Data Scientist

New Wave People; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

New Wave People is hiring a hands‑on Data & AI Architect to design and deliver enterprise data and artificial‑intelligence solutions with stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities include eliciting needs, converting them into actionable requirements, and presenting proposals to governance bodies. You will architect end‑to‑end data/AI platforms across ingestion to consumption, using agentic tooling while ensuring security and compliance, and mentor engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data engineering/architecture or closely related field, with 6+ years in an architecture-focused role.
• Multi-cloud experience with hands-on design across two major clouds (Azure/AWS/GCP).
• Multi-database experience across relational, NoSQL, analytical/warehouse, and vector/graph databases.
• Multi-AI experience with AI/ML and generative-AI frameworks, models, pipelines, RAG, orchestration.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder-facing skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to explain complex topics to non-technical audiences.
• Hands-on delivery with agentic tooling and AI-assisted workflows.
• Proven experience taking solutions from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Elicit and shape data/AI use cases into scoped opportunities.
• Convert business needs into clear, actionable requirements.
• Present proposals and drive approvals with governance bodies.
• Architect end-to-end data/AI solutions across ingestion, storage, transformation, modeling, serving, and consumption.
• Design and implement tooling to accelerate delivery while ensuring security and maintainability.
• Define reference architectures, patterns, and standards across multi-cloud environments.
• Ensure security, privacy, governance, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Mentor engineers and analysts and promote best data/AI practices across the org.

Skills

Data engineering

Data architecture

Cloud architecture

AI/ML

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Agentic tooling

Production delivery

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Copilot Studio

M365 Copilot

Azure OpenAI

Azure ML

Job description

New Wave People is hiring a hands‑on Data & AI Architect to design and deliver enterprise data and artificial‑intelligence solutions with stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders across all departments to elicit, clarify, and shape emerging or ambiguous data and AI use cases into scoped opportunities.
• Convert business needs into requirements documents that technical and non‑technical audiences can understand and act on.
• Present solution proposals, including trade‑offs and value, to stakeholders and governance bodies, and drive requirements through formal approval.
• Architect end‑to‑end data and AI solutions across ingestion, storage, transformation, modeling, serving, and consumption layers.
• Design and implement solutions using agentic development tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining quality, security, and maintainability.
• Define reference architectures, patterns, and standards for data and AI across multi‑cloud and multi‑database environments.
• Ensure enterprise alignment for security, privacy, data governance, cost efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with engineering, data science, platform, and product teams to move approved designs into production.
• Mentor engineers and analysts, provide technical guidance, and promote strong data and AI practices across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, software engineering, or a closely related field, with 6+ years in an architecture‑focused role.
• Multi‑cloud experience with hands‑on design and delivery across at least two major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP).
• Multi‑database experience across relational, NoSQL, analytical/warehouse, and vector or graph database technologies.
• Multi‑AI experience with practical work across AI/ML and generative‑AI frameworks, models, and platforms (LLMs, ML pipelines, RAG, model orchestration).
• Strong requirements‑gathering and stakeholder‑facing skills, including the ability to extract clarity from ambiguity and write actionable specifications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain complex technical topics to non‑technical audiences and secure buy‑in.
• Hands‑on experience delivering solutions with agentic development tooling and AI‑assisted development workflows.
• Proven experience taking solutions from concept through approval to production implementation.

Technologies

• Azure, AWS, GCP
• Copilot‑style AI development tooling, Copilot Studio, M365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot
• Azure Data services, Synapse/Fabric
• Azure OpenAI, Azure ML
• LLMs, ML pipelines, RAG, model orchestration

Job Details

• Location: Manhattan, NY (hybrid)
• Schedule: Hybrid, 3 days onsite and 2 days remote
• Type: Contract
• Hours: M-F, 37.5 hours weekly
• Compensation: USD 65 - 67 per hour
• Unpaid lunch break
• No holiday work, overtime, or travel required
• No parking provided

Preferred Qualifications

• Recent primary experience on the Microsoft Azure stack (Azure Data services, Synapse/Fabric, Azure OpenAI, Azure ML).
• Hands‑on development experience with Microsoft Copilot tooling (GitHub Copilot, Copilot Studio, M365 Copilot). Exceptional candidates without Copilot experience may be considered.
• Experience in large, complex, public‑sector, transit, or infrastructure organizations.
• Relevant cloud or data architecture certifications.
• Familiarity with enterprise data governance, MLOps, and responsible‑AI practices.