Data Platform Architect

Location: 100% remote within the United States

Salary: $100,000–$175,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.

What you will do

• Define the target-state architecture for enterprise data platforms spanning ingestion, storage, processing, governance, and consumption.
• Establish standards for data modeling, schema evolution, partitioning, file formats, storage organization, data contracts, and data products.
• Architect lakehouse, warehouse, and streaming solutions using platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Iceberg, Delta Lake, and Hudi.
• Design reliable and cost-effective batch and streaming pipelines, including security, identity-aware access, encryption, masking, and data controls.
• Lead governance, lineage, catalog, disaster recovery, high-availability, multi-region, and capacity-planning initiatives.
• Partner with ML, BI, product, data engineering, and architecture teams; lead reviews, create architecture artifacts, and mentor technical staff.

Requirements

• Must be located in the United States for this fully remote role.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 12+ years of data engineering experience, including significant architecture experience and leadership of large cross-team initiatives.
• Deep expertise in at least two major data platforms, such as Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or Redshift.
• Strong knowledge of lakehouse architectures, modern table formats, streaming systems, data modeling, governance, lineage, cloud platforms, networking, identity, and cost optimization.
• Production-scale experience with Spark, Flink, or Kafka, along with excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with data mesh or data product architectures.
• Familiarity with dbt Semantic Layer, Cube, or LookML.
• Experience in regulated industries with data residency or audit requirements.
• Cloud or platform certifications and public writing or talks on data architecture.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time direct W2 employment.
• Remote work within the United States.
• Career growth opportunities within an established technology consulting and software development organization.
• Equal employment opportunity workplace.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume for consideration by email.
• Applicants may include U.S. citizens, Green Card holders, EAD holders, and H-1B transfer candidates.
• New H-1B visa petitions cannot be sponsored for this position.