Senior Data Platform Architect — Snowflake Lakehouse & AI

Ventura Foods; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Employee events

Assistance programs

Job summary

Ventura Foods is seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer to define and drive the enterprise data platform strategy. You will design a Snowflake-based lakehouse, govern data across bronze to gold layers, and enable self-service BI with governed semantic layers.

You will also lead cross‑system integration patterns, ensure data quality and security, and partner with data science teams to advance ML/AI platforms and MLOps across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field required.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Management, or Business/Technology discipline preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platforms.
• 5+ years in a senior/lead architect role driving platform strategy, standards, and governance at enterprise scale.
• Proven expertise designing and operating cloud-based data platforms, including lakehouse architectures.
• Hands-on experience with ELT/ETL tools, data modeling, and metadata management (dbt, Fivetran, or comparable).
• Strong background in enterprise integration (API-led, event-driven, or batch patterns).
• Experience enabling self-service BI and analytics platforms with governed semantic layers.
• Exposure to ML/AI platforms and MLOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data platform strategy and roadmap for data, integration, analytics, and AI platforms.
• Design Snowflake-based lakehouse architecture with bronze/silver/gold layers and governance.
• Lead integration architecture across systems and data domains with API-led, event-driven, and batch patterns.
• Enable and expand self-service BI and analytics with governed datasets and semantic layers.
• Lay the foundation for ML/AI platforms and enable MLOps practices in collaboration with data science teams.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

Data engineering

Integration patterns

Analytics enablement

ML/AI enablement

Security & governance

Leadership & communication

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Data Eng

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Fivetran

Job description

Ventura Foods is seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer to define and drive the enterprise data platform strategy. You will design a Snowflake-based lakehouse, govern data across bronze to gold layers, and enable self-service BI with governed semantic layers.

You will also lead cross‑system integration patterns, ensure data quality and security, and partner with data science teams to advance ML/AI platforms and MLOps across the organization.