Staff Data Platform Architect (Reliability & AI Readiness)

We Breathe Life Into Data

At Komodo Health, our mission is to reduce the global burden of disease. And we believe that smarter use of data is essential to this mission. That’s why we built the Healthcare Map — the industry’s largest, most complete, precise view of the U.S. healthcare system — by combining de-identified, real-world patient data with innovative algorithms and decades of clinical experience. The Healthcare Map serves as our foundation for a powerful suite of software applications, helping us answer healthcare’s most complex questions for our partners. Across the healthcare ecosystem, we’re helping our clients unlock critical insights to track detailed patient behaviors and treatment patterns, identify gaps in care, address unmet patient needs, and reduce the global burden of disease. 

As we pursue these goals, it remains essential to us that we stay grounded in our values: be awesome, seek growth, deliver “wow,” and enjoy the ride. At Komodo, you will be joining a team of ambitious, supportive Dragons with diverse backgrounds but a shared passion to deliver on our mission to reduce the burden of disease — and enjoy the journey along the way.

The Opportunity at Komodo Health

Quality is at the heart of everything that Komodo Health does, underpinning our vision to reduce the global impact of disease. As Komodo scales its leading Healthcare Map® and AI-driven applications, the need for a unified, measurable standard of trust is paramount.

We are not looking for a traditional Staff Data Architect. We are seeking a technical expert with business acumen to bring a clear perspective to guide the definition, creation, and adoption of the future of data quality across Komodo Health, a Staff Data Platform Architect (Reliability & AI Readiness).

This role will be a catalyst for enterprise transformation, replacing fragmented quality metrics with a single, implementable standard: Data Reliability. You will be empowered to take the strategic vision of the leadership team, prototype it, advocate for it, and drive its adoption across engineering, product, and data science teams.

Looking back on your first 12 months at Komodo Health, you will have accomplished…

The Staff Data Platform Architect (Reliability & AI Readiness) will own the execution and organizational adoption of three critical enterprise initiatives:

• Redefine the North Star: Lead the conceptual shift from general "data quality" to Data Reliability across the entire organization (is the correct data present at the correct place at the correct time).
• Build the Source of Truth: Design, prototype, and champion a single, centralized "Data Reliability Source of Truth" platform to measure and display reliability KPIs at every key stage of the data delivery pipeline.
• Automate Frameworks: Create the technical framework and reference architecture necessary to automate the creation, deployment, and monitoring of Data Reliability checks throughout the product development lifecycle.

These are the essential job duties you will be responsible for…

Strategic Thought Leadership & Conviction (60% Focus: Strategy, Evangelism & Alignment)

• Strategic Partnership: Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Head of Data Quality on all matters related to enterprise data reliability and quality assurance architecture.
• Vision Execution & Prototyping: Rapidly translate executive vision into tangible prototypes (e.g., proof-of-concept dashboards, reference pipeline code) and scalable technical roadmaps.
• Executive Evangelism & Buy-in: Act as the Chief Evangelist for the Data Reliability metric, tirelessly building conviction across executive, product, and engineering leadership, presenting a clear perspective with conviction
• Organizational Adoption: Develop and lead change management programs to ensure seamless adoption of the new Data Reliability standard and Source of Truth platform by development teams.
• Progress Tracking & Reporting: Define the OKRs and KPIs for the Data Reliability initiative and proactively create and deliver executive-level updates on progress, challenges, and ROI.
• Best Practices Evangelist: Formalize, package, and teach "best of the best" architectural and coding approaches for Data Reliability engineering to engineering teams organization-wide.

Execution, Architect