Senior Data Architect, Legal Ops - AI Data

Apple, Inc.; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 278,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock plans

Health benefits

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Apple, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Architect in Cupertino to lead the Legal Operations Data Management Office. You will design the semantic layer, unified data model, and governance frameworks to enable AI and analytics across the organization.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical work and team mentorship. You will define enterprise data architecture, drive entity resolution, and build a scalable data lake connecting matter management, contracts, eBilling, and document

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or related field; master's preferred.
• 10+ years in data architecture/engineering, with 4+ years in senior leadership.
• Deep expertise in data modeling, dimensional modeling, data lake design, ETL/ELT.
• SQL and Python proficiency for data engineering and automation.
• Experience with dbt and data integration tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data architecture for Legal Operations, including data model and integration patterns.
• Design and implement entity resolution to create master records across systems.
• Establish taxonomy and a standardized legal ontology across practice groups.
• Architect the data lake and integration layer connecting matter management, contracts, eBilling, and more.
• Build data foundations enabling production-grade AI and analytics with trusted context and relations.
• Set data quality standards, validation rules, and monitoring for accuracy and completeness.
• Design data governance frameworks including ownership, access controls, lineage, and compliance.
• Partner with Data Stewards to drive data quality and standard adoption.
• Lead and mentor the DMO team and set technical direction.
• Review designs and implementations to ensure alignment with strategy.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Semantic layer

Entity resolution

SQL

Python

Snowflake

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science/IS

Master's degree preferred

Tools

dbt

Fivetran

Job description

Apple, Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Architect in Cupertino to lead the Legal Operations Data Management Office. You will design the semantic layer, unified data model, and governance frameworks to enable AI and analytics across the organization.

This role blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical work and team mentorship. You will define enterprise data architecture, drive entity resolution, and build a scalable data lake connecting matter management, contracts, eBilling, and document