Principal Data Architect – Streaming & Data Platforms at Egen

Egen

Remote·4h ago

LeadFull-timeJavaRustSpringAWSDockerTerraformCI/CDGitAIAPI

Salary Range

$200,000 - $220,000 /year

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect to design, build, and scale modern data and streaming platforms that power real-time and analytical use cases. This role requires strong hands-on architecture experience across streaming technologies, cloud-native platforms, Master Data Management (MDM), and data governance.

Key Responsibilities

→Design and implement scalable streaming data platforms to support real-time ingestion, processing, and analytics
→Architect and guide the development of end-to-end data platforms across batch and streaming workloads
→Lead and contribute to Master Data Management (MDM) solutions, including golden record design, data matching, survivorship, and hierarchy management
→Define and implement data governance frameworks, including data ownership and stewardship models, data quality rules and monitoring, metadata, lineage, and access controls
→Collaborate with application teams to expose data via APIs and event-driven architectures
→Provide architectural guidance for cloud-native deployments, including containerization and orchestration
→Establish data architecture standards, patterns, and best practices
→Partner with DevOps teams to enable CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and platform reliability
→Review designs, mentor engineers, and help drive technical decisions across projects

Requirements

✓8–12+ years in data engineering and architecture roles
✓Strong experience designing streaming data platforms (Kafka, MSK, Kinesis, or similar)
✓Proven hands-on experience building or leading MDM implementations
✓Solid understanding of data governance principles and real-world implementation
✓Experience designing event-driven and API-first data architectures
✓Deep knowledge of data modeling (canonical models, domain-driven design concepts)
✓Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
✓Good Communication Skills