Principal Data Architect (AI, Cloud)

TL;DR

Principal Data Architect (AI, Cloud): Designing and owning complex, enterprise-scale data architectures with an accent on AI enablement, cloud-native development paradigms, and data governance. Focus on defining platform strategy, influencing senior clients, and guiding teams across multiple concurrent programs while ensuring technical integrity of solutions.

Location: This is a full time position based in Canada. We are only accepting applicants from the provinces of Ontario, Vancouver and Québec for this role. For Québec-based candidates, fluency in English is necessary because the position entails collaboration with teams based in the rest of Americas and occasionally in Europe.

Salary: $180,000–$250,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is an experience innovation company that transforms leading organizations by blending data, AI, creativity, and technology.

What you will do

• Design and own complex, enterprise-scale data architectures across multi-cloud environments (MS Fabric, Azure, GCP, AWS, Databricks).
• Define and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and governance frameworks, including AI-enabled architecture approaches.
• Act as a principal advisor to client technical leadership, shaping long-term strategy, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.
• Lead architectural direction during pre-sales, solutioning, scoping, and executive presentations.
• Architect highly available, distributed, fault-tolerant data pipelines for batch and streaming workloads.
• Oversee migration and integration of diverse data sources, optimizing performance across large-scale data processing engines.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering.
• Experience designing enterprise data platforms on at least one of Azure, GCP, or AWS and Databricks.
• Deep expertise in SQL, Python, distributed data processing, and cloud-native data design.
• Significant experience with medallion/lakehouse architecture patterns and modern data platforms: Databricks, Azure Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Delta Lake, BigQuery.
• Proven experience leading architecture across large programs and and multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage confidently with senior leadership and clients, including pre-sales, technical solutioning, or client-facing architecture leadership experience.
• For Québec-based candidates, fluency in English is necessary.

Nice to have

• Experience building AI-enabled data architectures and ML data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, and Fabric reporting tools.
• Demonstrated experience defining and operationalizing DevOps best practices.
• Knowledge of multi-cloud architecture components (Azure, GCP, AWS) and pipeline automation tooling such as Airflow, Azure Data Factory, Prefect.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive insurance plan (Gold, Silver, or Bronze modules; up to 80% employer contribution) including short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Virtual healthcare services via Dialogue by Sun Life and access to the Employee and Family Assistance Program with mental health support.
• $500 Personal Spending Account for healthcare reimbursements, gym memberships, public transit passes, office supplies, or RRSP contributions.
• Retirement plan where hirify.global matches 100% of RRSP contributions through a Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), up to 4%, with vesting after 24 months.
• Flexible vacation under hirify.global's policy, with 5 days available during your probation period.
• Personal Technology Reimbursement of $30/month for every employee, offered on day 1.
• Winter holiday closures and flexible scheduling throughout the year.