Lead Data Architect (GCP)

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; on-site during the initial 3-week Discovery phase, followed by a hybrid working model. Candidates must currently be based in Saudi Arabia and have valid work authorization.

Company

hirify.global is a global software development services provider delivering AI-driven solutions, cloud services, and data engineering across EdTech, FinTech, and HealthTech.

What you will do

• Design and document high-level and low-level architecture for a Google Cloud Lakehouse platform.
• Implement raw, standardized, and curated data layers and integrate data from enterprise systems, Data Lake, and Oracle Data Warehouse environments.
• Design Customer 360 models and identity resolution solutions using deterministic and probabilistic matching and survivorship rules.
• Develop and optimize production data pipelines with SQL, Python, Airflow, and dbt.
• Establish data quality, reconciliation, metadata management, lineage, security, governance, and compliance frameworks, including KSA data residency and PDPL requirements.
• Design Power BI semantic models with RLS/OLS, support Dynamics 365 embedded analytics, and lead a team of 6–8 data engineers and developers.

Requirements

• 10+ years of combined experience in Data Engineering and Data Architecture.
• 3+ years of hands-on GCP experience, including BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Dataflow, Cloud Run or GKE, IAM, and cloud networking.
• Strong SQL and Python skills with proven experience building production-grade data pipelines; production experience with Apache Airflow and dbt.
• Strong understanding of Lakehouse architecture, data modeling, and enterprise data integration.
• Hands-on experience designing Customer 360 solutions and implementing identity resolution techniques.
• Experience with data quality frameworks, reconciliation, metadata management, data lineage, Power BI semantic models, RLS/OLS, and Dynamics 365 integration.
• Understanding of data security, encryption, audit logging, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience with banking or insurance data, including customers, policies, claims, or providers.
• Proven experience leading technical teams of 6–8 engineers; English proficiency at B2 level or higher is required.
• Must currently be based in Saudi Arabia with valid work authorization and be willing to work on-site in Riyadh for the initial 3-week Discovery phase, then follow a hybrid model.

Nice to have

• Experience with BigQuery ML, Vertex AI, or Gemini.
• Familiarity with Saudi Arabia’s PDPL and data residency regulations.
• Experience with sensitive or restricted medical or financial data.
• Arabic language proficiency.

Culture & Benefits

• Long-term project contributing to a large-scale financial-sector data transformation initiative.
• Hands-on technical leadership and ownership of key architectural decisions in an international working environment.
• Flexible working schedule with remote work or work from one of the company offices after the initial on-site phase.
• 20 business days of covered vacation, 5 sick leave days, and 3 additional days off.
• Free English classes, legal support, and a friendly, supportive atmosphere.
• Medical insurance is available for employees from Ukraine.