[Hiring] Senior Architect @Surgence

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Architect to serve as the technical authority responsible for designing, scaling, and evolving our Palantir Foundry platform and broader SaaS architecture. This role combines deep hands-on expertise with strategic architectural leadership across data platforms, ontology design, integrations, workflow applications, AI-enabled solutions, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture of the Palantir Foundry platform, including data ingestion, integrations, ontology design, application frameworks, workflow automation, and production operations.
• Lead architectural decisions for complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple business units and technical domains.
• Translate business objectives into scalable, secure, and maintainable technical roadmaps.
• Establish standards and best practices for ontology-driven modeling, data engineering, application development, integrations, monitoring, and operational support.
• Design and optimize batch and real-time data pipelines, third-party integrations, data quality frameworks, reconciliation processes, and observability solutions.
• Serve as the organization's Foundry subject matter expert across ontology design, transform pipelines, data products, application development, lineage, and platform capabilities.
• Ensure platform security, reliability, performance, scalability, tenant isolation, role-based access controls, auditability, monitoring, and production readiness.
• Act as the primary escalation point for critical technical and platform-related issues.
• Define and oversee architectural patterns for AI and machine learning capabilities, including intelligent automation, model inference workflows, and human-in-the-loop processes.
• Promote AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve productivity, quality, testing, and documentation.
• Establish enterprise architecture standards, governance frameworks, and engineering guardrails.
• Provide technical leadership, architecture reviews, mentorship, and guidance to engineering and delivery teams.
• Support technical hiring, onboarding, and capability development across the organization.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Build the architectural foundation that powers critical healthcare supply chain operations.
• Enable teams to deliver scalable platform capabilities faster and with greater confidence.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural guardrails, and best practices that improve reliability, maintainability, and long-term platform health.
• Shape the future of AI-enabled solutions across the Surgence platform.
• Elevate technical capability and architectural maturity across the organization through mentorship, technical leadership, and sound decision-making.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, platform engineering, backend systems, or technical leadership roles strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of hands-on Palantir Foundry experience in production environments strongly preferred.
• Industry experience in healthcare, especially healthcare supply chain, logistics, and/or operations strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Proven experience designing and scaling enterprise data platforms and distributed systems.
• Expertise in ontology-driven data modeling, data engineering, workflow automation, system integrations, and operational pipelines.
• Strong understanding of multi-tenant SaaS architecture, security, and role-based access control frameworks.
• Experience supporting AI-enabled solutions, machine learning workflows, and AI-assisted development practices.
• Strong proficiency in Python, SQL, and Foundry-related development paradigms.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technical strategy, mentor engineers, and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.

Requirements

• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and drug screening.

Benefits

• 10% Annual Performance Bonus
• Health, Life, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• PTO, Sick Leave, and Paid Holidays
• 401K Company Match
• Paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability