Senior Data Architect: Scale Analytics & Real-Time Data

Xebia; Town of Poland (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xebia is seeking a senior Data Engineer/Architect to lead the design of a scalable analytics platform. You will analyze current multi-store reporting, define data models, and guide implementation with engineering teams to ensure performance and quality at scale.

You will work with Apache Druid, Kafka, and streaming pipelines, shaping real-time analytics and large‑volume data processing across EU regions. Fluent English and EU work permit required.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, or related roles.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Apache Druid.
• Strong experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Excellent knowledge of large-scale analytical data modeling.
• Strong expertise in SQL and MySQL.
• Experience processing and analyzing billions of events.
• Deep understanding of distributed data systems and performance optimization.
• Ability to independently assess existing architectures and propose improvements.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience with Apache Flink as well as streaming data pipelines and stream processing.
• Fluent English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Analyzing and assessing the current multi-store reporting architecture.
• Designing a scalable, high-performance reporting solution capable of handling very large data volumes.
• Defining data modeling strategies for analytics and reporting workloads.
• Designing approaches for event enrichment using metadata from multiple sources.
• Creating efficient solutions for computing unique counts and analytical aggregations at scale.
• Providing architectural guidance around real-time and near real-time analytics.
• Evaluating and recommending technologies, patterns, and trade-offs across the data platform.
• Collaborating with engineering teams to implement the proposed architecture.
• Supporting migration activities and ensure reporting consistency throughout the transition.
• Driving best practices related to data quality, scalability, observability, and performance optimization.
• Providing technical guidance and mentorship to engineering team members.

Skills

Apache Druid

Kafka

SQL

MySQL

Data Modeling

Distributed Systems

Apache Flink

English (Fluent)

Tools

ClickHouse

Apache Iceberg

Iceberg/Open table formats

Streaming pipelines

Job description

Xebia is seeking a senior Data Engineer/Architect to lead the design of a scalable analytics platform. You will analyze current multi-store reporting, define data models, and guide implementation with engineering teams to ensure performance and quality at scale.

You will work with Apache Druid, Kafka, and streaming pipelines, shaping real-time analytics and large‑volume data processing across EU regions. Fluent English and EU work permit required.