Senior Data & AI Architect for Cloud & MLOps

Grocery Outlet; Emeryville (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus Program

Equity

401(k) Profit Sharing

Job summary

Grocery Outlet is seeking a Senior Data & Analytics Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable data platforms across the organization. The role focuses on translating business needs into robust data architectures to enable advanced analytics, ML, and AI capabilities for strategic decision making and operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in data architecture, cloud platforms, AI/ML frameworks, and enterprise integration, with strong leadership and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering, analytics, or platform architecture.
• 5+ years designing cloud-based data platforms and AI/ML solutions.
• Strong expertise with data architecture patterns (data lake, lakehouse, warehouse).
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and big data technologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-scale data architectures supporting analytics, ML, and AI.
• Architect modern data platforms (data lakes, lakehouses, warehouses, real-time pipelines).
• Define AI/ML solution architecture including training, deployment, monitoring, and governance.
• Design dashboards using PowerBI, Databricks, and related tools.
• Lead data and AI workloads on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Implement scalable pipelines with Spark, Databricks, or similar.
• Optimize performance, scalability, security, and cost.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics

Platform architecture

Cloud platforms

AI/ML frameworks

SQL

Python

MLOps pipelines

Stakeholder management

Generative AI/LLMs

Education

Cloud architecture certification (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Databricks certification

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Databricks

Spark

Hadoop ecosystem

PowerBI

Job description

Grocery Outlet is seeking a Senior Data & Analytics Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable data platforms across the organization. The role focuses on translating business needs into robust data architectures to enable advanced analytics, ML, and AI capabilities for strategic decision making and operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in data architecture, cloud platforms, AI/ML frameworks, and enterprise integration, with strong leadership and