Principal Data Architect (AI)

Location: Sandy Springs (Atlanta), GA, USA; also open in Atlanta, Dallas, TX, or Daytona Beach, FL.

Company

Brown & Brown is an insurance company with a Retail Technology Data & AI organization supporting investment platforms and portfolio operations.

What you will do

• Define the Retail data and AI architecture blueprint across ingestion, storage, transformation, serving, governance, and AI/ML deployment.
• Architect and evolve hybrid data platforms using Azure, Databricks, and Google for batch, streaming, and real-time workloads.
• Design Lakehouse, Medallion, Data Mesh, MDM, API-first, event-driven, and ETL/ELT integration architectures.
• Define AI/ML architecture covering MLOps, model development, deployment, monitoring, governance, RAG systems, and agentic frameworks.
• Establish data governance, security, access control, lineage, auditability, and regulatory compliance architectures.
• Lead architecture reviews, technology evaluations, standards development, stakeholder engagement, and mentoring of senior technical staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, data engineering, or a related technical field; a master’s degree is strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise architecture, including at least 4 years in a senior or lead architect capacity.
• Experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platforms, preferably with Microsoft Azure, Google, and Databricks.
• Production experience with AI/ML systems, MLOps pipelines, LLM-powered applications, and agentic frameworks.
• Significant experience in financial services, insurance, or another regulated industry; broking domain experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience advising senior business leaders and serving as a technical and architectural authority.

Culture & Benefits

• Meritocratic culture supporting self-starters and customer-focused decision-making.
• Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• ESPP, 401(k), student loan assistance, and tuition reimbursement.
• Mental health and enhanced advocacy services.
• Paid time off, holidays, preferred partner discounts, and additional benefits subject to eligibility.