Senior Data Architect (Pre-sales & Solutions)

Endava; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote within the United States

Exempt, full-time employment

Job summary

Endava is seeking a senior architect to lead data and AI solution design for client engagements, covering pre-sales, solution shaping, and technical leadership across cloud, data platforms, and AI workloads.

Fully remote within the United States, the position sits in a client delivery organization and is exempt, full-time. You will translate client needs into credible architectures, guide governance, and support handover to delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience architecting modern data platforms and AI/ML solutions in client-facing contexts
• Comfortable operating in a pre-sales capacity, including client workshops, discovery, and proposal development
• Working knowledge of cloud data services, integration patterns, and AI/ML lifecycle tooling
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into clear narratives for both business and technical audiences
• Background in client delivery or consulting environments with billable, project-based engagement models

Responsibilities

• Shape data and AI solution approaches during pre-sales cycles, translating client needs into credible architectures and estimates
• Partner with sales, delivery, and engineering stakeholders to design proposals that are technically sound and commercially viable
• Provide architectural guidance across cloud, data platform, and AI/ML workloads for prospective and active engagements
• Contribute to proof-of-concept designs and demonstrations that showcase technical capability to client audiences
• Advise on data strategy topics such as platform selection, integration patterns, governance, and AI/ML adoption paths
• Support handover from pre-sales into delivery, helping set expectations on scope, risks, and architectural decisions

Skills

Senior data architect

AI/ML solutions

Client-facing

Pre-sales

Cloud data services

Job description

Role overview

A senior architect role focused on the data and AI domain, supporting pre-sales and solution shaping for client delivery engagements. The position is fully remote within the United States and works at the intersection of solution design, client advisory, and technical leadership. It is an exempt, full-time role within a client delivery organization.

Responsibilities

• Shape data and AI solution approaches during pre-sales cycles, translating client needs into credible architectures and estimates


• Partner with sales, delivery, and engineering stakeholders to design proposals that are technically sound and commercially viable


• Provide architectural guidance across cloud, data platform, and AI/ML workloads for prospective and active engagements


• Contribute to proof-of-concept designs and demonstrations that showcase technical capability to client audiences


• Advise on data strategy topics such as platform selection, integration patterns, governance, and AI/ML adoption paths


• Support handover from pre-sales into delivery, helping set expectations on scope, risks, and architectural decisions

Requirements

• Senior-level experience architecting modern data platforms and AI/ML solutions in client-facing contexts


• Comfortable operating in a pre-sales capacity, including client workshops, discovery, and proposal development


• Working knowledge of cloud data services, integration patterns, and AI/ML lifecycle tooling


• Ability to translate complex technical topics into clear narratives for both business and technical audiences


• Background in client delivery or consulting environments with billable, project-based engagement models

Benefits and work setup

• Fully remote role based in the United States


• Exempt, full-time, indefinite employment status


• Role sits within a Data and AI discipline inside a client delivery function