHR, OMOP, DICOM, genomic data models, or longitudinal patient records.

Pay & Benefits

The expected salary range is $140,000-$190,000 for positions in California and may vary for other locations. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, including incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position. For remote roles open to individuals in unincorporated Los Angeles, Tempus reasonably believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on certain job duties.