Senior Snowflake Data Platform Architect – Hybrid

Avenue 45; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Avenue 45 seeks a Principal Data Platform Architect to define and drive the company’s enterprise data platform strategy and roadmap. You will design a Snowflake-based Lakehouse architecture, enable self-service BI, and lead integration across systems to support analytics and AI initiatives.

The role requires deep Snowflake platform experience, hands-on data modeling, and governance standards to align data assets with business growth and compliance objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required in CS/IS/Data Eng or related field.
• Master's degree in CS/Information Management or related discipline preferred.
• 10+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platforms.
• 5+ years in senior/lead architect role driving platform strategy, standards, governance.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise data platform strategy and roadmap.
• Design Snowflake-based Lakehouse architecture (medallion model).
• Lead integration architecture across systems and data domains (API-led, event-driven, batch).
• Enable self-service BI and analytics with governed semantic layers.

Skills

Snowflake expertise

Platform strategy

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IS / Data Eng

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Snowflake

Fivetran

dbt

Job description

Avenue 45 seeks a Principal Data Platform Architect to define and drive the company’s enterprise data platform strategy and roadmap. You will design a Snowflake-based Lakehouse architecture, enable self-service BI, and lead integration across systems to support analytics and AI initiatives.

The role requires deep Snowflake platform experience, hands-on data modeling, and governance standards to align data assets with business growth and compliance objectives.