Data Architect

Change Digital – Digital & Tech Recruitment; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Change Digital are recruiting on behalf of our global client for an experienced Data Architect to design scalable data foundations in Edinburgh. Hybrid working with 6-month contract inside IR35, shaping end-to-end data architectures across engineering, product and analytics teams.

You will drive data platform design, performance optimization and security-by-design, delivering reusable patterns and enabling rapid product iteration.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering scalable data architectures on cloud platforms.
• Strong SQL and data engineering skills.
• Experience with data security, privacy and data quality by design.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end data designs and reusable architecture patterns.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture and product teams to deliver high-performance data platforms.
• Ensure security, privacy and data quality by design.

Skills

Data Architecture

Cloud Platforms

Snowflake

SQL

Data Integration

APIs

Event-Driven

Security by Design

Observability

DevOps

CI/CD

Automation

Tools

CI/CD

Snowflake tooling

Job description

Data Architect - 6 Months Contract - Edinburgh/Hybrid (Inside IR35)

Shape the future of data architecture.

Change Digital are recruiting on behalf of our global client with offices in central Edinburgh for an experienced Data Architect to design the technical foundations that power modern, scalable and secure data solutions.

You'll work across engineering, architecture and product teams to define end-to-end data designs, create reusable architecture patterns, and ensure data platforms deliver high performance, reliability and business value. From cloud data platforms and APIs to event-driven architectures and security-by-design, you'll play a key role in turning strategy into execution.

What you'll bring:

• Strong Data Architecture experience on modern cloud platforms
• Expertise in Snowflake, Oracle or similar technologies
• Data integration, APIs, event-driven and analytical architectures
• Advanced SQL and data engineering knowledge
• Security, privacy, observability and data quality by design
• Performance, scalability and cost optimisation expertise
• DevOps/DataOps, CI/CD and automation experience

You'll thrive if you:

• Think end-to-end and solve complex architectural challenges
• Influence engineering teams through clear standards and patterns
• Balance innovation with practical delivery
• Drive continuous improvement and reduce technical debt

If you're passionate about designing robust, future-ready data platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver at scale, we'd love to hear from you.