Principal Data Platform Architect
Job Location:
Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 130000 - 150000
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Posted on:
8 days ago
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Build the Data Foundation Powering the Future of Veterinary Healthcare
Remote -residing in Austin TX preferred but not required.
Remote -residing in Austin TX preferred but not required.
This is not a pure strategy or oversight role. We are looking for a builder someone who enjoys writing production-grade code architecting scalable systems and solving complex data problems across clinical operational and financial domains.
As a rapidly growing veterinary services organization data is central to how we improve patient outcomes optimize hospital operations support clinicians and drive smarter business decisions across our national network of veterinary practices.
You will own the architecture and evolution of our end-to-end data ecosystem while partnering directly with leadership and business stakeholders across the organization.
This is a remote-first opportunity with a clear growth path into technical leadership as the data organization expands.
Why Join Innovetive Petcare
- Build a modern cloud-native data platform from the ground up
- Influence enterprise-wide architecture decisions
- Work on meaningful healthcare-adjacent data challenges
- Drive analytics that directly impact patient care and operational excellence
- Join a high-growth organization with strong executive visibility
- Remote-first culture with flexibility and autonomy
- Opportunity to grow into a Data Engineering or Data Platform leadership role
What Youll Do
Data Platform Architecture & Engineering
- Design build and maintain a scalable enterprise data platform using Snowflake
- Architect ingestion pipelines across clinical financial operational scheduling and inventory systems
- Implement scalable ELT/ETL workflows and data transformation pipelines
- Define platform standards for:
- Data governance
- Naming conventions
- CI/CD workflows
- Environment management (dev/staging/prod)
- Testing and deployment strategies
- Manage Snowflake architecture RBAC security cost optimization and performance tuning
Data Modeling & TransformationOwn the dbt ecosystem end-to-end
- Build scalable dimensional and canonical data models
- Develop reliable marts and semantic layers for analytics consumption
- Implement robust testing lineage and documentation standards
- Create reusable transformation logic and framework standards
Business Intelligence & Analytics
- Partner with finance operations and clinical leaders to deliver trusted Tableau dashboards and reporting layers
- Build governed self-service analytics capabilities
- Optimize Tableau performance row-level security and published data sources
- Translate ambiguous business questions into scalable technical solutions
Data Quality & Governance
- Implement observability and monitoring solutions for:
- Data freshness
- Schema drift
- Pipeline failures
- Anomaly detection
- Establish governance standards for sensitive and healthcare-adjacent data
- Improve trust and reliability across enterprise reporting
Technical Leadership & Growth
- Serve as a technical standard-bearer for architecture and engineering best practices
- Help shape the future structure of the data organization
- Mentor future team members as the function grows
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 10 years of hands-on experience in Data Architecture and Database Management
- Proven experience building and operating production-grade data platforms
- Experience working with complex multi-source enterprise datasets
- Background supporting operational financial healthcare or clinical data environments preferred
Technical Skills
- Advanced expertise with:
- Snowflake
- dbt
- Tableau
- SQL
- Python
- Experience with:
- Snowpipe
- Streams & Tasks
- Incremental modeling strategies
- Data warehouse optimization
- Semantic layer design
- Familiarity with orchestration tools such as:
- Airflow
- Prefect
- Dagster
- Strong understanding of:
- Cloud infrastructure (AWS Azure or GCP)
- Git workflows
- CI/CD pipelines
- Data governance and security best practices
What Makes You Successful
- You are deeply technical and enjoy building systems yourself
- You think architecturally and understand downstream data impacts
- You thrive in high-autonomy remote-first environments
- You communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- You balance speed scalability reliability and maintainability
Preferred Qualifications
- Residing in Austin Texas with easy access to our home office location
- Experience in veterinary healthcare healthcare technology or other regulated industries
- Exposure to healthcare-adjacent compliance and governance environments
- Experience building enterprise analytics ecosystems from early-stage or greenfield environments
Benefits
Innovetive Petcare offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience including:
- Competitive base salary
- Comprehensive health benefits
- Paid time off
- Remote work flexibility
- Career growth opportunities
- Collaborative and mission-driven culture
Required Experience:
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About Company
We handle the day-to-day business operations while you provide excellent medical care. Join a veterinary family that cares about your happiness and success.
