Senior Databricks / Snowflake Data Architect – BestX, VP
Core
Lead the design and evolution of BestX's next-generation cloud-native data platform to support multi-asset Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), analytics, and reporting.
Role type
Senior IC Data Architect (Cloud Data Platform)
Builds
Scalable data lakehouse solutions, high-performance data models, ingestion frameworks, and transformation pipelines for real-time and batch processing.
Domain
Financial Services / Capital Markets (TCA, FX, Fixed Income, Equities, Derivatives)
Required skills
Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Spark, Structured Streaming), Snowflake (data modelling, Snowpark), Apache Spark, Python, SQL, ELT/ETL frameworks, Cloud platforms (AWS: S3, EMR, Glue, ECS/EKS, Lambda), Kafka/EventBridge, Data governance, Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, DataOps.
Preferred skills
Capital markets analytics platforms, Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA), AI/ML platforms and MLOps, alternative analytical databases (DuckDB, ClickHouse, Redshift, BigQuery, KDB+, Apache Iceberg), BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Sigma, ThoughtSpot), cloud migration leadership.
Responsibilities
Design and develop architecture for multi-asset TCA and analytics platform; Lead technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and rapid prototyping; Architect and implement scalable data lakehouse solutions; Design high-performance data models and pipelines; Establish best practices for data governance, lineage, security, and observability; Build and optimise analytical platforms for large-scale datasets; Work with quantitative researchers and product teams to translate requirements; Define architectural standards and roadmaps for data warehousing, lakehouse, streaming, and AI/ML; Drive adoption of Agile, DevOps, and DataOps; Mentor engineering teams; Take ownership of architecture decisions from concept to production.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
