Principal Data Architect: Scalable Analytics Delivery

Stryker; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 136,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan + ESPP

Short-term disability

Wellbeing program

Job summary

Stryker is seeking a Principal Architect, Data Product Delivery to lead the design of scalable, secure data and analytics solutions across programs and domains. You will partner with engineering, product management, governance, security, platform teams, and stakeholders to translate strategy into practical architecture, roadmaps, and reusable patterns.

You will define standards, review designs, mentor engineers, and translate strategic requirements into phased implementation plans with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS, IS, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in data engineering, solution architecture, or technical design roles, including architecture ownership.
• Experience architecting large-scale enterprise data platforms and integration solutions.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud data platforms, data modeling, modern data architecture patterns, Databricks or an equivalent Lakehouse platform, and guiding implementation teams through complex technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture direction, standards, reference patterns, and reusable components for data ingestion, storage, transformation, analytics, and consumption.
• Own architecture diagrams, technical designs, integration blueprints, data models, standards, and architecture decision records for the Data and Analytics vertical.
• Develop proofs of concept, reference implementations, and reusable patterns that accelerate delivery and reduce technical debt.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, frameworks, and advanced analytics capabilities, and recommend fit-for-purpose adoption.
• Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews to assess scalability, performance, security, reliability, supportability, and engineering quality.
• Embed data privacy, access control, governance, and compliance requirements into solution designs with Data Governance and Security teams.
• Resolve complex performance, quality, scalability, integration, reliability, and operational challenges with engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and architects through solution design, implementation planning, technical evaluations, and delivery reviews.
• Translate strategic requirements into technical designs, delivery roadmaps, and phased implementation plans with Product Management, platform teams, and business stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Cloud data platforms

Databricks Lakehouse

Data modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Master's degree

Tools

Azure Data Services

Databricks

SQL

Python

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

ETL/ELT

Job description

Stryker is seeking a Principal Architect, Data Product Delivery to lead the design of scalable, secure data and analytics solutions across programs and domains. You will partner with engineering, product management, governance, security, platform teams, and stakeholders to translate strategy into practical architecture, roadmaps, and reusable patterns.

You will define standards, review designs, mentor engineers, and translate strategic requirements into phased implementation plans with