Architect, IT Data Architecture

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter

As an Architect on Baxter's IT Data Architecture team, you will play a key role in designing and building the data services, pipelines, and application architecture that enable secure, scalable access to information across the enterprise. This role will help drive the continued evolution of Mosaic, a critical internal platform used by teams across Baxter, through the development of new capabilities, integrations, and innovative technical solutions.

You will join a highly technical team focused on modern architecture, cloud technologies, and enterprise data solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on architect who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, learning new technologies quickly, and building solutions that have broad organizational impact. Success in this role will be measured by your ability to quickly ramp up on the Mosaic platform, contribute meaningful enhancements within your first few months, and deliver new features into production that create value for Baxter's internal customers.

This is a hybrid role based in Deerfield, IL.

What you'll be doing

• Design and implement data pipelines, APIs, and endpoints that provide secure and scalable access to enterprise data.

• Develop and enhance Mosaic platform capabilities using Python, SQL, Neo4j, Unix, and modern software development practices.

• Design and implement microservices and architectural solutions that improve system scalability, reliability, and performance.

• Build and maintain RESTful services that enable efficient access to data and support enterprise applications across Baxter.

• Leverage Docker and containerization technologies to improve portability, deployment, and operational efficiency.

• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

• Ensure data privacy, security, and governance requirements are incorporated into application and architecture decisions.

• Evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, and machine learning capabilities to drive continuous innovation across the platform.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of experience in endpoint development, software engineering, data engineering, architecture, or a related technical discipline.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, Neo4j, Unix/Linux, and RESTful API development.

• Experience designing and implementing microservices, architectural patterns, and distributed application solutions.

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, including cloud-native development practices.

• Experience with Docker, Redis, Flask, gUnicorn, containerization technologies, and enterprise application development.

• Familiarity with JavaScript, Node.js, UI/UX development, machine learning, predictive modeling, data warehousing, or data modeling is preferred.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to learn new technologies quickly and adapt in a rapidly evolving technical environment.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a required minimum number of days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission. The flexible workplace policy is subject to local laws and legal requirements. At its discretion, Baxter may decide to adjust, suspend, or discontinue as business needs change.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $128,000 -$176,000. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. …