Data Platform Architect
$100,000–$150,000 year
Remote · United States
Job Summary
Define and lead the architecture of the enterprise data platform, spanning ingestion, storage, processing, governance, and consumption layers. Set standards for data modeling, schema evolution, partitioning, file formats, and storage organization. Architect lakehouse, warehouse, and streaming patterns using Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Hudi. Design end-to-end data pipelines balancing latency, cost, reliability, and maintainability across batch and streaming workloads. Lead governance, lineage, and catalog integrations (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Unity Catalog, DataHub). Define security architecture including row- and column-level controls, masking, encryption, and identity-aware access patterns. Partner with ML, BI, and product teams to ensure platform capabilities align with downstream needs. Establish data contract and data product principles to drive ownership and quality. Lead architecture reviews and provide guidance on pipeline and warehouse designs across teams. Drive cost optimization and capacity planning. Design disaster recovery, multi-region, and high-availability strategies. Mentor engineers and architects on platform standards. Produce architecture artifacts and stay current with data platform research and vendor/open-source developments.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Eight or more years of experience in data engineering, with significant time in architecture roles
- Deep expertise across at least two major data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift
- Strong understanding of lakehouse architectures, modern table formats, and streaming systems
- Hands-on experience with Spark, Flink, or Kafka at production scale
- Strong data modeling expertise across dimensional, normalized, and data-vault patterns
- Experience implementing governance, lineage, and catalog capabilities
- Solid grasp of cloud platforms, networking, identity, and cost optimization
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills
- Track record of leading large data platform initiatives across teams
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