The Role
Design, build, and scale a cloud-native enterprise data platform (Snowflake, dbt). Implement ingestion pipelines, ELT/ETL, dimensional modeling, marts, and semantic layers. Partner with stakeholders to deliver Tableau analytics, enforce governance, observability, and data quality, and mentor future data team members.
Summary Generated by Built In
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.
Innovetive Petcare is seeking a highly technical, hands-on Database Architect to design, build, and scale our modern enterprise data platform from the ground up.
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 You'll 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
About
Innovetive Petcare owns and operates veterinary practices across the country. Our clinics benefit from our tools, resources, and a dedicated support team to help veterinary practices prosper and grow. We run a successful business so our veterinarians can focus on providing exceptional patient care. We want our veterinarians and staff to enjoy a better work-life balance, a strong, supportive community, and ongoing training and career development.At Innovetive Petcare, it all begins with an unparalleled team. From the veterinarians, veterinary technicians, practice managers, and administrative staff at our clinics to the driven support team in our home office, our team is passionate about pet health. We are a culture-first company, working to redefine the veterinary lifestyle to allow professionals to advance through their veterinary medicine careers without burning out. We don’t just talk about it; we live it!Equal Opportunity Employer Policy Innovetive Petcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other non-merit factor. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Skills Required
- 10+ years hands-on experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, and Data Architecture
- Proven experience building and operating production-grade data platforms
- Experience working with complex, multi-source enterprise datasets
- Advanced expertise with Snowflake
- Advanced expertise with dbt
- Advanced expertise with Tableau
- Advanced expertise with SQL
- Advanced expertise with Python
- Experience with Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks
- Knowledge of incremental modeling strategies, data warehouse optimization, and semantic layer design
- Familiarity with orchestration tools (Airflow, Prefect, Dagster)
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with Git workflows and CI/CD pipelines
- Experience defining data governance, testing, deployment strategies, and environment management (dev/staging/prod)
- Background in healthcare, veterinary, or other regulated industries
- Residing in Austin, Texas (preferred)
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The Company
What We Do
We make life easy for veterinary practices. By assisting with the business side of your practice, veterinarians and teams are empowered to provide exceptional patient care. A fulfilling workplace culture is a critical foundation for hospital growth: happier employees do better work, which leads to better patient care. Exceeding client expectations transform into business results. By providing great benefits and career development opportunities, we can help your staff explore their passions and enjoy a healthy work-life balance. Because of this, your practice will be positioned to provide better medicine to even more patients.
