Data Architect

Visium SA; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Dedicated education budget

Sport budget

Flexible working culture

Impact at scale

International, collaborative team

Job summary

Visium, a company blending strategy, deep technical and integration expertise, is seeking a Data Architect to design scalable, secure data platforms on Azure. You will be a technical reference for data architecture decisions across complex environments and collaborate with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership to turn data strategy into reality.

Responsibilities include end-to-end data architectures, data models and governance, leading architectural trade-offs, and ensuring security,

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture and/or data engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in lakehouse and modern analytics architectures.
• Strong experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native data platforms in Azure is a must.
• Experience with either Databricks or Microsoft Fabric is required; experience with both is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data architectures (data platforms, pipelines, storage, analytics).
• Define data models, standards, and best practices for scalability and governance.
• Lead architectural decisions and support complex technical trade-offs.
• Work closely with data engineers, data modelers, analytics teams, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure security, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions.
• Contribute to data strategy and long-term platform evolution.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Azure

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure

Job description

Visium combines strategy, frontier AI, and deep regulated-industry expertise to build and deploy AI-native systems that reinvent how businesses operate - unlocking the value of AI at scale.

We’re not a strategy firm that ships slide decks and walks away. Not a tech consultancy that builds what won’t get adopted. Not a product company chasing problems it doesn’t understand. We’re all three at once: strategy, deep technical and integration expertise, and product, working as one. That combination is our flywheel. Consulting keeps us close to the hardest real-world problems. Products let us solve them at scale. Every engagement sharpens our products; every deployment makes the next engagement faster, deeper, and more certain.

We’re obsessed with outcomes. While 95% of enterprise AI pilots never reach production, Visium is built to be the 5% delivering productised AI that compounds in value, not point solutions that deliver marginal gains. We are AI-native, not AI-adjacent. We don’t bolt AI onto broken workflows; we redesign them with AI at the core.

Role

As a Data Architect, you will design and shape scalable, secure, and business-driven data platforms on Azure. You act as a technical reference for data architecture decisions across complex environments. You collaborate closely with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership to turn data strategy into reality.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Design end-to-end data architectures (data platforms, pipelines, storage, analytics).
• Define data models, standards, and best practices for scalability and governance.
• Lead architectural decisions and support complex technical trade-offs.
• Work closely with data engineers, data modelers, analytics teams, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure security, performance, and cost-efficiency of data solutions.
• Contribute to data strategy and long-term platform evolution.

To succeed in this role, you bring a combination of expertise, experience, and skills including:

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture and/or data engineering roles, with exposure to complex, large-scale data platforms.
• Deep expertise in data architecture and data modeling, including lakehouse and modern analytics architectures.
• Strong experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native data platforms in Azure is a must.
• Experience with eitherDatabricksorMicrosoft Fabricis required; experience with both is a strong advantage.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into robust, end-to-end technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of data warehousing, analytics, and data-driven use cases.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience interacting with senior-level stakeholders and leading technical discussions.

What we offer

• A competitive compensation package
• A yearly education budget to steep your learning curve
• A yearly sport budget because a fit body leads to a fit mind
• A flexible working culture because your work-life balance matters to us
• A position that enables you to have an impact on 1’000s of people, and the whole company’s growth.
• An international, knowledgeable, and passionate team with a strong collaborative mindset

Check our LinkedIn and website to learn more about us & don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.