AI-Driven Data Architect — Enterprise Data Platform Lead

Tech Mirrors; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 165,312 - 247,968; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mirrors in Chicago, IL seeks a Data Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale AI-enabled data platforms. The role focuses on Generative AI, LLMs, and AI Agents within AWS, Databricks, PySpark, ETL, and Delta Live Tables.

You will mentor teams, drive architectural governance, and collaborate with product and engineering leaders to meet sprint milestones. The ideal candidate has 13+ years in cloud data architectures, strong implementation experience, and excellent

Qualifications

• 13+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale cloud data platforms.
• Strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Databricks, PySpark, ETL, and Delta Live Tables (DLT).
• Deep understanding of modern data lakehouse architecture and cloud-native data platforms.
• Experience in data modeling, workflow orchestration, and pipeline optimization.
• Strong knowledge of Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), AI Agents, and orchestration frameworks.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Translate client requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing technical solutions.
• Drive architecture discussions, solution design, and technical strategy with stakeholders and clients.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven products, platforms, and data solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to development teams.
• Design and implement enterprise-scale data platform solutions using AWS, Databricks, PySpark, ETL, and Delta Live Tables (DLT).
• Ensure adherence to best practices in AI/ML architecture, system integration, security, scalability, and governance.
• Define architecture standards, coding guidelines, and engineering best practices for data engineering solutions.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

AI Agents

Agile environments

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Tools

AWS

Databricks

PySpark

ETL

Delta Live Tables (DLT)

Job description

Tech Mirrors in Chicago, IL seeks a Data Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale AI-enabled data platforms. The role focuses on Generative AI, LLMs, and AI Agents within AWS, Databricks, PySpark, ETL, and Delta Live Tables.

You will mentor teams, drive architectural governance, and collaborate with product and engineering leaders to meet sprint milestones. The ideal candidate has 13+ years in cloud data architectures, strong implementation experience, and excellent