Staff Data Architect

Priceline; Mumbai; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness coverage

Generous time off

Work/life support incl. remote 4 weeks

Retirement plans

Employee discounts on hotels and trips

Tax-advantaged accounts

ERGs and recognition programs

Job summary

Priceline is seeking a Staff Data Architect for Customer Growth to lead the design of future-proof data architectures powering customer acquisition, retention, and engagement. You will influence multiple engineering squads through architecture decisions and best-practices across our data platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership-by-influence, collaboration with product management, data science, and business leaders, and staying ahead with innovative data paradigms to drive measurable growth.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years designing and implementing distributed data processing systems using Spark, Flink, Kafka, or Delta Lake/Iceberg.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve robust, scalable data architectures supporting real-time personalization, marketing automation, and advanced customer analytics.
• Evaluate trade-offs between batch vs. streaming, self-hosted vs. managed services, and various data lakehouse architectures with objective analyses.
• Define and evangelize global engineering best practices, data governance, security standards, and CI/CD patterns across the portfolio.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams within Customer Growth to align data infrastructure with product roadmaps and business goals.
• Continually research and prototype emerging technologies (Data Mesh, real-time feature stores) to keep the growth engine competitive.
• Mentor engineers through code and architecture reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.

Skills

Python

Scala

Java

SQL

Leadership by influence

Data Modeling

Communication

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Apache Spark

Flink

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

Delta Lake

Job description

Hybrid Work Model: Two days in-office

Our Technology team is the backbone of our company: constantly creating, testing, learning and iterating to better meet the needs of our customers. If you thrive in a fast-paced, ideas-led environment, you’re in the right place.

Why This Job’s a Big Deal

As a Staff Data Architect for Customer Growth, you will be the technical beacon and architectural anchor for the data ecosystems that drive our customer acquisition, retention, and engagement strategies. This is a high-impact, leadership-by-influence role where you will not just write code, but design the future-proof frameworks that empower multiple engineering squads.

You will evaluate complex technical trade-offs, champion engineering excellence, and foster a culture of innovation. Operating across the entire Customer Growth portfolio, you will collaborate closely with product management, data science, and business leaders to turn massive datasets into strategic growth levers.

In This Role, You Will Get To

• Architecture & Framework Design: Design, build, and evolve robust, scalable, and highly reliable data architectures and framework-level designs that support real-time personalization, marketing automation, and advanced customer analytics.
• Technical Decision Making & Trade-off Analysis: Act as the ultimate sounding board for complex data challenges. Evaluate competing technologies and methodologies (e.g., batch vs. streaming, self-hosted vs. managed services, various data lakehouse architectures) and present objective, clear trade-off analyses to stakeholders.
• Best Practices & Governance: Define, document, and evangelize global engineering best practices, data governance frameworks, security standards, and CI/CD automation patterns across the portfolio.
• Cross-Portfolio Collaboration: Break down silos. Work seamlessly with cross-functional teams within the Customer Growth domain to ensure data infrastructure aligns perfectly with product roadmaps and business goals.
• Innovation & R&D: Stay ahead of the curve. Continually research, prototype, and introduce emerging technologies and innovative paradigms (such as Data Mesh, advanced identity resolution, or real-time feature stores) to keep our growth engine competitive.
• Mentorship & Technical Guidance: Act as a force multiplier. Guide, unblock, and elevate senior and mid-level engineers by conducting rigorous code/architecture reviews and hosting knowledge-sharing sessions.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of experience designing and implementing distributed data processing systems utilizing tools like Apache Spark, Flink, Kafka, or Delta Lake/Iceberg.
• Deep expertise in major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native data warehousing solutions like Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks.
• Proven track record of building reusable data libraries, custom tooling, or internal platforms that accelerated development for other engineering teams.
• Expert-level knowledge of data modeling paradigms (Data Vault, Kimball, Star Schema) tailored for complex customer journeys and behavioral data.
• Highly proficient in Python, Scala, or Java, alongside expert-level SQL.
• A natural curiosity to challenge the status quo and a history of successfully introducing innovative data solutions to business problems.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical business partners, and a proven ability to lead through influence rather than authority.
• Ability to look at multiple viable technical paths, weigh the immediate business needs against long-term technical debt, and confidently steer the team toward the optimal choice.
• Illustrated history of living the values necessary to Priceline: Customer, Innovation, Team, Accountability and Trust.

Flexible Work at Priceline

Priceline is following a hybrid working model, which includes two days onsite as determined by you and your manager (ideally selecting among Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday). On the remaining days, you can choose to be remote or in the office.

Perks & Benefits At Priceline

• Health & wellness coverage including medical, dental, vision, and mental health resources.
• Generous time off including PTO, holidays, a company-wide Priceline Pause reset week, and paid volunteer days.
• Work/life support including the ability to work up to 4 weeks per year from anywhere, parental leave, dependent care and family support resources, Summer Fridays, and office perks like stocked kitchens and catered meals (varies by location).
• Financial security programs such as retirement plans with company contributions, life and disability coverage, and tax-advantaged accounts.
• Signature travel perks including employee-only discounts on hotels and flights, VIP deals, and Big Deal Bucks credits.
• Additional perks & discounts like travel and partner discounts, tuition support, legal support, and pet benefits.
• A people-first culture with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), social events, recognition programs, and service awards that help you connect, grow, and celebrate together.

Priceline is a proud equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate the unique lenses through which our employees see the world. We’d love for you to join us and help shape what makes our team extraordinary.