Senior Data & AI Architect (GenAI & Platforms)

Capgemini Engineering; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering in the Bay Area is seeking a Data & AI Architect/Lead Engineer to design, develop and deliver enterprise-scale data and AI solutions. You will lead cross-functional teams, shape data products and drive GenAI/LLM initiatives across cloud platforms.

You will bring deep expertise in Python, SQL, ETL/ELT, Spark and modern data architectures, guiding architecture decisions, ensuring data quality, governance and scalable performance in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Engineering / Data Platforms with strong technical leadership.
• Strong system design, solution architecture, development and delivery capabilities.
• Experience with business operations and insights in areas such as Workforce mgmt., Software Asset mgmt., Supply Chain, Financials, Budget and Forecast.
• Strong expertise in Python, SQL, ETL/ELT and distributed data processing.
• Experience with Spark and large-scale data architecture.
• Strong cloud experience with GCP, AWS or Azure; GCP preferred.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, vector databases, Conversational AI, AI agents, GenAI application development.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Data & AI solution design, architecture, development and delivery.
• Design and develop scalable data modeling, data quality, data pipelines, data platforms and analytics solutions across structured and unstructured data.
• Drive GenAI/LLM use cases, including RAG, AI agents, conversational AI and intelligent automation.
• Translate business problems into data products, AI solutions and technical roadmaps.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across Python, SQL, APIs, ETL/ELT and cloud data platforms.
• Establish best practices for data quality, governance, observability, security and performance.
• Lead technical discussions, architecture reviews, design decisions and engineering standards.
• Guide and mentor Data Engineers, AI Engineers and offshore engineering teams.
• Own delivery outcomes including quality, timelines, risks and stakeholder communication.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Platforms

Technical Leadership

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT

Cloud Data Platforms

Spark

GenAI/LLM

AI Solutions

Tools

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

Capgemini Engineering in the Bay Area is seeking a Data & AI Architect/Lead Engineer to design, develop and deliver enterprise-scale data and AI solutions. You will lead cross-functional teams, shape data products and drive GenAI/LLM initiatives across cloud platforms.

You will bring deep expertise in Python, SQL, ETL/ELT, Spark and modern data architectures, guiding architecture decisions, ensuring data quality, governance and scalable performance in a fast-paced environment.