Principal Data Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Successfully deliver innovative data and AI solutions across a diverse range of clients.

• Provide strategic thought leadership within the data and AI sector.

• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to establish principles, strategic direction, and both functional and non-functional designs.

• Oversee architects and engineers while fostering their professional growth.

• Ensure support for agile teams with diverse skill sets.

• Evaluate solution outcomes, technical implications, and design complexities.

• Assist teams in making informed technical decisions.

• Spearhead the development of policies and standards.

• Cultivate customer relationships and strategic account plans.

• Share expertise and mentor fellow colleagues.

• Provide guidance on emerging technologies and methodologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive knowledge of current and emerging data and AI technologies, including IoT, edge processing, event-driven data architectures, serverless processing, file systems, object, document, key-value, search, RDBMS, graph, cognitive services, and machine learning.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence C-level stakeholders.

• Demonstrated experience in designing, building, and deploying modern data or AI-centric applications.

• Proficiency in distributed and scalable systems.

• Experience with public cloud data platforms, including at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP.

• Familiarity with using IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS solutions.

• Knowledge of data integration techniques such as messaging, queuing, change data capture, or data virtualization.

• Ability to prioritize customer needs while integrating non-functional considerations into application design.

• Capacity to manage time effectively across multiple significant projects and meet deadlines.

• Experience in proactively developing business strategies and understanding the commercial implications of decisions.

• Ability to motivate and empower teams, fostering an inclusive, creative, and wellbeing-focused culture.

• Desirable: experience in managing others, setting objectives, providing feedback, and conducting performance reviews.

• Desirable: active engagement in technology communities and sharing insights on technological advancements.

🏝️ Benefits

• People-first organizational culture.

• Opportunities for growth, learning, development, and career support.

• An inclusive and creative environment focused on employee wellbeing.

• Availability of recruitment accommodations and adjustments.

• Recruitment processes tailored to candidate needs through confidential discussions.