Data Architect (Freelancer)

Soul Ai; New Delhi; Hybrid; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Above market pay

Job summary

Soul AI invites a top-tier Data Architect to join an elite community for a contract project across India. You will design scalable data platforms, integrate diverse sources, and drive real-time and batch pipelines for analytics and ML.

Expect responsibilities spanning governance, security, and cost optimization in cloud environments, with hands-on experience in Kafka/Flink and modern data tooling. Remote-first with on-site client options.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable, distributed data systems.
• Proficiency in Python/Scala/Java and big data tools.
• Hands-on with modern data infra and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines.
• Develop real-time and batch data workflows for analytics and ML.
• Define data governance, security, and cost optimization in cloud envs.
• Implement real-time streaming with Kafka, Kinesis, Flink; follow DataOps.

Skills

Distributed data architecture

Python/Scala/Java

Spark/Hadoop/Flink/Kafka

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Tools

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.