Senior Applications Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and implement secure, scalable, data-driven applications utilizing modern software development frameworks, APIs, cloud technologies, and enterprise data platforms.

• Architect integrated solutions that encompass source data ingestion, transformation, data modeling, analytics, and user-facing applications.

• Create reusable relational, semantic, and ontology-based data models.

• Integrate and harmonize data from various sources, ensuring data quality, governance, and traceability.

• Directly contribute to application development, integration, testing, debugging, and performance optimization using React, TypeScript, Python, SQL, and REST APIs.

• Design reusable technical components, integration patterns, and reference architectures.

• Translate research, program, and operational requirements into applications, analytics, and decision-support workflows.

• Incorporate platform-native automation and AI/ML capabilities when appropriate.

• Design and implement Palantir Foundry/Vantage solutions, including data pipelines, ontology models, object types, relationships, actions, permissions, and Workshop applications.

• Lead technical architecture and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across systems, data pipelines, applications, and infrastructure.

• Mentor technical staff and contribute to reusable architectures, standards, and implementation patterns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, Public Health, Public Policy, or a related area with a minimum of seven years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with at least ten years of relevant experience.

• Proven experience in designing, architecting, and implementing enterprise-scale applications, data platforms, and integrated technology solutions.

• Experience in developing and deploying secure, scalable software applications, system integrations, and cloud-based solutions.

• Background in designing and implementing data architectures, data models, ETL/ELT processes, APIs, and analytics solutions.

• Experience in collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver technology solutions that support business, operational, research, or analytical objectives.

• Familiarity with SDLC methodologies, including Agile development practices.

• Proficient in modern software engineering technologies and frameworks, application development, database technologies, and enterprise platforms.

• Experience with Palantir Foundry, including data integration, ontology design, application development, and analytics capabilities.

• Strong skills in solution architecture, systems thinking, software engineering, technical problem-solving, data architecture, and data modeling.

• Comprehensive understanding of cloud technologies, APIs, enterprise data platforms, and contemporary application development frameworks.

• Ability to convert complex business, operational, and research requirements into intuitive applications, analytics, and decision-support solutions.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, organizational, and project management abilities.

• Capability to mentor technical staff and advocate for best practices.

• Open to U.S. citizens only.

• Upon hiring, required to obtain clearance through the National Background Investigation Services (NBIS) system.

• Selected candidates must undergo reference and background checks and comply with child safeguarding standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• AIR’s Total Rewards Program.

• Occasional travel for meetings, training sessions, and conferences.

• Remote work flexibility within the United States or the option to work from a U.S. office location.

• Equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer.

• Reasonable accommodation during the employment process.

• Drug-free work environment.