Architect Data Engineer - AI Platforms

Quantiphi; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantiphi is an award-winning Applied AI and Big Data software and services company advancing transformative technology for businesses. The role focuses on architecting a next-generation data layer for Agentic AI, implementing high-performance schemas, and governing hybrid data environments across Snowflake and Kinetica.

You will serve as the primary technical liaison, lead discovery sessions, and align the roadmap with client objectives, ensuring low-latency and accurate data retrieval for

Qualifications

• Design end-to-end data layer for AI agents.
• Define multi-tenant schemas and knowledge graph ontologies.
• Oversee health, security, and performance of data clusters (Snowflake/Kinetica).
• Lead discovery workshops and align architectural roadmap with business objectives.
• Establish latency benchmarks and observability for real-time workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end blueprint for a modern data layer.
• Define multi-tenant schemas and Knowledge Graph ontologies.
• Oversee health, security, and performance optimization of data clusters.
• Act as the Face of Engineering for the customer and lead workshops.
• Define performance and observability standards for real-time workloads.

Skills

System architecture

Schema & ontology design

Database administration

Strategic client fronting

Performance engineering

Knowledge graph mastery

Tools

Snowflake

Kinetica

NoSQL

Graph databases

Job description

Quantiphi is an award-winning Applied AI and Big Data software and services company, driven by a deep desire to solve transformational problems at the heart of businesses. Our signature approach combines groundbreaking machine-learning research with disciplined cloud and data-engineering practices to create breakthrough impact at unprecedented speed.

Quantiphi has seen 2.5x growth YoY since its inception in 2013, we don’t just innovate - we lead.

Headquartered in Boston, with 4,000+ professionals across the globe. Quantiphi leverages Applied AI technologies across multiple a. Industry Verticals (Telco, BFSI, HCLS etc.) and is an established Elite/Premier Partner of NVIDIA, Google Cloud, AWS, Snowflake, and others.

We’ve been recognized with

• 17x Google Cloud Partner of the Year awards in the last 8 years.
• 3x AWS AI/ML award wins.
• 3x NVIDIA Partner of the Year titles.
• 2x Snowflake Partner of the Year awards.
• We have also garnered top analyst recognitions from Gartner, ISG, and Everest Group.
• We offer first-in-class industry solutions across Healthcare, Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, and more, powered by cutting-edge Generative AI and Agentic AI accelerators.
• We have been certified as a Great Place to Work for the third year in a row- 2021, 2022, 2023.

Be part of a trailblazing team that’s shaping the future of AI, ML, and cloud innovation.

Experience Level

10+ yrs

Role Overview

Lead the architectural vision for a next-generation data layer designed specifically for Agentic AI. You will define high-performance schemas, orchestrate complex hybrid-database environments (Snowflake/Kinetica/NoSQL), and serve as the primary technical liaison for our customers. This is a high-visibility role blending deep technical governance with strategic relationship development.

Key Responsibilities

• System Architecture: Design the end-to-end blueprint for a modern data layer that seamlessly integrates structured, unstructured, and relational (Graph) data for AI agents.
• Schema & Ontology Design: Define multi-tenant schemas and Knowledge Graph ontologies that allow LLM agents to perform complex reasoning and cross-domain data retrieval.
• Database Administration & Governance: Oversee the health, security, and performance optimization of our data clusters (Snowflake/Kinetica), ensuring 99.9% availability for mission-critical AI workflows.
• Strategic Client Fronting: Act as the "Face of Engineering" for the customer. Lead discovery workshops, manage technical expectations, and align the architectural roadmap with their business objectives.
• Performance Engineering: Define performance and observability standards to ensure low-latency, accurate, reliable data retrieval for real-time agentic AI workloads.

Basic Qualifications

• System Architecture: Design the end-to-end blueprint for a modern data layer that seamlessly integrates structured, unstructured, and relational (Graph) data for AI agents.
• Schema & Ontology Design: Define multi-tenant schemas and Knowledge Graph ontologies that allow LLM agents to perform complex reasoning and cross-domain data retrieval.
• Database Administration & Governance: Oversee the health, security, and performance optimization of our data clusters (Snowflake/Kinetica), ensuring 99.9% availability for mission-critical AI workflows.
• Strategic Client Fronting: Act as the "Face of Engineering" for the customer. Lead discovery workshops, manage technical expectations, and align the architectural roadmap with their business objectives.
• Performance Engineering: Establish benchmarks for data latency and retrieval accuracy, ensuring the data layer can keep pace with the real-time demands of agentic execution.
• The Hybrid Stack: Proven expertise in architecting for Snowflake (Data Cloud) and Kinetica (Real-time/Vector/OLAP).
• Knowledge Graph Mastery: Ability to design Property Graphs or RDF schemas that map enterprise entities into a machine-readable "World Model."
• Advanced ETL/ELT Strategy: Deep knowledge of data orchestration patterns (Change Data Capture, Streaming, and Batch) to ensure data freshness.
• Database Internals: Strong DBA skills—partitioning strategies, indexing, vacuuming, and resource scaling in cloud-native environments.

Good to Have (The “Agentic” Edge)

• Semantic Layer Design: Experience with tools like Cube or dbt Semantic Layer to provide a consistent "Language" for AI agents to query.
• Security & Privacy: Knowledge of RBAC and Row-Level Security (RLS) within an AI context—ensuring agents only "see" what they are authorized to access.
• Tooling for Agents: Experience designing API-first data layers that agents can use as "Tools" (e.g., function calling).

What’s in it for YOU at Quantiphi

• Make an impact at one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-first digital engineering companies.
• Upskill and discover your potential as you solve complex challenges in cutting-edge areas of technology alongside passionate, talented colleagues.
• Work where innovation happens - work with disruptive innovators in a research-focused organization with 60+ patents filed across various disciplines.
• Stay ahead of the curve—immerse yourself in breakthrough AI, ML, data, and cloud technologies and gain exposure working with Fortune 500 companies.