Principal Data Architect

Softcard (acquired by Google)

. Leading the architecture direction around data capabilities and solution architectures that require architecture oversight.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeAtlanta • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $170,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading the architecture direction around data capabilities and solution architectures that require architecture oversight.
Ensuring alignment of initiative-level high and low designs against the data/tech architecture standards and strategy and governing adherence to our key principles in this space.
Understanding our data structures and initiatives to support data platforms, applications and solutions, as well as champion new solutions for existing groups who leverage the capabilities.
Work with Agile Squads, Business, and Stakeholders to investigate & perform data analysis for the purposes of creating new solutions.
Communicate designs and explain design features and alternative approaches to internal consumers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience as an Information Technology Architect designing end to end data solutions, ideally within an enterprise.
10+ years of experience designing and implementing data warehouses, data marts, OLTP solutions, with emphasis on hybrid or cloud native implementations.
5+ years of experience with data governance frameworks, reference architecture, technical roadmaps & solution blueprints.
5+ years of experience with Agile methodologies & architecture governance.
TOGAF experience is preferred but not mandatory.
5+ years of experience with data migrations, application modernization, proof of concept experiments and requirements gathering.
Experience with stakeholders management and presenting solutions to mixed technical | non-technical audiences.
Experience working in cloud-based technology environments, preferably AWS & Snowflake.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible paid time off
Hybrid work schedule
401(K) matching of 100% up to the first 6% with a discretionary supplemental contribution
Health & wellbeing benefits
Parental Leave benefits
Employee stock purchase plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

data architecturedata solutions designdata warehousesdata martsOLTP solutionsdata governance frameworkstechnical roadmapssolution blueprintsdata migrationsapplication modernization

Soft Skills

stakeholder managementcommunicationdata analysiscollaborationpresentation skills