Principal Data Architect (GCP)

Location: Nashville, TN; hybrid workplace

Salary: $180,000–$250,000 per year, plus an annual bonus and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing, data-first engineering and technology company helping clients use Google Cloud, Salesforce, and data insights to drive business impact.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end architecture, design, and implementation of scalable Data Lakehouse solutions on GCP using BigQuery, GCS, BigLake, and Dataplex.
• Work directly with clients to understand business and technical requirements and translate them into architectural blueprints and delivery plans.
• Design real-time and batch ingestion pipelines using modern orchestration and streaming frameworks.
• Establish data cataloging, metadata, lineage, data quality, security, access control, and governance practices.
• Act as technical lead for project teams by mentoring engineers, reviewing solutions, and maintaining architectural consistency.
• Combine strategic architecture work with hands-on POCs, pipeline deep dives, performance tuning, and client advisory.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of progressive experience in Software Engineering and Data Platform development, including 5+ years architecting data platforms on GCP and/or Databricks.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying Data Lakehouse platforms with data products and medallion architectures.
• Strong knowledge of real-time and batch ingestion, ETL/ELT pipeline design, and orchestration with Airflow, Pub/Sub, or similar frameworks.
• Expertise in data modeling, storage optimization, partitioning, and performance tuning for large-scale analytical workloads.
• Experience implementing data governance, security, and cataloging solutions such as Dataplex, Data Catalog, IAM, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills for engaging technical and non-technical stakeholders and guiding solution decisions.
• Ability to lead mixed teams of engineers, analysts, and architects while balancing architectural vision with hands-on delivery.
• Strong problem-solving mindset, curiosity about new technologies, and ability to work at both architecture and code-troubleshooting levels.

Nice to have

• Experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and hybrid GCP–Databricks data architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Data-first, entrepreneurial environment focused on learning, innovation, and solving complex problems.
• Comprehensive health insurance, paid vacation/PTO, paid holidays, sick leave, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• 401(k) employer match and employee referral bonuses.
• Standard hiring verification may include background and employment checks.
• Equal opportunity employer with reasonable accommodations available throughout the selection process.