Senior Data Architect: Real-Time AI Data Platform (Remote)

ABC Fitness; United States; Remote; USD 173,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Open PTO policy

Days of Disconnect

Parental & Pawternity Leave

Best Life Perk

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

Calm App subscription

Job summary

ABC Fitness is seeking a senior data architect to define and drive the company’s data architecture strategy. You will lead a global team, transform from batch to real-time data, and partner with executives to align data initiatives with business outcomes.

You’ll leverage AWS, Databricks, and lakehouse technologies, embedding AI where it adds real value while ensuring governance, security, and scalability. Join a data-driven, outcome-focused culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or a related discipline, including experience leading senior technical professionals.
• Experience moving data platforms from batch processing toward real-time or near-real-time architectures.
• Deep experience with modern cloud data platforms and lakehouse architecture.
• Experience with AWS, Databricks, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog is highly valued.
• Strong foundations in data modeling, data warehousing, data governance, and distributed data systems.
• Practical experience using AI in your own work, along with sound judgment about where AI creates meaningful value.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to make technical strategy clear to executive leaders and design decisions clear to engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to influence product and engineering partners without relying solely on formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate ABC’s data architecture strategy, roadmap, and standards.
• Lead the architectural evolution from batch and latency-driven processing toward real-time data.
• Partner with executive, product, and engineering leaders to connect data architecture decisions to business and customer outcomes.
• Identify practical opportunities to use AI to improve engineering productivity, data generation, quality, and decision-making.
• Lead, coach, and develop a global team of four to five senior data architects.
• Establish consistent design review practices across the Data and Reporting organization.
• Guide architecture decisions related to data quality, governance, security, compliance, scalability, and reliability.
• Partner with Product leaders early in the planning process to shape data and reporting capabilities.
• Explain complex technical strategies clearly to both executive and technical audiences.
• Build alignment across teams and influence decisions beyond your direct reporting relationships.

Skills

Data architecture leadership

Cloud data platforms

AI in data work

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

SQL

Python

Job description

ABC Fitness is seeking a senior data architect to define and drive the company’s data architecture strategy. You will lead a global team, transform from batch to real-time data, and partner with executives to align data initiatives with business outcomes.

You’ll leverage AWS, Databricks, and lakehouse technologies, embedding AI where it adds real value while ensuring governance, security, and scalability. Join a data-driven, outcome-focused culture.