Data Architect – Cloud Data Platform & BigQuery

Remote Genie

Chiasso

Hybrid

CHF 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

36h work week

Hybrid work from Chiasso

Flexible start/end hours

Remote work period per year

Volunteer days

Job summary

lastminute.com is seeking a Data Architect to join its Data Platform & Architecture team in a hybrid role based in Chiasso, Switzerland. You will lead the data stack architecture, focusing on BigQuery, dbt, and GCP services, and drive infrastructure-as-code practices using Terraform and GitLab CI.

The role requires deep cloud data experience with a strong ability to explain trade-offs and collaborate with engineers and stakeholders in English.

Qualifications

Proven hands-on experience designing and running data platforms on a public cloud, preferably GCP.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture of our modern data stack on BigQuery and dbt, setting patterns and standards for workloads.
Design and evolve the GCP data platform architecture (BigQuery, Cloud Composer/Airflow, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, GCS) with Terraform and GitLab CI.
Own the data ingestion layer from batch/CDC to event streams with reliability, freshness, cost and schema evolution considerations.
Define and maintain foundation pieces: access management, security, FinOps, data lineage and observability.
Act as technical reference for data engineers and analysts; review designs and turn solutions into reusable assets (Terraform modules, templates, docs, AI context).