Cloud Data Platform Architect – Lead Global Dev Teams

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Architect, Technology I to own the architecture of the enterprise cloud data platform and lead a sizable team across time zones. The role shapes technical direction, standards, and roadmaps, supporting growth in a regulated environment.

You will mentor developers, review designs, and collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient data solutions across Lakehouse, data mesh, and data fabric patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree 7 years of experience
• Master’s Degree 6 years of experience
• PhD 2 years of experience
• Significant hands-on experience building and operationalizing enterprise-scale cloud big data platforms
• Strong knowledge of modern data engineering architectures, including cloud-native data platforms, Lakehouse architecture, data mesh and data fabric concepts, event driven architectures, and batch and real-time data processing
• Familiarity with Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Apache Hudi
• Experience building reliable data pipelines, data products, and reusable platform services
• Knowledge of data quality, observability, lineage, metadata management, and data governance
• Experience defining and implementing data contracts covering schemas, semantics, quality expectations, ownership, and access policies
• Understanding of data security, privacy, identity and access management, encryption, regulatory requirements, and responsible data use
• Experience designing for scalability, reliability, performance, disaster recovery, and cost optimization
• Familiarity with modern data development and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or comparable technologies
• Experience with serverless architectures including Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and AWS Fargate
• Ability to mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams
• Demonstrated ability to mentor technical staff, lead cross-functional teams, and drive initiatives to completion
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to operate with high autonomy and minimal supervision, proactively managing stakeholder expectations and keeping leadership informed through clear, concise verbal and written communication

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of developers, and direct a large offshore team, setting priorities, coordinating handoffs across time zones, and holding delivery to quality and architecture standards
• Review design artifacts and enforce standards through peer reviews, architecture principles, and documented compliance evidence
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams on implementation by providing architecture guidance, reviewing technical designs, and validating integration points
• Define and evolve data platform architecture, including Lakehouse, data mesh and data fabric patterns, event-driven designs, and batch and real-time processing
• Establish data contracts, data quality, observability, lineage, and metadata practices for reusable data products and platform services
• Design for scalability, reliability, performance, disaster recovery, security, and cost optimization
• Identify automation and process improvements by evaluating tooling options, implementing validation scripts, and streamlining documentation workflows
• Maintain architecture documentation and guidelines by updating models, capturing design decisions, and keeping them accessible to project teams
• Deliver reliable outputs for assigned and moderately complex projects; ensure acceptance criteria and compliance requirements are met, document methods, validations, and key assumptions

Skills

Cloud big data platforms

Lakehouse architecture

Data mesh

Data fabric

Event-driven architectures

Real-time processing

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

PhD

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Dagster

Prefect

Job description

AbbVie is seeking an Architect, Technology I to own the architecture of the enterprise cloud data platform and lead a sizable team across time zones. The role shapes technical direction, standards, and roadmaps, supporting growth in a regulated environment.

You will mentor developers, review designs, and collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient data solutions across Lakehouse, data mesh, and data fabric patterns.