Senior Cloud Data Architect - AI-Driven Data Platform

Panera LLC; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive pay

Job summary

Panera LLC in St. Louis, MO / Newton, MA (hybrid) seeks an Enterprise Cloud Data Architect to define and govern the enterprise data ecosystem on Google Cloud Platform.

You will champion a Data as a Product mindset and craft the reference architecture, governance frameworks, and AI foundations for scalable data assets. The role focuses on enterprise data modeling, data vault/medallion architectures, data lineage, and semantic layers to enable AI readiness and data democratization across the

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise data architecture experience.
• Experience with GCP core services and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Shape the enterprise Data Strategy and Architecture.
• Lead design and apply patterns across the data landscape.
• Define data models and metadata standards; ensure AI readiness.
• Oversee data ingestion into Enterprise DataLake and Medallion Architecture.
• Implement data governance and DLP in GCP BigQuery and related tools.
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and DevOps teams.

Skills

Data architecture vision

GCP BigQuery

Python

Spark / PySpark

Data modeling

Data governance

AI readiness

Cloud security

Domain-Driven Design

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/MIS

Tools

BigQuery

DataPlex

Cloud Composer

Terraform

GitHub/GitLab

Airflow

Job description

Panera LLC in St. Louis, MO / Newton, MA (hybrid) seeks an Enterprise Cloud Data Architect to define and govern the enterprise data ecosystem on Google Cloud Platform.

You will champion a Data as a Product mindset and craft the reference architecture, governance frameworks, and AI foundations for scalable data assets. The role focuses on enterprise data modeling, data vault/medallion architectures, data lineage, and semantic layers to enable AI readiness and data democratization across the