Data Architect (Freelancer)

Soul Ai; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Soul AI invites top Data Architects to join a community-backed contract role focused on designing, building, and optimizing enterprise data platforms. You will architect scalable pipelines, integrate diverse data sources, and enable real-time analytics for ML initiatives.

Remote or onsite options with project timelines spanning months to a year. Experience with Spark, Kafka, and cloud deployments is highly valued. Collaborative work with industry leaders is emphasized.

Qualifications

• Design scalable, distributed data systems using Python, Scala, or Java.
• Expertise with Spark, Hadoop, Flink, Kafka and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Knowledge of data modeling, governance, warehousing (Snowflake/Redshift/BigQuery) and security/compliance.
• Hands-on CI/CD (Terraform, CloudFormation, Airflow, Kubernetes) and data infra optimization (Prometheus, Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Design and architect enterprise-scale data platforms, integrating diverse data sources.
• Develop real-time and batch data pipelines to support analytics and ML.
• Define and enforce data governance for security, integrity and compliance.
• Implement real-time streaming solutions (Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Flink) and DevOps/DataOps practices.

Skills

Data architecture

Distributed systems design

Programming (Python/Scala/Java)

Cloud platforms

Data governance

CI/CD principles

Tools

Apache Spark

Hadoop

Flink

Kafka

Snowflake

Redshift

BigQuery

Terraform

CloudFormation

Airflow

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Step into the world of AI innovation with the Experts Community of Soul AI (By Deccan AI).

We are looking for Indias top 1% Data Architects for a unique job opportunity to work with the industry leaders.

Who can be a part of the community.

We are looking for top-tier Data Architects who are proficient in designing, building and optimizing data pipelines.

If you have experience in this field then this is your chance to collaborate with industry leaders.

Whats in it for you.

Pay above market standards.

The role is going to be contract based with project timelines from 2 12 months, or freelancing.

Be a part of an Elite Community of professionals who can solve complex AI challenges.

Work location could be:

Remote (Highly likely).

Onsite on client location.

Deccan AIs OfficeHyderabad or Bangalore.

Responsibilities.

• Design and architect enterprise-scale data platforms, integrating diverse data sources and tools.
• Develop real-time and batch data pipelines to support analytics and machine learning.
• Define and enforce data governance strategies to ensure security, integrity, and compliance along with optimizing data pipelines for high performance, scalability, and cost efficiency in cloud environments.
• Implement solutions for real-time streaming data (Kafka, AWS Kinesis, Apache Flink) and adopt DevOps/DataOps best practices.

Required

• Skills:
• Strong experience in designing scalable, distributed data systems and programming (Python, Scala, Java) with expertise in Apache Spark, Hadoop, Flink, Kafka, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proficient in data modeling, governance, warehousing (Snowflake, Redshift, Big Query), and security/compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA).
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Airflow, Kubernetes) and data infrastructure optimization (Prometheus, Grafana).

Nice to Have.

• Experience with graph databases, machine learning pipeline integration, real-time analytics, and IoT solutions.
• Contributions to open-source data engineering communities.