WHAT’S YOUR JOB ROLE ABOUT?

The Data Architect is a key leadership role across US, India and Nepal, responsible for shaping the technical direction of the organization, ensuring the efficient operation of engineering teams, and driving the development of cutting-edge products and solutions. This role requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership skills, and strategic vision to support the company’s growth and success.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage a group of Data Engineers in US, India and Nepal and provide technical guidance, mentorship and performance management.
  • Collaborate with engineering managers, tech leads, cross-functional teams and stakeholders across US, India and Nepal to ensure engineering alignment and architectural principals.
  • Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data engineering and software development.
  • A broad technical understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and data processing platforms/tools (Data Security, Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, Spark, SQL, Scala (Optional), AWS Glue, Step function, ETL pipeline (custom, Gathr etc) Airbyte, DBT, Kafka, Data Stream, Red Shift, Athena, Workflow Manager, SQS
  • Data Discovery, Data Governance, Observability, Entitlement, Security, Data Modelling
  • Data Visualization, Data Dashboards
  • DevOps-ISE
  • Understanding the ecosystem and data lifecycle of data ingestion, transformation, data decoration and distribution
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous learning.
  • Drive innovation and identify opportunities to improve engineering processes
  • Collaborate closely with product management and other cross-functional teams to define technical requirements and project priorities.
  • Oversee the planning, execution and delivery of engineering projects, ensuring the timely and quality completion of the projects.
  • Monitor and communicate project progress, identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.

KEY COMPETENCIES

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science/Engineering
  • Demonstrated track record of successfully managing and scaling engineering team
  • 12+ years of experience managing software teams
  • 3+ years of data engineering
  • Go-getter with a self-starter mindset
  • Strong project management skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong analytical, problem solving, organization and prioritization skills