(Data) Architect
Core
Designing, evolving, and governing the end-to-end data architecture for the Product Unit, establishing principles, selecting platforms, and ensuring consistent implementation.
Role type
Senior IC data architect (platform strategy)
Builds
End-to-end data and analytics platforms for tax and compliance software
Domain
Financial services / Tax compliance / Data engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed data systems architecture, architectural governance, trade-off analysis (scalability/cost/speed/risk), technical mentorship, platform health monitoring, emerging tech evaluation
Preferred skills
Advanced degree in Engineering or CS
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Own and evolve target data and analytics architecture; Act as primary architectural authority for data platforms; Partner with Global and Enterprise Architects to align local architecture with enterprise standards; Define architectural standards, reference implementations, and guardrails for data ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption; Review and challenge designs to drive architectural consistency; Proactively identify architectural risks, technical debt, and scalability limits; Evaluate emerging data and AI technologies; Guide teams in evolving platform components into shared infrastructure capabilities; Monitor platform health, performance, reliability, and cost trends; Serve as a technical mentor for senior engineers and technical leads