Senior Data Architect (with Generative AI)

ZealHire Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ZealHire Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Architect (with Generative AI) for a Houston-based contract engagement. The role focuses on building scalable data platforms that support GenAI, real-time analytics, and enterprise data warehousing.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Treasure Data CDP, Kafka, Snowflake/Databricks, and cloud data services across AWS/Azure/GCP. Preference for candidates with production-grade AI-ready pipelines and RAG infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Must have 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering/Data Architecture.
• Hands-on ETL/ELT, Python, and SQL experience in enterprise data platforms.
• Experience with enterprise Data Warehouse / Lakehouse architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement real-time and batch data pipelines for AI workloads.
• Lead data-architecture decisions for GenAI-infused applications.
• Prioritize Treasure Data CDP and real-time analytics driven projects.

Skills

ETL/ELT

Python

SQL

Enterprise Data Warehousing

Real-time analytics

Tools

Treasure Data CDP

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS/Azure/GCP data services

Job description

Senior Data Architect (with Generative AI) | JPC-9017

Role: Senior Data Architect (with Generative AI)

Location: Houston, TX (Remote)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

Visa: USC, GC ( with PP number)

LinkedIn should match resume and should have proper connection, photo and created before 2021

References with LinkedIn

Previous Genesys candidate highly preferred

Job Description

We are looking for a 10+ years experienced Senior Data Architect for a contract role.

• Must have strong hands-on ETL/ELT, Python, SQL, and Enterprise Data Warehousing experience.
• AI/Generative AI data engineering experience is strongly required— RAG, vector databases, LangChain/LangGraph, AI Agents, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, etc.
• We are specifically interested in candidates who understand how enterprise data platforms support modern AI/ML and Generative AI applications.
• Treasure Data / Treasure Data CDP experience is a key requirement — please prioritize candidates with real production experience.
• Strong experience with real-time analytics, event-driven architecture, and streaming data pipelines.
• Hands-on Apache Kafka experience is highly preferred.
• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent cloud data platforms.
• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP data engineering services.
• CDC or Debezium and incremental data processing experience is required.
• Candidate should have experience designing batch + real-time enterprise data architectures.
• Experience building AI-ready data pipelines / semantic search / RAG infrastructure will be a major plus.
• Please do not submit traditional ETL/BI only profiles.
• Specific Ask: Please submit candidates who have Treasure Data + Real-Time Analytics + Enterprise ETL/Data Warehouse experience, ideally combined with Kafka and Generative AI.

Note

Preferred points to look in the resume:

• Does the candidate have 10+ years of Data Engineering / Data Architecture experience?
• Does the candidate have strong hands-on ETL/ELT, Python, and SQL experience?
• Does the candidate have enterprise Data Warehouse / Lakehouse experience?
• Does the candidate have hands-on Treasure Data / Treasure Data CDP experience?
• How many years of Treasure Data experience does the candidate have?
• Does the candidate have real-time analytics / streaming experience?
• Does the candidate have hands-on Apache Kafka experience?
• Does the candidate have CDC / Debezium experience?
• Does the candidate have strong Snowflake or Databricks experience?
• Does the candidate have experience designing cloud data architectures on AWS, Azure, or GCP?
• Does the candidate have Generative AI data engineering experience?
• Does the candidate have experience building RAG or vector-search pipelines?
• Does the candidate have experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or AI Agents?
• Does the candidate have experience integrating enterprise data with Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, Databricks Mosaic AI, or Snowflake Cortex?

• Has the candidate personally designed and implemented production-grade data architecture, rather than only maintaining existing ETL jobs?

Pre-Screening Questions (needed with submission )

Q1: Does the candidate have 10+ years of Data Engineering/Data Architecture experience, with strong hands-on ETL/ELT, Python, SQL, and Enterprise Data Warehouse/Lakehouse architecture experience?

Q2: Does the candidate have hands-on production experience with Treasure Data / Treasure Data CDP, including designing, implementing, or supporting enterprise data pipelines/platforms?

Q3: Does the candidate have hands-on experience designing and implementing real-time analytics, event-driven architectures, and streaming data pipelines, including Apache Kafka?

Q4: Does the candidate have hands-on experience with CDC/incremental data processing (or Debezium) and designing enterprise cloud data architectures using AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, or Databricks?

Q5: Does the candidate have hands-on experience building AI-ready data pipelines, RAG/vector-search infrastructure, or Generative AI data architectures, including technologies such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, AI Agents, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, or similar platforms?

$000,000 – $000,000 Salary range is not shown on the candidate portal