Healthcare Data Architect & Manager - Harbor Data Systems (HDS)
Position Overview
The HDS team at Harbor Health is rebuilding the operating system of healthcare by building "HarborOS". This central nervous system ties together information from various clinical sources to drive optimal outcomes for our members. Data is our product.
What You Will Do
Architect the Healthcare Data Model: Design the core schemas and data models that define our business. Decide how we model complex, systemic concepts like "Attribution," "Risk," and "Claims Adjudication" to ensure historical accuracy, scalability, and query performance.
Define the Technology Standards & Strategy: Set the overarching strategy for our data stack (Snowflake, realtime streams etc) and dbt environments. Dictate our approach to data schema, reporting schema, stream and transactional use of data. Dimensional Modeling (Kimball/Star Schema), denormalization vs. normalization, and Medallion architecture progression.
Data Usability and Access: Design and implement the deterministic and probabilistic matching logic to assign unique identifiers to patients coming from highly fragmented external sources (HIEs, external EMRs, payers).
Bridge Engineering and Clinical Operations: Act as the primary strategic interface between Clinical/Business Operations and Engineering. Interview stakeholders to uncover the "Why" behind their requests and translate complex, ambiguous business needs into precise architectural specifications.
Domain Leadership & Mentorship: Act as the deep subject matter expert on healthcare data for the engineering team. Mentor our engineers on healthcare domain nuances (e.g., why a reversal claim behaves differently than a void) and raise the collective technical bar for system design.
Technical Ownership & Execution: Drive complex initiatives from inception to delivery. Interpret asks from clinical & business stakeholders and work with the engineering team to design and deliver the optimal data architecture.
What We Need
Healthcare “Payvider” Domain Mastery: Deep subject matter expertise in healthcare data domains both on provider and payer side. Fluent in EDI, FHIR, ADT and other standards used in healthcare, and how this data is aggregated & modelled to support execution.
Data Architecture Fundamentals: Proven experience designing highly scalable data platforms from scratch. Deep understanding of column-oriented databases (Snowflake) and realtime processing.
dbt & Transformation Fluency: Structuring a massive dbt project for enterprise scale, including macroarchitecture, incremental strategies, and dependency management while balancing quality management rigor with velocity.
Technical Influence: Hands-on, writing performant, readable, and complex SQL and read/review Python pipelines, influencing & coaching other engineers through systemic standards and architectural reviews.
Transformation: dbt (Core/Cloud)
Warehouse: Snowflake
Ingestion: Fivetran, Python (Custom)
Orchestration: Airflow / Dagster
BI/Semantic Layer: Omni
What We Offer
Opportunity to shape the financial foundation of an innovative healthcare model
Collaborative and dynamic work environment
An organization made of people who are passionate about changing the healthcare landscape
Competitive salary, company equity and robust benefits package
Professional development and growth opportunities
A transparent and unique culture