[Job-22884] Data Architect (Snowflake), Portugal

CI&T; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

CI&T, a leading tech transformation company, is seeking a Senior Data Architect focusing on Snowflake. This role involves leading design cases and working closely with teams across EMEA clients. The ideal candidate will bring strong data architecture experience and engage in diverse project management and technical discussions.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Generous paid vacation and sick days

Paid health & dental benefits from day one

Annual profit-sharing

Paid parental leave

Dedicated career advisor

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience with Snowflake data platform.
• Solid experience in architecture design and technical leadership.
• Experience with Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS).

Responsibilities

• Leading technically the team and enabling data scientists and engineers.
• Visiting European clients to bootstrap projects and build relationships.
• Ensuring solutions follow security and performance best practices.

Skills

Snowflake data platform

Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)

Data pipeline orchestration (Microsoft Data Factory or Apache Airflow)

Java

Python

MLOps pipelines

Job description

We are tech transformation specialists, uniting human expertise with AI to create scalable tech solutions.

With over 7,400 CI&Ters around the world, we’ve built partnerships with more than 1,000 clients during our 30 years of history. Artificial Intelligence is our reality.

Data Architect (focused on Snowflake)

General Description

We are looking for a Senior Architect with strong Data experience to join our team working for EMEA clients. In this position, you will lead the design of software solutions, working closely with teams in the EU, Brazil, and other Latin American countries.

We are looking for someone who has:

• At least 3 years experience with Snowflake data platform (setting up warehouses, users, credentials, objects, stages, tasks);
• Solid experience in architecture design and technical leadership;
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying data pipelines, data lakes, data meshes, and other data products;
• Ability to understand, question, prioritize, and translate business problems into data solutions (BI, Analytics, models, machine learning);
• Experience with Cloud platforms (Azure or AWS);
• Experience identifying, gathering, and prioritizing Non-Functional Requirements, technical pain points, and environment constraints;
• Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools like Microsoft Data Factory or Apache Airflow;
• Experience scaling data workloads using platforms such as Hadoop and Spark;
• Experience with CI/CD and MLOps pipelines;
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code;
• Experience collaborating with pre-sales, presenting data solutions, and demonstrating capabilities to non-technical audiences;
• Ability to create proof of concepts and develop complex mechanisms (preferably using Python);
• Willingness to learn new technologies daily;
• Ability to share knowledge with junior team members.

Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Leading technically the team and enabling data scientists and engineers to build and maintain data products;
• Visiting European clients periodically to bootstrap projects and build relationships;
• Working on diverse projects across various domains;
• Participating in design and architecture discussions;
• Collaborating with strategy, customer experience, product, and program management teams;
• Ensuring solutions follow security and performance best practices;
• Creating and maintaining documentation;
• Aligning technical solutions with client requirements;
• Ensuring a stable and productive development environment.

Knowledge areas (not all required):

• Non-functional requirements (performance, security, privacy, GDPR);
• Design Patterns, Clean Architecture, and Clean Code;
• Testing (unit, integration, E2E);

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Why join us?

• Competitive Salary
• Generous paid vacation and sick days
• Paid health & dental benefits from day one
• Annual profit-sharing
• Paid parental leave
• Dedicated career advisor

And much more…

Collaboration is our superpower, diversity unites us, and excellence is our standard.

We value diverse identities and experiences, fostering an inclusive and safe work environment. We encourage applications from diverse and underrepresented groups.