Data Platform Architect: AI-Driven API Hub

Comply; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

Comply seeks a Data Platform Architect to define architecture and integration patterns powering our enterprise data platform. You’ll shape data products, APIs, event streams, semantic models, analytics capabilities, and AI‑native interfaces for secure, scalable, and reusable solutions across the business.

You’ll influence customers and internal teams by building reusable patterns, engaging with engineering and product partners, and driving architectural decisions for long‑term platform success.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Design end‑to‑end platform solutions that connect data pipelines, data products, the security master, semantic models, lakehouse technologies, APIs, event‑driven services, 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.
• Identify opportunities to consolidate capabilities, 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.

Skills

R&D Architecture

Enterprise data platforms

APIs

Event-driven architecture

Distributed systems

AWS / Cloud

Data products

Stakeholder management

Job description

Comply seeks a Data Platform Architect to define architecture and integration patterns powering our enterprise data platform. You’ll shape data products, APIs, event streams, semantic models, analytics capabilities, and AI‑native interfaces for secure, scalable, and reusable solutions across the business.

You’ll influence customers and internal teams by building reusable patterns, engaging with engineering and product partners, and driving architectural decisions for long‑term platform success.