Principal Data Platform Architect

Capital Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 239,000 - 408,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Data Architect to spearhead the development of scalable and resilient data platforms. This pivotal role involves defining technology strategies, evaluating emerging technologies, and ensuring robust data governance. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in cloud-native data platforms and a strong foundation in data architecture principles. Join a dynamic team dedicated to delivering superior investment results and high-quality service, while enjoying a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Annual performance bonus

Retirement plan with 15% contribution

Competitive base salary

Qualifications

• 10+ years of architecture and engineering experience in data platforms.
• Expertise in cloud technologies and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Define technology strategy and target state architecture for data platforms.
• Evaluate emerging technologies to drive business value.

Skills

Cloud-native data platforms

Snowflake

Databricks

Dremio

Python

Spark

AWS

Azure

Data governance

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Tools

Data warehouse

Big data/data lake

Master data management

Business Intelligence (BI) tools

Job description

"I can succeed as a Lead Data Architect at Capital Group."

As a Principal Data Platform Architect, you will serve as the technical domain expert on foundational data and integration technologies to better support our business partners and development teams. You will steertechnology strategy direction, define target state architectures, roadmaps, and help build reference architectures/implementations for scalable and resilient data platforms. You will also be responsible for identifying and evaluating emerging technologies beneficial to this domain. You will be expected to possess hands-on expertise in modern cloud technologies, including but not limited to Databricks, Dremio and Snowflake, and tools for data governance, protection, and quality. This position requires a practical approach to testing and validating architectural solutions in lab environments before certifying them, ensuring robustness and scalability. You will act as a thought leader in data architecture, providing guidance on governance, security, and compliance.

You will serve as the technical authority on foundational data and integration technologies, driving the technology strategy and target state architecture to support business goals. You will also evaluate emerging technologies, guiding the organization to adopt innovations that deliver value while minimizing disruption to end-users. Collaboration and thought leadership will be essential as you influence architects, engineers, and stakeholders to achieve strategic goals. We work with our business partners and the rest of IT to plan, design, enable and mature the capabilities needed for Capital Group to accomplish our mission of delivering superior, long-term investment results and high-quality service.

"I am the person Capital Group is looking for."

• You have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent experience.
• You have demonstrated ability in defining, designing, and delivering enterprise-scale data strategies and data management solutions leveraging sound architecture principles, approaches, and patterns.
• You have at least 10 years of deep architecture and engineering experience with expertise in: Cloud-native data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Dremio), relational and NoSQL databases, data warehouse, big data/data lake, master data management, data modelling, data integration, data quality and governance, data engineering, BI reporting and analytics, data science, ML/AI, Python, Spark, AWS, and Azure.
• You have proven ability to define, design, and deliver enterprise-scale data strategies and solutions based on sound architectural principles using architectural choices that optimize performance, cost, and security.
• You have hands-on experience with modern data architecture patterns, including domain-driven design, event-driven architectures, stream processing, Lakehouse, service-based/APIs, data mesh, and/or data fabric.
• You have demonstrated capability to research, assess, and recommend new and emerging trends and implement emerging technologies with a focus on minimizing user disruption.
• You possess excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to generate and present compelling content to guide strategic decisions.
• You have adopted customer-centric approaches by prioritizing stakeholder needs, ensuring data solutions drive meaningful business impact and user experience
• You can build consensus across business and technology teams by fostering collaboration and shared ownership, partner with, and effectively influence architects and engineers to adopt/adhere to enterprise standards and deliver well-architected data-centric solutions while balancing technical depth with business outcomes.
• You can proactively identify and mitigate architectural risks while ensuring adherence to regulatory and compliance standards.
• You have prior experience in financial services industry/asset management space (preferred).

New York Base Salary Range: $239,966-$407,942

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital's annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.

* Temporary positions in Canada and the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.