Mission Statement
Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.
Job Summary
Working at the University of Michigan Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the Kellogg Eye Center means being part of a team committed to discovery, understanding, curing, preventing, and treating eye disease.
The Kellogg Eye Center has long upheld the values of exemplary patient care and dedication to patients and their families. Together, Kellogg faculty and staff have developed a statement of purpose, a long-term vision, and guiding principles that reaffirm these values.
Purpose: Improve lives through understanding, curing, preventing, and treating eye disease.
Vision: Improve lives around the world by enhancing vision.
Guiding Principles
- Innovation: Our curiosity drives innovation and the quest for knowledge.
- Teamwork: We are a collegial, productive, and collaborative community.
- Inclusivity: We value engagement with all communities we serve.
- Caring: We are respectful and compassionate.
- Integrity: Our ethics are built on openness, honesty, and trust.
The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences seeks a Data Architect whose primary mission will be to build and maintain research data infrastructure supporting data science and artificial intelligence studies across multiple research teams.
In this role, the Data Architect will design reliable, user-friendly, multi-modal data infrastructure aligned with FAIR principles ? Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable ? to enable high-quality, population-level research. This position will serve as a core member of the department?s data science efforts and will contribute directly to academic and collaborative research with the potential to impact eye care and healthcare more broadly.
The Data Architect will work independently while regularly communicating progress to the Director of Data Science and departmental leadership. The ideal candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with statisticians and data scientists to ensure smooth data pipelines. Strong technical expertise in data engineering, including proficiency in SQL and Python, is also required.
This is a hybrid position located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Responsibilities*
- Design, build, and maintain scalable research data infrastructure to support multiple research teams and studies.
- Integrate multi-modal data (electronic health records, visual fields, ophthalmic imaging, etc.) into cohesive, reliable, and accessible systems.
- Maintain existing research data pipelines utilizing Epic Clarity extractions.
- Establish standards for data governance, quality assurance, and HIPAA security compliance.
- Interface with various stakeholders ranging from departmental leadership to members of research teams to understand and anticipate data needs.
- Collaborate with university-wide informatics experts to integrate eye-specific data with system-wide data resources.
Required Qualifications*
Data Architect Lead
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 3+ years of experience in big data analytics with a record of project ownership and independent work.
- Proficiency with relational databases (SQL) and Python is required. Familiarity with various data warehouse and data lake architectures (Snowflake, Databricks) is necessary.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to drive technical direction and clearly explain decisions to research investigators and leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to function effectively in a team-based environment with a wide variety of stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications*
Data Architect Lead
- Demonstrated expertise in management of large electronic health records datasets, machine learning, and biostatistics. Prior work with medical imaging analysis or LLM-enabled/AI-driven use cases is a plus.
- Epic Clarity certification is highly recommended, although on-site training is also possible.
Why Join Michigan Medicine?
Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world and has been the site of many groundbreaking medical and technological advancements since the opening of the U-M Medical School in 1850. Michigan Medicine is comprised of over 30,000 employees and our vision is to attract, inspire, and develop outstanding people in medicine, sciences, and healthcare to become one of the world?s most distinguished academic health systems. In some way, great or small, every person here helps to advance this world-class institution. Work at Michigan Medicine and become a victor for the greater good.
What Benefits can you Look Forward to?
- Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
- 2:1 Match on retirement savings
Modes of Work
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Background Screening
Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. Pre-employment drug testing applies to all selected candidates, including new or additional faculty and staff appointments, as well as transfers from other U-M campuses.
Application Deadline
Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. The review and selection process may begin as early as the eighth day after posting. This opening may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.