Advanced Specialist, Technical Architect

Pearson; España; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education company is seeking an AI & Data Solutions Architect to drive the strategy and delivery of scalable data solutions. The role requires strong technical leadership and collaboration across engineering and business teams. Key qualifications include experience in data engineering, proficiency in GCP, SQL, and Python, as well as strong communication skills. This position offers the opportunity to help shape the enterprise data landscape within a respected organization.

Qualifications

• Experience in data/analytics engineering with leadership responsibilities.
• Proficient in SQL, dbt, Python, and modern ELT/ETL practices.
• Solid understanding of data modeling techniques and BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define MVP scopes and design data solutions.
• Define architectural strategy for data analytics and visualization.
• Guide development of ELT/ETL pipelines ensuring scalability and data quality.

Skills

Data/Analytics Engineering

Cloud Architecture (GCP)

SQL

Python

Data Modeling Techniques

BI Tools (Tableau, Looker, Power BI)

Stakeholder Management

Machine Learning

Tools

dbt

Airflow

BigQuery

Cloud Composer

Job description

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Role Overview

The Analytics Engineering Tech Lead will be responsible for helping drive the strategy, design, and delivery of scalable data products that enable business stakeholders to make data-informed decisions. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering and analytics, ensuring that robust, governed, and high-quality data is available across the organization. They will act as a technical leader and collaborator, working closely with engineering, product, and business teams to shape the enterprise data landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with senior business and technology stakeholders to define MVP scopes and design data solutions aligned with enterprise architecture strategy.
• Alongside the lead team defines the architectural strategy for data analytics, visualization and activation, aligned with the company guideline.
• Guides the development and maintenance of ELT/ETL pipelines using modern tools and frameworks (e.g., dbt, Airflow), ensuring scalability, reliability, and data quality.
• Designs and maintains enterprise and solution-level data models, supporting both operational and analytical needs.
• Provides technical leadership to analytics engineers and data engineers, promoting best practices, code standards, and agile workflows.
• Facilitates collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, translating complex business requirements into sustainable data products.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Experience in data/analytics engineering, including leadership or tech lead responsibilities.
• Understanding of cloud architecture, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Composer.
• Proficiency in SQL, dbt, and Python; experience with modern ELT/ETL development and data transformation best practices.
• Solid understanding of data modeling techniques.
• Experience with BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Power BI).
• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring junior developers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Plus: Knowledge in Machine Learning and experience with AI deployment.

Who We Are

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are.

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