Associate Principal Engineer, Data Architecture – Functional Architecture

Nagarro

Associate Principal Engineer, Data Architecture at Nagarro, a digital product engineering company, focusing on enterprise data architecture within financial services.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define, implement, and govern enterprise data architecture standards, policies, and frameworks across the assigned business domain
Ensure data architecture artefacts, data products, and data deliveries comply with enterprise governance, quality, and regulatory requirements
Lead domain data modelling activities and ensure alignment with enterprise and global data models
Develop and maintain current, transition, and target-state data architectures and data flows across business domains
Drive architecture decisions for enterprise data platforms, analytical solutions, and strategic data initiatives
Establish and facilitate data governance forums, architecture review boards, and decision-making processes
Collaborate with business stakeholders, data owners, technology teams, and enterprise architects to align on data standards and architecture roadmaps
Provide architectural leadership for regulatory reporting and business transformation initiatives across Risk, Finance, Treasury, Compliance, or Transaction Banking domains
Review and approve solution and data architecture artefacts to ensure adherence to enterprise standards and best practices
Monitor emerging technologies and modern data architecture trends, recommending innovative solutions that support the organization's strategic objectives
Contribute to the development of enterprise data strategy, governance capability, and future-state architecture roadmaps
Promote the adoption of enterprise data governance, metadata management, and data quality practices across the organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

Total Experience 9+ years’ experience
Strong experience in Data Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Data Management, or related roles within the Financial Services industry
Strong business domain expertise in one or more of the following: Risk, Finance, Treasury, Compliance, Transaction Banking, or Capital Markets
In-depth understanding of financial products, including Loans, Deposits, Bonds, Derivatives, Swaps, and Options
Strong knowledge of regulatory reporting frameworks such as FINREP, ILAAP, CCR, STE, TTR, and other EMEA regulatory reporting requirements
Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise data architecture, governance frameworks, and target-state data architectures
Demonstrated experience establishing governance operating models, architecture review forums, and enterprise data standards
Strong expertise in enterprise data modelling and industry-standard data models such as FSLDM and BIRD
Experience designing enterprise data flows, integration architectures, and cross-domain data solutions
Knowledge of modern data architecture patterns, including Data Lake, Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Hybrid Architectures, and AI/Agentic data ecosystems
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and influencing skills
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities
Hands-on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or similar cloud data platforms
Experience using enterprise data governance platforms such as Collibra
Familiarity with Enterprise Architecture tools including LeanIX, Ardoq, or equivalent platforms
Experience evaluating and selecting enterprise data technologies and architecture tools
Knowledge of cloud-based data platforms, metadata management, master data management (MDM), and data quality frameworks.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
retirement plans
paid time off
flexible work arrangements
professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data ManagementEnterprise Data ModellingData Flows DesignIntegration ArchitecturesFinancial Products KnowledgeData Quality FrameworksModern Data Architecture PatternsTarget-State Data ArchitecturesGovernance Operating ModelsAnalytical Solutions

Soft Skills

Stakeholder ManagementCommunicationFacilitationInfluencingProblem-Solving