Semantic Architect

Overview

SEMANTIC ARCHITECT (HEALTHCARE) — Telecommute (Possible 2026 Return to office) - within Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Utah

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Every day, Cambia’s Data & Analytics Engineering Team is living our mission to make health care easier and lives better. We’re seeking a seasoned Data and Analytics Engineer with extensive semantic data architecture experience to design and implement, expand, and enhance our existing semantic layer within our Snowflake data platform to support AI-driven semantic intelligence and BI for our health insurance payer organization.

The role will focus on creating a robust, scalable semantic framework that enhances data discoverability, interoperability, and usability for AI tools, enabling advanced analytics, predictive modeling, and actionable insights. – all in service of making our members’ health journeys easier.

If you re a motivated and experienced Semantic Professional looking to make a difference in the healthcare industry, apply for this exciting opportunity today!

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field

• 8 years relevant experience in a multi-platform environment, including, but not limited to application development or database development

• At least 2 years working with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms

• Equivalent combination of education and experience

• Enterprise Semantic Layer
  :
  Design, develop, extend, and maintain semantic data models on Snowflake to standardize data definitions, relationships, and ontologies for healthcare data (e.g., claims, member data, provider data).

• Data Integration
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  Collaborate with data engineers to integrate structured and unstructured data from internal (e.g., claims systems, EHRs) and external sources into the semantic layer. When necessary, develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines to populate the semantic layer, integrating data from diverse sources (e.g., claims, member data, third-party feeds) using Snowflake’s capabilities.

• Analytics and AI Enablement
  :
  Ensure the semantic layer supports analytics, BI, and AI use cases, such as predictive analytics for risk stratification, fraud detection, and member engagement.

• Governance and Standards
  :
  Work closely with our Data Governance organization to develop governance policies, metadata standards, and ontologies to ensure consistency, compliance, and interoperability.

• Stakeholder Collaboration
  :
  Work with business analysts, data modelers, data engineers, and business users to translate business requirements into semantic data models that support self-service analytics and enable AI analysis and agents.

• Performance Optimization
  :
  Optimize semantic models for query performance and scalability on Snowflake, taking advantage of Snowflake’s current and future features.

• Documentation and Training
  :
  Document semantic models and provide training to end-users and technical teams on leveraging the semantic layer.

• Preferred:
  Experience with FHIR, HL7, or other healthcare data standards; familiarity with tools like Collibra or Informatica for metadata management.

• Expertise in semantic technologies, including Snowflake semantic views, Micro Strategy, AtScale, or Business Objects universes, and familiarity with healthcare ontologies (e.g., SNOMED, LOINC, ICD-10).

• Strong understanding of analytics workflows and their data requirements.

• Experience with data governance, metadata management, and compliance in healthcare.

• Proficiency in dimensional data modeling.

• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Snowflake-specific features.

• Experience using code repositories such as Git Lab or Git Hub and CI/CD-based deployment.

• Excellent communication skills to bridge technical and business teams.

• Preferred:
  Experience with FHIR, HL7, or other healthcare data standards; familiarity with tools like Collibra or Informatica for metadata management.

The expected hiring range for The Semantic Architect II is $135k–$145k and Semantic Architect III is $160k–$175k depending on…