Remote Senior Data Architect - Snowflake & API Leader

Security Benefit; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Disability Insurance

Educational assistance

Job summary

Security Benefit is seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to lead data architecture for complex, multi-source initiatives within a Unified Data Platform strategy. You will design data architecture foundations for AI-infused experiences, analytics, and operational intelligence while mentoring junior architects.

The role can be based at our Topeka home office or remote for the right candidate, with a hybrid work schedule offering flexibility to work both remotely and on-site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data architecture or data engineering with architecture ownership.
• Hands-on Snowflake experience; ELT tooling such as Fivetran, Coalesce, or dbt.
• Strong AWS data services experience (S3, Glue, Lambda, API Gateway).
• Proficiency in Python for automation, validation, and tooling.
• Experience designing and governing REST and event-driven API patterns.
• Knowledge of data governance, lineage, and quality; Collibra preferred.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments desired.

Responsibilities

• Lead data architecture for complex, multi-source initiatives including pipelines and migrations.
• Define and enforce data architecture standards, patterns, and API integration approaches.
• Architect data solutions on Snowflake, AWS, and related tools to support ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• Lead API integration for REST and event-driven sources; define contract evaluation; guide connectivity patterns.
• Develop Python-based tooling for architecture validation and automation across teams.
• Lead architecture reviews for significant data initiatives; mentor IC2 Data Architects.
• Oversee migration from legacy platforms to Snowflake-based solutions; point reports accordingly.
• Collaborate with Data Governance to ensure lineage, quality, and catalog alignment; ADRs in Confluence.

Skills

Data architecture

Python

Snowflake

AWS data services

API integration patterns

Data governance

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Fivetran

Coalesce

dbt

AWS Lambda

AWS Glue

API Gateway

Job description

Security Benefit is seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect to lead data architecture for complex, multi-source initiatives within a Unified Data Platform strategy. You will design data architecture foundations for AI-infused experiences, analytics, and operational intelligence while mentoring junior architects.

The role can be based at our Topeka home office or remote for the right candidate, with a hybrid work schedule offering flexibility to work both remotely and on-site.