Principal Data Architect — AI & Analytics Platform

Pharming Group; Leiden; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pharming Group is seeking a Principal Data Architect to design and deliver scalable data pipelines and platforms for analytics, AI and data products across our global functions. You will translate architectural direction into practical pipelines, models and reusable components, aligning with security, privacy and governance standards.

Reporting to the Head of AI, Data & Analytics, you will work with data owners and stakeholders to ensure trusted data and scalable delivery, while guiding data

Qualifications

• Relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Information Management or a related field, or equivalent demonstrable professional experience.
• Fluent English required; ability to collaborate across global teams and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve scalable data pipelines and data platforms.
• Develop and maintain data models and reusable data components for analytics and AI use cases.
• Translate enterprise architecture into practical engineering implementations using established patterns.
• Ensure reliability, performance and maintainability with testing, monitoring and observability.
• Collaborate with data owners, governance, security and stakeholders to ensure compliant data solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Data Science / Engineering / Information Management

Tools

Data lakes / data warehouses

ETL/ELT

APIs

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Pharming Group is seeking a Principal Data Architect to design and deliver scalable data pipelines and platforms for analytics, AI and data products across our global functions. You will translate architectural direction into practical pipelines, models and reusable components, aligning with security, privacy and governance standards.

Reporting to the Head of AI, Data & Analytics, you will work with data owners and stakeholders to ensure trusted data and scalable delivery, while guiding data