Senior Data Platform Architect — Big Data & Cloud

Experian; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Experian, a global data and technology company, seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to design large-scale data platforms and lead technical direction for complex systems. You will partner with engineering, product, and business teams to shape architecture for high-volume data environments.

You will define end-to-end architecture, build automated pipelines using Spark/Trino, and establish best practices for data ingestion, storage, and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field; Master’s preferred.
• 8+ years in software/data engineering or technology architecture.
• 5+ years with Big Data technologies and large-scale distributed processing.
• Experience building automated data pipelines with Spark/Trino or similar.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale data platforms and cloud solutions.
• Proficient in Python, Java, Scala, or SQL.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end architecture for large-scale data platforms and distributed systems.
• Develop automated data pipelines using Spark, Trino, or similar technologies.
• Establish architecture best practices for ingestion, transformation, storage, and usage.
• Improve performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across data platforms.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Security, Cloud, and Architecture teams to modernize workflows.
• Lead architecture reviews and mentor architects and engineers; communicate strategy to leadership.
• Design solutions in cloud environments and oversee governance, security, and observability.

Skills

Big data architectures

Cloud environments

Mentoring & leadership

Communication with stakeholders

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Master's preferred

Tools

Apache Spark

Trino

Python

Java

SQL

Data lakes / data warehouses

Job description

Experian, a global data and technology company, seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to design large-scale data platforms and lead technical direction for complex systems. You will partner with engineering, product, and business teams to shape architecture for high-volume data environments.

You will define end-to-end architecture, build automated pipelines using Spark/Trino, and establish best practices for data ingestion, storage, and governance.