Senior Data Architect

Staff Data Engineer / Data Architect (Contract)

Contract Length:
18-month engagement (extension highly likely)

Pay Rate:
$110–$140/hour (W2 or C2C) NO THIRD PARTIES

About the Project

This is with a major Fortune 100 financial institution undergoing a large-scale data platform modernization and AI/ML enablement initiative.

This is a multi-phase, 18-month program involving the rebuild of core data pipelines, migration into a modern lakehouse architecture, and development of a unified data platform to support credit risk, fraud, real-time decisioning, and enterprise analytics.

We're seeking a Staff-Level Data Architect to support this effort.

If you've architected or led programs at enterprise scale especially in regulated environments this is a great opportunity.

What You'll Lead

• Architecting and delivering large-scale data solutions on Azure, Databricks, and Snowflake
• Designing and implementing Delta Lakehouse frameworks and governance models
• Leading the development of dbt transformation layers and establishing enterprise standards
• Building high-performance ELT/ETL pipelines with strong observability and cost controls
• Collaborating with risk, credit, fraud, and analytics teams on data needs for ML/AI models
• Supporting platform engineering teams with best practices, CI/CD for data, and automation
• Providing architectural guidance to engineering pods across multiple workstreams

Ideal Tech Stack

Core

• Python (scalable, production-grade)
• Advanced SQL + optimization
• dbt (core + cloud; experience defining architecture & standards)

Cloud / Platform

• Azure
  : Data Factory, Functions, Synapse, EventHub
• Databricks
  : Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, MLflow
• Snowflake
  : Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, performance tuning

Preferred Experience

• Enterprise governance frameworks (Purview, Unity Catalog, Collibra)
• Streaming (Kafka/EventHub)
• Experience supporting real-time risk/fraud/credit decision systems
• Familiarity with model enablement for DS/ML teams
• Prior experience in large transformation programs (12+ months)

Ideal Background

You've operated in environments similar to:

• Tier-1 banks
• Fortune 100 financial institutions
• Large consumer credit, fintech, or payments companies

And you bring:

• 7–12+ years in data engineering or architecture
• Experience leading multi-team initiatives or platform migrations
• Ability to be hands-on while also driving architectural decisions

Pay Rate

$110–$140/hour
, depending on experience and specific workstream alignment.