Data Architect
Core
Design and modernize scalable data platforms, data models, and governance frameworks for global economic research platforms (FRED, FRASER) serving millions of economists and policymakers.
Role type
Senior Data Architect (Economic Data Platforms)
Builds
Scalable storage architectures, metadata schemas, and data processing frameworks for economic time-series data.
Domain
Financial Services / Economic Research / Big Data
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Data architecture, cloud data platforms (AWS), data modeling, data governance, SQL, data lifecycle management, security strategies, data warehousing, big data technologies, machine learning data requirements
Preferred skills
Time-series data platforms, distributed query engines, data catalog and metadata management, economic datasets
Technologies
AWS, SQL, DataOps tools
Responsibilities
Define and evolve target data architecture for economic data systems; Design scalable storage architectures for billions of time-series observations; Develop metadata schemas for dataset discoverability and lineage; Standardize dataset structures across platforms; Implement scalable data processing frameworks; Improve indexing and metadata strategies for search and discovery; Partner with Application Architect to optimize data access patterns for APIs.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
