# How a strategically designed data platform elevates product outcomes

DevFeed: [How a strategically designed data platform elevates product outcomes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-a-strategically-designed-data-platform-elevates-product-outcomes-20030.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technology.doximity.com/articles/how-a-strategically-designed-data-platform-elevates-product-outcomes>)

Author: Doximity

Published: 2022-12-09T16:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Doximity](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/doximity.md>)

Topics: [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-engineering.md>), [Domain-driven design (DDD)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/domain-driven-design.md>), [Data Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-infrastructure.md>), [data observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-observability.md>)

Tags: [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-engineering.md>), [data-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-infrastructure.md>), [domain-driven-design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/domain-driven-design.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>)

## AI overview

Doximity describes organizing its data function around cross-functional product teams that combine data analysts, data engineers, and product managers. The article contrasts this model with functionally separated data teams and argues that domain-focused ownership better supports data-driven products.

## Source excerpt

If this article piques your interest and you would like an opportunity to do your best data work in a unique and truly data-driven environment, you're in luck: ⚡ we're hiring! ⚡ Building a company where data is fundamental has resulted in many unique challenges--one of which is how to organize our data teams. But before diving into Doximity's data team structure, let's set the stage. Doximity is commonly mentioned as the "LinkedIn for doctors" and although partially accurate it only captures a portion of our story. Today, Doximity assists medical professionals with career navigation, secure peer-to-peer communication, telehealth (Dialer), medical news and research discovery, Locum Tenens opportunities (Curative), and, most recently, clinical scheduling (Amion). I like to say that we are more of a Swiss army knife for medical professionals. Already unique in terms of our offerings and network, which includes over 2 million U.S. healthcare professionals, including over 80% of U.S. physicians, we are also unique in that we are a profoundly data-driven company. Not only do we leverage data for business intelligence and decision support, but data directly drives the majority of our products. Through talking with industry peers, it is my experience that even in today's increasingly data-driven world, many organizations still leverage an older strategy for organizing their data teams. In short, most companies have a data analyst team and a data engineering team. The division is purely functional, and if there's a need for data infrastructure, you will often find it managed by members of the general operations team. Being big proponents of domain-driven design we do not believe it is possible to achieve the best performance for modern high-performance data organizations using this model. Instead, at Doximity, we have multiple cross-functional product teams where each team is responsible for a specific product (or part of a product). These product teams are generally composed