Lead Data & Platform Engineer
Core
Lead Data & Platform Engineer owning the architecture, design, and long-term operation of a Clinical Data Platform for a healthcare consulting and research company.
Role type
Lead Data & Platform Engineer
Builds
Scalable, secure, event-driven clinical data platforms supporting research and innovation projects
Domain
Healthcare data, Clinical Data Research, Health Informatics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Event-Driven Architecture, PostgreSQL optimization, Python, Apache Kafka, HL7 FHIR, Common Data Models (OMOP), Kubernetes, CI/CD, LLM pipelines
Preferred skills
Healthcare interoperability standards, Data governance, DevOps practices
Technologies
PostgreSQL, Python, Apache Kafka, Confluent Platform, Debezium, Kafka Streams, Apache Flink, ksqlDB, Schema Registry, Avro, Protobuf, Airflow, Dagster, dbt, Kubernetes, Docker
Responsibilities
Define event ingestion and processing architecture; Redesign and optimize PostgreSQL relational models; Integrate new healthcare data sources into common models; Implement ETL/ELT processes and data quality testing; Develop LLM pipelines for clinical data processing; Establish engineering standards and team practices
Seniority
Lead, hands-on IC with team leadership
