Senior Data Architect: Remote, AI-Ready Data Mesh Leader

name; Poland; On-site; PLN 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Flexible hours

Private medical care

Group life insurance

Multisport card

Language lessons

Course/conference budget

Personal development days

Office perks

Job summary

SwingDev, the Polish branch of Hippo Insurance, is building a modern AI-ready data ecosystem. We seek a Senior Data Architect to shape foundational architecture for analytics, ML, and agentic systems, leading a team of engineers.

You'll prototype solutions, drive architectural decisions, and own platform direction in a fully remote role with flexible hours. English and Polish proficiency required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience building large-scale data platforms.
• Deep expertise with BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, and Fivetran or similar tech stack.
• Ability to prototype fast in cloud environments and defend architectural choices with senior engineers.
• Have a strong ownership mindset.
• Have a great command of English and Polish (both written & spoken).
• Are flexible around the afternoons for PL-US teams; occasional evening meetings may be necessary.

Responsibilities

• Shape high-level data architecture and platform strategy for analytics, ML, and agentic systems.
• Design and prototype scalable lakehouse environments with medallion architecture in real cloud setups.
• Establish practical governance, observability, and cataloging with a data mesh approach.
• Prototype complex solutions and drive technical decisions.

Skills

Ownership mindset

English proficiency

Polish proficiency

Tools

BigQuery

dbt

Airflow

Fivetran

Dagster

SqlMesh

Snowflake

Job description

SwingDev, the Polish branch of Hippo Insurance, is building a modern AI-ready data ecosystem. We seek a Senior Data Architect to shape foundational architecture for analytics, ML, and agentic systems, leading a team of engineers.

You'll prototype solutions, drive architectural decisions, and own platform direction in a fully remote role with flexible hours. English and Polish proficiency required.