Senior AI Data Architect — Remote

XChange Software Inc; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

XChange Software Inc in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Data Architect for a 12+ month contract to design and implement scalable data platforms for AI workloads. The role emphasizes hands-on work across ETL/ELT, streaming pipelines, and real-time analytics.

You'll work with technologies like Python, SQL, Snowflake/Databricks, Kafka, and major cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP), focusing on RAG, vector databases, and AI-ready data pipelines.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in data architecture and big data platforms.
• Hands-on with ETL/ELT and modern data warehousing.
• Experience with real-time and streaming pipelines.
• Strong AI/ML data engineering focus, incl. generative AI data pipelines.

Skills

ETL/ELT

Python

SQL

Enterprise Data Warehousing

Generative AI data eng

RAG

Vector databases

LangChain / LangGraph

AI Agents

AI/ML data services

Treasure Data CDP

Real-time analytics

Event-driven architecture

Streaming data pipelines

Apache Kafka

Snowflake / Databricks

Cloud data services (AWS/Azure/GCP)

CDC / Debezium

Batch + real-time architectures

Semantic search / RAG infra

Tools

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

Treasure Data CDP

Debezium

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

XChange Software Inc in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Data Architect for a 12+ month contract to design and implement scalable data platforms for AI workloads. The role emphasizes hands-on work across ETL/ELT, streaming pipelines, and real-time analytics.

You'll work with technologies like Python, SQL, Snowflake/Databricks, Kafka, and major cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP), focusing on RAG, vector databases, and AI-ready data pipelines.