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Staff Data Engineering Architect

Medable AI India
Full-time
On-site
India

Medable's mission is to get effective therapies to patients faster. We provide an end-to-end, cloud-based platform with a flexible suite of tools that allows patients, healthcare providers, clinical research organizations and pharmaceutical sponsors to work together as a team in clinical trials. Our solutions enable more efficient clinical research, more effective healthcare delivery, and more accurate precision and predictive medicine. Our target audiences are patients, providers, principal investigators, and innovators who work in healthcare and life sciences.

Our vision is to accelerate the path to human discovery and medical cures. We are passionate about driving innovation and empowering consumers. We are proactive, collaborative, self-motivated learners, committed, bold and tenacious. We are dedicated to making this world a healthier place.

1. Responsibilities

End-to-End Architecture Ownership

  • Own the full lifecycle of data architecture, from requirements and conceptual design through implementation, scaling, and ongoing evolution
     
  • Define target-state architectures, modernization strategies, and phased delivery roadmaps
  • Make architectural trade-offs balancing scalability, performance, reliability, and cost
  • Establish data platform standards, design principles, and reference architectures

Data Platform & System Design

  • Architect data platforms supporting operational, analytical, batch, and streaming workloads
  • Design and govern data modeling strategies across relational and non-relational systems
  • Define best practices for schema design, indexing, partitioning, and query optimisation
  • Ensure data architectures are resilient, scalable, and production-ready
     

Integration, Processing & Analytics Enablement

  • Design robust data ingestion and integration patterns for large-scale systems
  • Enable unified or federated access to data across heterogeneous platforms (e.g., query engines such as Trino)
  • Support large-scale batch and real-time processing using modern data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Flink, Beam)
  • Architect reliable messaging and event-driven data flows (e.g., Kafka)
     

Governance, Quality & Security

  • Define and enforce data governance, quality, and lifecycle management practices
  • Establish standards for metadata, lineage, and observability
  • Partner with security and compliance teams to ensure data platforms meet regulatory and privacy requirements
     

Technical Leadership & Delivery

  • Act as a principal technical authority, leading architecture reviews and guiding critical design decisions
  • Mentor senior engineers and influence best practices across multiple teams
  • Collaborate with product, platform, and engineering leadership to align architecture with business priorities.
  • Drive execution of complex, multi-team data initiatives from design to production

2. Experience

  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or distributed systems
  • Proven track record of planning, delivering, and evolving end-to-end data architectures
  • Deep experience working with SQL and NoSQL data systems at scale
  • Strong understanding of data integration, processing, and access patterns
  • Experience with cloud-native data platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS, Azure)
  • Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration(e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

3. Skills

Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain complex architectures clearly

4. Education, Certifications, Licenses

 BE/BS or any relevant degree.

5. Travel Requirements

 Travel as required.

At Medable, we believe that our team of Medaballers is our greatest asset. That is why we are committed to your personal and professional well-being. Our rewards are more than just benefits - they demonstrate our commitment to providing an inclusive, healthy and rewarding experience for all our team members.

Flexible Work

  • Hybrid from day one – we believe in creating a truly flexible employee experience
     

Compensation

  • Competitive base salary packages

  • Annual performance-based bonuses

  • Employee stock options – aligning your success with Medable’s growth
     

Health & Wellness

  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage for you and your family

  • Inclusive parental leave policy for non-birthing parents
     

Recognition

  • Peer-to-peer recognition programs to celebrate achievements and milestones
     

Community Involvement

  • Volunteer time off to support causes that matter to you
     

Medable is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@medable.com.