Global Head of Data Platform & Architecture

Pattern; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health/Vision/Dental Insurance

401(k) match

Company-paid life insurance

Onsite fitness center

Casual dress code

Job summary

Pattern in Lehi, Utah, is seeking a Vice President of Data Platform & Architecture to lead the data organization and scale distributed systems. The role involves enhancing developer experience, managing platform performance, and overseeing a global engineering team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in architecting large-scale data platforms, a strong software engineering background, and proficiency with open-source technologies. Benefits include unlimited PTO, competitive pay, and health insurance.

Qualifications

• Deep experience architecting and operating large-scale distributed data platforms at multi-petabyte scale on cloud services.
• Ability to build internal developer frameworks and abstractions rather than just managing pipelines.
• Strong software engineering background with batch and real-time processing.
• Experience leading and scaling international engineering organizations of 50+ professionals.
• Familiarity with modern open-source stacks and related trade-offs.
• Focus on using data to improve system performance and developer velocity.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data organization, focusing on strategic evolution of data engineering and platform architecture.
• Architect and scale distributed systems that can process petabyte-scale datasets.
• Drive a company-wide data vision and operating model.
• Build self-service capabilities and improve developer experience.
• Manage platform performance and cost efficiency.

Skills

Scale Systems Expertise

Platform-First Mindset

Technical Depth

Global Leadership

Open-Source Fluency

Data Focus

Tools

AWS

Airflow

Debezium

Iceberg

Trino

Spark

Kafka

ClickHouse

Job description

Pattern in Lehi, Utah, is seeking a Vice President of Data Platform & Architecture to lead the data organization and scale distributed systems. The role involves enhancing developer experience, managing platform performance, and overseeing a global engineering team. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in architecting large-scale data platforms, a strong software engineering background, and proficiency with open-source technologies. Benefits include unlimited PTO, competitive pay, and health insurance.