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Staff Application Database Architect

Heartflow · San Francisco, California

Posted 19 days ago · $190,000 to $250,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
19 days
Heartflow's roles stay open a median of 35 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
65% of Heartflow's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Heartflow
moderate
19 stale, 1 reposted of 63 open
Hiring momentum
120 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Heartflow's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Heartflow.

About this role

As a Staff Application Database Architect at Heartflow, you will be responsible for designing and optimizing OLTP database systems that support clinical and operational applications. Your role will involve writing high-performance queries, managing data access strategies for Python/Django services, and ensuring database performance and compliance with healthcare regulations. Additionally, you will lead data modeling efforts and may contribute to analytics and AI-related projects.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Heartflow as an employer.

What you need

  • Deep, hands-on expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora, or equivalent)
  • Strong experience building backend data layers for web applications and services in Python
  • Expert-level fluency in SQLAlchemy and/or the Django ORM
  • Expert-level conceptual, logical, and physical modeling for transactional/OLTP workloads
  • Performance tuning, partitioning, indexing strategy, replication, HA/DR for production relational databases
  • Building data systems in AWS with a strong grasp of cost, security, and reliability

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with Data Lake or lakehouse concepts
  • Exposure to metadata, schema registries, ontologies, or semantic layers for AI

What you get

  • Base salary compensation range of $190,000 to $250,000, plus bonus and equity

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of remote work flexibility, although the position is labeled as #LI-Hybrid
  • The role involves hands-on work, which may not suit those looking for purely strategic positions
  • The job requires compliance with strict healthcare regulations, which may add complexity to the role

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Listed by Heartflow on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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