Rivera (formerly HDS) · 3 days ago
Director - Lead Data Architect
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expRivera is a company focused on Pharmacy Payment Integrity SaaS Platform, seeking a Director, Lead Data Architect to serve as the foundational data leader for their core data infrastructure. This role involves architecting, building, and operating data systems while ensuring the platform can effectively analyze large volumes of pharmacy claims data.
AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
Hiring Manager
Doug Bruce
Responsibilities
Assume Architect responsibility for the company’s data platform, balancing rapid delivery with long-term scalability
Own end-to-end data pipelines for pharmacy claims, eligibility, pricing, formulary, and reference data
Make pragmatic architecture decisions across batch-first ingestion
Maintain data models that support analytics, explain-ability, and audit requirements
Write and review production code while setting patterns and standards for the team
Personally lead complex pipeline design, performance tuning, cost optimization, and production incident response
Establish lightweight but effective standards for: -ELT/ETL frameworks (e.g., Spark, dbt, Airflow) -Incremental and idempotent data processing -Data quality checks, versioning, and lineage
Enable data capabilities that support: -Rule-based payment integrity logic and early ML experimentation -Near-real-time and batch analytics for claims monitoring -Historical claims analysis to support monetary recoveries and client reporting
Partner closely with Pharmacy Analytics and Development team to support feature engineering, model experimentation, and production scoring workflows
Implement practical, right-sized controls to meet HIPAA requirements and prepare for future SOC 2 and HITRUST audits
Ensure secure handling of PHI through access controls, encryption, and data segmentation
Build defensible data lineage and reproducibility to support client trust, audits, and dispute resolution
Hire and mentor a small, high-impact data engineering team
Establish clear technical expectations, coding standards, and onboarding practices
Work closely with Product to translate early customer needs into data capabilities that unlock revenue
Advise the CIO on trade-offs between speed, cost, technical debt, and long-term platform evolution
Clearly communicate technical decisions and data limitations to executives, customers, and auditors
Qualification
Required
10 to 15+ years of experience in data engineering, analytics platforms, or distributed data systems
Prior experience as a senior technical leader (Director, Lead Data Architect, Data Systems Architect or similar)
Demonstrated success building data platforms from scratch or very early scale
Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server
Warehouse/Lakehouse: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift
Orchestration: Airflow or Dagster
Excellent SQL and data modeling skills for complex, regulated datasets
Familiarity with supporting ML workflows (feature stores, batch scoring, monitoring)
Solid understanding of distributed systems and data reliability
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience required
Preferred
Experience with healthcare claims data; pharmacy, PBM, payer, or payment integrity experience is strongly preferred
Company
Rivera (formerly HDS)
Rivera helps payers take control of one of healthcare’s most complex systems: pharmacy benefits.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$18.55MKey Investors
MK CapitalTamarind Hill
2025-06-02Debt Financing
2025-04-29Series Unknown· $15M
2018-11-01Series Unknown· $1.75M
Leadership Team
Gary Rutherford RPh
Co-Founder of HealthPlan Data Solutions Inc.
Clark Seiling
COO / CFO
Recent News
2025-05-01
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