Platform Architect – Data Science & Analytics
Carrier
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bengaluru • India
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About the role
- Own the overall architecture of the enterprise data platform based on a Lakehouse paradigm, covering storage, compute, metadata, governance, and observability.
- Define and maintain reference architectures, design patterns, and architectural standards applicable across AWS and GCP.
- Act as the final technical authority for platform-level architectural decisions, trade-offs, and exceptions.
- Ensure architectural choices support scalability, resilience, security, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.
- Design the platform around open data standards to ensure portability and long-term flexibility.
- Architect the Lakehouse platform to run on AWS and GCP, with cloud-specific implementations mapped to a common logical architecture.
- Partner with Platform Engineers and Data Engineers to translate architecture into reusable platform capabilities, frameworks, and templates.
- Define the governance architecture for the Lakehouse, including metadata management, lineage, access control, and auditability.
- Architect for high availability, observability, and operational simplicity.
- Serve as the primary architecture interface between engineering teams, security, governance, and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- 16+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or data architecture roles.
- Proven experience architecting enterprise-scale data platforms.
- Strong experience designing and governing Lakehouse architectures.
- Hands-on architectural experience with AWS and/or GCP, with the ability to design for both.
- Deep understanding of open data standards, including open table formats, file formats, metadata, and lineage.
- Experience defining reference architectures, guardrails, and engineering standards.
- Strong ability to balance long-term architectural vision with near-term delivery needs.
Benefits
- Enjoy your best years with our retirement savings plan
- Have peace of mind and body with our health insurance
- Make yourself a priority with flexible schedules, parental leave and our holiday purchase scheme
- Drive forward your career through professional development opportunities
- Achieve your personal goals with our Employee Assistance Programme.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data architectureLakehouse architectureAWSGCPmetadata managementdata governanceopen data standardsreference architecturesscalabilityoperational excellence
Soft Skills
technical authoritycollaborationcommunicationdecision-makingproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingbalancing vision and delivery