What you’ll do

In a few words…

Abarca is igniting a revolution in healthcare.  We built our company on the belief that with smarter technology we are redefining pharmacy benefits, but this is just the beginning…

The Data Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing an enterprise-wide data architecture that aligns with the organization's data strategy and goals. This role involves collaborating with internal teams, stakeholders, and leadership to manage data solutions across multiple platforms and ensure data quality, integrity, and security. The Data Architect will lead efforts to implement data-driven solutions, streamline data management processes, and support the organization in evolving its data architecture, including future initiatives like data mesh, data fabric, and graph databases.

The fundamentals for the job…

• Coordinate with internal teams to support clients, data users, and key stakeholders to develop and achieve long-term objectives for data architecture.
• Design short-term solutions to achieve project goals and create a data roadmap for management.
• Determine procedures for identifying and collecting required data, validating processes, and recommending improvements to corporate data.
• Oversee and monitor frameworks that manage data across the organization, ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Support the Product and Data Management Team in applying methodologies that adhere to required data standards.
• Administer mapping of all data sources and data movement, analyzing them to ensure appropriate quality. 
• Collaborate with project supervisors and business leaders to manage enterprise data projects.
• Manage data-related problems such as system configuration and integration on multiple platforms.
• Provide training to staff on data management, improving operational efficiency.
• Develop key metrics for data quality tests, ensuring data architecture integrity.
• Prepare and maintain documentation for data architecture, ensuring knowledge on large data structures.
• Analyze information flow and recommend appropriate technologies to support business processes.

What we expect of you 

The bold requirements…

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering, Business or a related area (In lieu of a degree, equivalent, relevant work experience may be considered.)
• 8+ years of experience implementing large-scale data solutions, particularly in healthcare and pharmacy data domains.
• Deep knowledge and experience with data architecture, management strategies, including data profiling, cleansing, and conversion.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills with excellent oral communication, presentation, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in communicating complex data architecture designs effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven track record of designing, implementing, and managing data architectures in large environments interfacing multiple subsystems.
• Experience collaborating with architects and leads, serving as the data SME across architectural contexts.
• Expertise in providing technical advice on data management, governance, and enterprise data integration strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in data migration, transformation, and deployment in collaboration with DBAs, development, security, and operations teams.
• Experience developing SLAs and data governance standards to ensure data integrity, retention, and compliance.
• Familiarity with emerging data strategies and technologies like data mesh, data fabric, and graph databases.
• Proven ability to manage data across technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, CosmosDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, Solr, and Azure Service Bus for streaming.
• Drive the design and implementation of a data-driven strategy across all components of Darwin, fostering the concept of data products per domain.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• This position requires availability to work in a specified time zone or working schedule, accommodating the business needs of our clients and team members.
• This position may require availability for on-call hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, to promptly address emergent issues or provide necessary support as dictated by operational demands (if applicable).

Physical requirements…

• Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization’s facilities.
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.

At Abarca we value and celebrate diversity. Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are guiding principles of Abarca and ensure Abarca’s workforce reflects the communities it serves.  We are proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, medical condition, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Abarca Health LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer and participates in E-Verify.  “Abarca Health LLC does not sponsor employment visas at this time”

The above description is not intended to limit the scope of the job or to exclude other duties not mentioned. It is not a final set of specifications for the position. It’s simply meant to give readers an idea of what the role entails.

​​About the Role:

We're looking for an experienced Data Architectto join our Data Platform Engineering team. Our team is responsible for enabling Hims & Hers business (Product, Analytics, Operations, Finance, Data Science, Machine Learning, Customer Experience, and Engineering) by providing a platform with a rich set of data and tools to leverage. 

As a Data Architect, you will focus on the big picture of an organization’s data strategy. You will work closely with other architects, engineering, product, analytics, data science, and DevOps leaders to align the data architecture with the overall business goals and objectives.

Your primary responsibility is to develop a cohesive data architecture that supports the organization’s long-term vision. You design efficient data storage structures, data models, standards, and optimize data retrieval for reporting, analytics, and AI purposes.

You Will

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including product management, engineering, analytics, and key business representatives to align the architecture, vision and roadmap with stakeholder needs
• Establish guidelines, controls, and processes to make data available for developing scalable data-driven solutions for Analytics and AI
• Create and set best practices for data ingestion, integration, and access patterns to support both real-time and batch-based consumer data needs
• Design and develop scalable, high-performance data architecture solutions that supports both the consumer side of the business as well as analytic use cases
• Implement security measures to safeguard sensitive data from unauthorized access, ensuring data privacy, and compliance with relevant regulations
• Plan and oversee large-scale and complex technical migrations to new data systems and platforms
• Drive continuous data transformation to minimize technical debt
• Display strong thought leadership in pursuit of modern data architecture principles and technology modernization
• Define and lead technology proof of concepts to ensure feasibility of new data technology solutions
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to the members of the team
• Create comprehensive documentation for design, and processes to support ongoing maintenance and knowledge sharing
• Conduct design reviews to ensure that proposed solutions address platform and stakeholder pain points, as well as meet business, and technical requirements, with alignment to standards and best practices
• Prepare and deliver efficient communications to convey architectural direction and how it aligns with company strategy. Be able to explain the architectural vision and implementation to executives

You Have

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with over 12 years of Data Architecture and Data Engineering experience, including team leadership
• Proven expertise in designing data platforms for large-scale data and diverse data architectures, including warehouses, lakehouses, and integrated data stores.
• Proficiency in a variety of technologies such as: SQL, Bash, Python, Java, Presto, Spark, AWS, data streaming like Kafka, RabbitMQ, data stacks like Airflow, Databricks, dbt, and data stores like Cassandra, Aurora, ZooKeeper
• Experience with data security (including PHI and PII), as well as data privacy regulations (CCPA and GDPR)
• Proficient in addressing data-related challenges through analytical problem-solving and aligning data architecture with organizational business goals and objectives
• Exposure to analytics techniques using ML and AI to assist data scientists and analysts in deriving insights from data
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to address data-related challenges and find optimal solutions
• Ability to manage projects effectively, plan tasks, set priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and ever changing environment

Nice to Have

• Experience working in healthcare or in a B2C company

Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):

• Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles
• Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee discounts on hims & hers & Apostrophe online products
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
• Offsite team retreats

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Company Overview: 

Cohere Health is a fast-growing clinical intelligence company that’s improving lives at scale by promoting the best patient-specific care options, using leading edge AI combined with deep clinical expertise. In only four years our solutions have been adopted by health insurance plans covering over 15 million people, while our revenues and company size have quadrupled.  That growth combined with capital raises totaling $106M positions us extremely well for continued success. Our awards include: 2023 and 2024 BuiltIn Best Place to Work, Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup, TripleTree iAward, multiple KLAS Research Points of Light, along with recognition on Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 and CB Insights' Digital Health 150 lists.

Opportunity Overview: 

You will be a key leader in designing and implementing our data architecture, which is central to our value proposition and crucial to our company's success. As a Data Architect at Cohere, you will work with a high degree of autonomy to design and optimize data warehouses, ensure data governance, and enable data-driven decision-making across the business. You will partner closely with data, product, and engineering teams to solve complex problems and deliver scalable solutions.

Last but not least, People who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring a supportive, growth-oriented environment for everyone.

What you will do:

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of our data warehouse and governance policies to ensure scalability and compliance with healthcare regulations.
• Work closely with stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver actionable insights that can be efficiently productized.
• Design, develop, operationalize, and maintain the data models, both logic, physical and conceptual to support various business use cases.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data architecture standards and best practices.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all data sources and systems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineering and management teams.
• Create and manage data governance frameworks, including data catalogs, lineage, and metadata management.
• Stay current with emerging data technologies and evaluate their potential impact on our architecture.

Your background & requirements:

• 4+ years of experience leading data architecture initiatives in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field with at least 12 years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing scalable data warehouses and governance policies.
• Expertise in SQL and proficiency in data modeling and design. Experience having integrated NoSQL systems as part of a broader data architecture.
• Hands-on experience with ETL processes, data integration, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience with data governance tools and practices.
• Experience building data platforms using python, AWS, Airflow, dbt, and data warehouses.
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards such as HL7, FHIR, and CCDA.
• Strong understanding of data privacy and security regulations, including HIPAA.
• Experience with business intelligence tools like Tableau or PowerBI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 

Equal Opportunity Statement: 

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all. To us, it’s personal.

We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

The salary range for this position is $160,000 to $185,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment.

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Our Sales Engineering organization is seeking a Collaboration Field CTO  that can provide leadership in working with both technical and business executives in the design, architecture, and performance of the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform as a strategic asset as a part of their enterprise data architecture.

In this role, you will work directly with Snowflake account teams on best practices around tuning and optimizing architectures that highlight Snowflake’s Cloud Data Platform, specifically within Data Sharing, Native Apps, and the Data Marketplace.

As a Collaboration Field CTO, you must share our passion for helping our customers drive faster time to insight through Snowflake’s Cloud Data Platform. You must thrive in a dynamic environment and be flexible and willing to jump in and get things done. You are equally comfortable interacting with executives and talking shop with technical audiences in both a business and technical context.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO:

• Apply your multi-cloud data architecture expertise while presenting Snowflake technology and vision to executives and technical contributors at prospects and customers
• Partner with the sales team and channel partners to understand the architecture needs in a pre- and post-sales capacity, provide compelling value-based enterprise architectures, support enterprise Proof of Concepts, and ultimately support data consumption and cost optimization to meet our customers’ needs
• Develop specialization in one or more current collaboration trends such as data mesh, data clean rooms, or data marketplaces
• Drive improvements to the team and broader Snowflake sales engineering community and develop internal thought leadership on best practices and prescriptive guidance. Mentor SEs on collaboration topics and best practices.
• Develop a leadership voice externally via speaking at conferences, hosting webinars, publishing blog posts, etc.
• Work with Sales Engineering and customers to demonstrate and communicate implementation best practices on Snowflake technology
• Maintain a deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies to adjust and tune Snowflake parameters and logically explain the impact of these performance variables
• Provide guidance and suggestions on how to resolve customer-specific technical challenges

ON DAY ONE, WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• 7+ years of Enterprise Architecture experience within the Enterprise Data space
• Expertise with transfer of data from on-prem or hybrid cloud platforms using FTP, API or other federated protocols
• Knowledge of replication or synchronization technologies for legacy and cloud systems
• Knowledge of sharing features of other parts of the data sharing ecosystem such as Databricks, Redshift, BigQuery, or Synapse is optional, but a plus
• Solid expertise in data governance
• Mastery of SQL statements (ideally including Snowflake's powerful SQL extensions)
• Hands-on Experience with Python, Streamlit, Container services  
• Broad range of experience within the large-scale database and/or data warehouse technology, ETL, analytics and cloud technologies
• Presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

The application window is expected to be open until July 31, 2024. This opportunity will remain posted based on business needs, which may be before or after the specified date.