Principal Data Architect

Referrals Only, Bangalore, India +1

What you will do

You will lead complex data programs, navigating architectural concerns and enabling delivery teams to deliver on accepted standards within time and budget.
You can provide client-facing technical leadership and guidance on topics related to data engineering, machine learning and Agentic AI to advise clients on bringing their data strategy to life.

What you need

Cloud & Big Data Platforms: Multi-cloud experience across major hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) with relevant certiﬁcations required. Deep expertise in big data technologies, modern lake houses, and platforms like Databricks, Snowﬂake and Fabric.
Data Platform Building, Tuning & Monitoring: Proven track record in end-to-end building, performance tuning, and monitoring of enterprise data platforms, including real-time streaming architectures (e.g., Apache Kafka, Spark Streaming).
Data Architecture, System Design & Modeling: Strong background in overall system architecture design, data warehouse design and data modeling (Dimensional, Data Vault), data mesh, data as a product, data governance, data quality & lineage, along with trade-off analysis for technology selection.
AI/ML, MLOps & Vector Architecture: Comprehensive experience in AI/ML solutions, orchestrating MLOps pipelines, managing vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, Chroma), and productionizing AI models at scale.
Hands-on Coding & DataOps/IaC: Strong hands-on PySpark development skills combined with DataOps best practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC - Terraform/CloudFormation), and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines for data platforms.
AI Fluency & Agentic Coding for Data: Proﬁciency in applying AI-assisted and agentic coding workﬂows to accelerate data pipeline engineering, automated data transformations, and system development.

You understand the importance of stakeholder management and can easily liaise between clients and other key stakeholders throughout projects, ensuring buy-in and gaining trust along the way.
You are resilient in ambiguous situations and can adapt your role to approach challenges from multiple perspectives.
You don’t shy away from risks or conflicts, instead you take them on and skillfully manage them.
You coach, mentor and motivate others and you aspire to influence teammates to take positive action and accountability for their work.
You enjoy influencing others and always advocate for technical excellence while being open to change when needed.
Cultivating strong partnerships comes naturally to you; You understand the importance of relationship building and how it can bring new opportunities to our business.
Certifications is cloud, data and AI platforms would be beneficial (Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, Claude)

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