
Principal Data Architect – Semantic
Parts Town
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Addison • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $129,210 - $174,374 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own and evolve the enterprise semantic model / ontology across core Parts Town domains (Customer, Part, Inventory, Order, Pricing, Supplier, Warehouse)
- Define canonical business objects, relationships, hierarchies, and metrics that are platform-agnostic by design
- Partner closely with Business Process Owners, Product Owners, and domain leaders to capture real operational logic and prioritize semantic evolution
- Establish and run lightweight governance for semantic changes (definitions, versioning, impact analysis, documentation)
- Enable analytics, applications, and AI/agentic use cases using shared, trusted business objects
- Act as the senior semantic authority, advising Data Engineering, Analytics, and AI teams on correct use of enterprise definitions.
Requirements
- 8+ years in data architecture, semantic modeling, or enterprise analytics architecture roles
- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data or semantic models
- Strong SQL and Python skills; experience with BigQuery or similar cloud data platforms
- Hands-on experience with BigQuery or similar cloud data warehouses
- Experience with knowledge graphs, graph databases, or semantic technologies (RDF, OWL, graph models)
- Experience supporting AI/ML or agentic decisioning use cases.
Benefits
- Hybrid Work schedule
- Team member appreciation events and recognition programs
- Volunteer opportunities
- Monthly IT stipend
- Casual dress code
- On-demand pay options: Access your pay as you earn it, to cover unexpected or even everyday expenses
- All the traditional benefits like health insurance, 401k/401k match, employee assistance programs and time away – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data architecturesemantic modelingenterprise analytics architectureSQLPythonBigQuerycloud data platformsknowledge graphsgraph databasessemantic technologies
Soft Skills
collaborationprioritizationgovernanceadvisingdocumentation