Senior Staff Database Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +3 more states.

📋 Description

• Design and develop secure, scalable, multi-tenant database architectures specifically for healthcare SaaS applications.

• Create data models and storage solutions for sensitive healthcare information, including PHI and PII/PPI.

• Ensure adherence to HIPAA, HITECH, GDPR, and other pertinent regulations.

• Implement data encryption measures—both at rest and in transit—along with masking and access controls.

• Architect systems that guarantee high availability, disaster recovery, and auditability.

• Define and enforce policies for data governance, retention, and audit logging.

• Optimize database performance for extensive healthcare datasets and facilitate real-time access.

• Collaborate with security, compliance, and engineering teams to fulfill regulatory obligations.

• Lead data migration and integration efforts with EHR/EMR systems and external healthcare platforms.

• Adhere to best practices for secure CI/CD pipelines involving database modifications.

• Monitor systems to ensure data integrity, detect breaches, and identify unusual access patterns.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in enterprise technology, architecture, and systems management.

• More than 7 years of experience in database architecture, preferably within SaaS environments.

• Extensive experience with data lake architectures, such as AWS S3, Azure Data Lake, or Google Cloud Storage.

• Demonstrated experience in designing or managing distributed data platforms, including Hadoop, Spark, or Databricks ecosystems.

• Practical experience managing sensitive data in regulated environments.

• Strong understanding of HIPAA compliance, data privacy, and security frameworks.

• Proficiency in relational databases like PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and non-relational systems such as Cosmos DB and MongoDB.

• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, particularly healthcare-compliant services.

• Expertise in data encryption, key management, and role-based access control (RBAC).

• Solid understanding of scaling strategies and distributed systems.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

• Must successfully pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

🏝️ Benefits

• A selection of national medical and dental plans, along with a national vision plan, including health incentive programs.

• Employee assistance and family support programs, encompassing commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement.

• A minimum of 120 hours of paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays per year, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), as well as accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability per company policy.

• Retirement and savings plans, including our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan.

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) provides eligible colleagues the chance to purchase company stock at a discounted rate.