Job Summary

A software development company has a current position open for a Remote Data Platform Architect.

Candidates will be responsible for the following:

• Contributing to setting standards and development principles across multiple teams and the larger organization
• Providing technical leadership to efforts around building a robust and scalable data pipeline to support billions of events
• Helping identify and propose solutions for technical and organizational gaps in our data pipeline by running proof of concepts and experiments working with Data Platform Engineers on implementation

Required Skills:

• BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience is required; MS or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred
• 10+ years of experience building and operating cloud-based, highly available, and scalable online serving or streaming systems utilizing large, diverse data sets in production
• Understanding of data access patterns, streaming technology, data validation, data modeling, data performance, cost optimization
• Experience defining data engineering/architecture best practices at a department and organizational level and establishing standards for operational excellence and code and data quality at a multi-project level
• Current on new industry trends (e.g., DS, ML, Data Engineering) and designs solutions for complex systems to meet ambiguous business needs