Lead Data Architect (Investment Management) (Contract)
Core
Design and implement the unified data architecture for investment management platforms, enabling generative AI use cases across portfolio holdings, market data, and unstructured research.
Role type
Senior hands-on Data Architect (Investment Management)
Builds
Unified data layers for portfolio holdings, structured market/economic data, and unstructured research/news content.
Domain
Financial Services / Investment Management / Data Architecture
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Data architecture and modelling, Investment data domains (IBOR/ABOR), Vector search and embedding-based retrieval, Data governance and lineage, Relational database design (Oracle), Modern data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Kafka), Cloud services (AWS/Azure), Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), Data migration and replatforming.
Preferred skills
Front-to-back investment management platforms, Document parsing and OCR.
Technologies
Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Oracle, SimCorp Dimension.
Responsibilities
Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for investment domains; Define golden-source and master-data standards; Produce implementation-ready artefacts (DDL, mappings, interface contracts); Develop architecture for unstructured data ingestion and vector databases; Define integration patterns for batch, API, and event-driven exchange; Develop data-governance frameworks and access controls; Lead data design reviews and steer change proposals.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC