Senior Data Architect, Database Engineer

Stratus

Senior Data Architect transforming data operations for MEP contractor solutions. Leading MongoDB optimization and implementing AI-ready data architectures.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformMongoDBPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assess current homegrown data operations and production database layer
Design future-state architecture leveraging MongoDB best practices and modern data stack technologies
Own MongoDB performance optimization end-to-end
Lead ongoing MongoDB maintenance
Drive hands-on implementation of critical data infrastructure improvements
Establish testing, monitoring, and data quality frameworks
Architect the data layer to support AI-driven workloads
Partner with application and ML engineering to make production data AI-ready

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, database administration, or analytics engineering with 3+ years in senior/lead roles
Deep, hands-on MongoDB expertise at production scale (Atlas M40+ ideal)
Expertise in resolving performance issues (runaway queries, lock contention, etc.)
Hands-on experience with vector search and embeddings pipelines in production
Experience designing data architecture that supports RAG, semantic search, or agentic AI workloads
PostgreSQL experience
Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
Hands-on experience designing and implementing data lakes, data pipelines, ELT/ETL pipelines at scale
Strong understanding of data quality, testing, and monitoring practices

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive and competitive health benefits plan
Matching 401k contributions
20 days annual PTO
Primarily remote work with occasional annual team onsites

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Hard Skills & Tools

MongoDBdata engineeringdata architecturedatabase administrationanalytics engineeringPostgreSQLdata lakesdata pipelinesELTETL

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunication