Data Architect

Ather Energy; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ather Energy is seeking a Data Architect to blueprint its end-to-end data ecosystem, including data lakes, warehouses, and data marts, with a focus on analytics, ML, and AI readiness.

You will design and optimize complex data processing pipelines, stay current with new technologies, and collaborate with data engineers, scientists, analysts, product managers, and business leaders to enable intelligent, data-driven decisions that shape the future of electric mobility.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of proven experience in data engineering, data modeling, and data architecture roles.
• Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale data platforms (Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, Data Marts).
• Deep expertise with Databricks Lakehouse Platform and Apache Spark; designing and debugging complex jobs.
• Advanced SQL skills with strong relational and non-relational DB knowledge.
• Experience integrating data from enterprise tools and telemetry data on cloud platforms (preferably GCP).

Responsibilities

• Evolve analytics, ML, and AI ready data lake to support growth.
• Design and enforce data governance, data quality, and metadata management.

Skills

Pyspark

Apache Spark

Databricks Lakehouse Platform

Advanced SQL

Tools

GCP

ClickHouse

SAP

Salesforce

Job description

The Data Office team at Ather is responsible for evolving an analytics, ML, and AI ready data lake to support key initiatives and explosive growth, designing and enforcing best practices for data governance, quality, and metadata management, and optimally processing data from multiple enterprise and telemetry sources.

This role is for a visionary engineer designing the blueprint for Ather's entire data ecosystem. The Data Architect will design complex data processing pipelines, stay up to date on new technologies, and work closely with data engineers, data scientists, analysts, product managers, and business leaders to accelerate progress and empower intelligent, data-driven decisions that shape the future of electric mobility.

Responsibilities

Evolve an analytics, ML, and AI ready data lake to support key initiatives and explosive growth.

Design and enforce best practices for data governance, data quality, and metadata management.

Design complex data processing pipelines to optimally process data from multiple data sources.

Stay up to date on new technologies and strategically keep Ather’s data stack up to date.

Understand business needs and work closely with data engineers, data scientists, analysts, product managers, and business leaders to accelerate progress through data.

Experience and Qualifications

8-12 years of proven experience in data engineering, data modeling, and data architecture roles.

Must Have Competencies

Extensive experience designing and implementing large-scale data platforms, including Data Lakes, Data Warehouses, and Data Marts.

Deep practical expertise with the Databricks Lakehouse Platform and Apache Spark, including designing and debugging complex jobs.

Advanced SQL skills paired with a strong understanding of relational and non-relational databases.

Proficiency in Pyspark for executing complex data engineering tasks.

Significant experience building and managing data solutions on major cloud platforms, preferably GCP.

Good to Have Competencies

Proven experience with high-performance columnar databases like ClickHouse.

Expertise with leveraging and integrating data from various enterprise tools such as SAP, Salesforce, and Jira.

Familiarity with processing and architectural design for telemetry data.

A reasonable grasp of high school level physics to align with engineering systems.

Want to know more?

At Ather, we’ve built India’s first intelligent scooter, from scratch. Based on the philosophy of clean design and smart technology, we are transforming the urban commute experience. We are expanding in India, and in the coming years, we look forward to scaling up and launching more products globally. Today, our product offerings include the Ather 450X, 450S, 450 Apex, and Rizta. Beyond the product, we are also setting up an extensive charging network and re-imagining end-to-end ownership experience. To know more, check out our Careers site and our Substack.

Be You, With Us

The Ather story doesn't write itself - our people do. We believe everyone is equal, but not the same. Diversity is our strength, and building an inclusive and equitable workplace begins with acknowledging and embracing our differences. We are an equal opportunity employer, and our team reflects a wide range of identities, experiences, and perspectives - all united by a shared passion to shape the Ather journey.