Data Platform Architect

Comply; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Comply in the United States is seeking a Data Platform Architect to define the architecture and integration patterns powering the enterprise data platform. You’ll shape data products, APIs, event streams, semantic models, analytics capabilities, and AI-native interfaces across the business.

You’ll collaborate with engineering, product, and customer teams to ensure secure, scalable, and reusable solutions, driving interoperability and governance in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in R&D architecture for complex data platforms.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise data platforms with measurable value.
• Deep understanding of APIs, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems.
• Experience integrating SaaS platforms into cohesive architectures.
• Cloud-native design in AWS environments; strong data product awareness.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end platform solutions aligning data pipelines, products, and APIs.
• Set interoperability standards: API design, event contracts, data exchange, versioning, access controls.
• Define scalable integration patterns for customers, partners and systems.
• Create interfaces for humans, analytics tools, apps, AI agents, and LLMs.
• Collaborate with Product and Tech teams to align with long-term strategy.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate capabilities and increase reuse.
• Guide architectural decisions balancing scalability, governance, security, and maintainability.
• Contribute to strategy focusing on extensibility, modularity, and AI readiness.

Skills

R&D Architecture

Enterprise data platform design

APIs and event-driven

Cloud-native AWS

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in CS/SE

Tools

AWS

API design tools

Job description

Comply is the leading provider of compliance SaaS and consulting services for the global financial services sector. With more than 5,000 clients and hundreds of employees across the globe, Comply empowers Chief Compliance Officers and their teams to proactively manage regulatory obligations, mitigate risk, and scale with efficiency and confidence.

Comply serves thousands of global financial services clients including broker-dealers, insurers, investment banks, private funds, RIAs, and wealth managers who rely on Comply offerings to power their compliance programs.

To learn more about Comply, visit comply.com

About the role:

Comply is looking for a Data Platform Architect to define the architecture and integration patterns that power the next generation of our enterprise data platform.You'llshape how data products, APIs, event streams, semantic models, analytics capabilities, and AI-native interfaces work together to deliver secure, scalable, and reusable solutions across the business.

You’lllove this role if

You enjoy solving complex architecture challenges, partnering closely with engineering and product teams, and creating reusable patterns that accelerate delivery. This is a hands‑on architecture role where your decisions will influence how customers, internal teams, applications, and AI‑powered consumers interact with the Comply Data Platform for years to come.

What you'll do

• Design end-to-end platform solutions that connect data pipelines, data products, the security master, semantic models,lakehousetechnologies, APIs, event-driven services, AI interfaces, and analytics platforms.
• Establish architectural standards for interoperability, including API design, event contracts, data exchange patterns, versioning, and access controls.
• Define scalable integration patterns for customers, partners, and enterprise systems across API, streaming, batch, and self-service access channels.
• Create consistent interfaces that support human users, analytics tools, applications, AI agents, MCP-compatible clients, and LLM-powered experiences.
• Partner with Product, Technology, and Customer teams to ensure new initiatives align with platform architecture and long-term strategic goals.
• Identifyopportunities toconsolidatecapabilities, reduce duplication, and increase platform reuse across the organization.
• Guide architectural decisions with engineering teams while balancing scalability, governance, observability, security, and maintainability.
• Contribute to the long-term technology strategy with a focus on extensibility, modularity, composability, and AI readiness.

What success looks like in your first 90 days

• Assess the current Data Platform landscape and deliver a documented target-state architecture covering interoperability, integrations, and platform consumption patterns.
• Define and socialize core standards for APIs, event contracts, data exchange, versioning, and access management.
• Partner with key stakeholders to guide at least one strategic platform initiative through architecture review and implementation planning.

What you'll bring

Must‑have

• 8+ years of experience in R&D Architecture.
• Proven success designing enterprise data platforms that drive adoption and business value.
• Deep understanding of APIs, event-driven architecture, and distributed systems.
• Experience integrating complex SaaS platforms into cohesive architectural solutions.
• Cloud-native architecture experience, ideally within AWS environments.
• Strong understanding of data products and modern data architecture patterns.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence both technical and executive audiences.

Nice‑to‑have

• Lakehousearchitectures.
• Semantic technologies or knowledge graphs.
• Event streaming platforms.
• MCP or AI integration frameworks.
• Identity and access management.

The all‑in total compensation for this role is $126,500 and $149,600, and is specific to the United States. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range would be $115,000 - $136,000 plus applicable bonus/benefit offerings, etc., as those similarly situated within the Company. It takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to, skill sets, training, licensure and certification, and experience.

Comply is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

The pay range for this role is:

115,000 - 136,000 USD per year (Arlington, VA)

115,000 - 136,000 USD per year (New York, NY)