Principal Data Platform Architect

TSMC - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

12 holidays per year

Job summary

TSMC Washington is seeking a Principal Technical Lead for Data Infrastructure to define the vision, architecture, and roadmap for the enterprise data platform. You will architect scalable data infrastructure powering analytics, AI, manufacturing intelligence, observability, and real-time decision making across global operations.

You will mentor senior engineers, lead architecture reviews, and collaborate with AI, Cloud Platform, and Engineering teams in NA and Taiwan to deliver highly scalable,

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms and hands-on with data lakehouse, data mesh, data warehousing, streaming, metadata management, data catalogs and governance.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term architecture and technical strategy for enterprise data infrastructure.
• Lead architecture reviews and technical decision-making across multiple organizations.
• Architect scalable data services powering analytics, AI, manufacturing intelligence, observability, and real-time decision making.

Skills

Data Lakehouse

Data Mesh

Data Warehousing

Streaming platforms

Metadata management

Data catalog

Data governance

Apache Kafka

Apache Pulsar

Apache Spark

Airflow

Trino

PostgreSQL

MySQL

NoSQL databases

Java

Scala

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Pulsar

Apache Flink

Spark Streaming

Hadoop ecosystem

Airflow

Trino

Job description

TSMC Washington is seeking a Principal Technical Lead for Data Infrastructure to define the vision, architecture, and roadmap for the enterprise data platform. You will architect scalable data infrastructure powering analytics, AI, manufacturing intelligence, observability, and real-time decision making across global operations.

You will mentor senior engineers, lead architecture reviews, and collaborate with AI, Cloud Platform, and Engineering teams in NA and Taiwan to deliver highly scalable,