Sr. Data Architect – Startups

Role Overview We’re looking for a Senior Data Architect to own our data warehousing and database infrastructure across all our startups. You’ll design and build the systems that turn raw data into a reliable, scalable foundation for reporting and analytics, while owning day-to-day database administration, performance, and security. This is a high-ownership role with the mandate to build the data backbone that supports every business unit.

Responsibilities

• Design and build a scalable data warehouse architecture supporting multiple startups
• Design data models optimized for analytics and reporting
• Build, orchestrate, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines
• Administer, tune, and maintain PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server and MongoDB across environments
• Write and optimize advanced SQL queries; design and manage indexing strategies for performance
• Build data integrations and automation
• Define and enforce data governance, access control, and security standards
• Own backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning for all databases
• Monitor database health, proactively identify bottlenecks, and resolve performance issues
• Partner with engineering, product, and analytics teams to translate data needs into architecture
• Document data architecture, schemas, pipelines, and operational runbooks
• Monitor and optimize Azure cloud costs, ensuring infrastructure spend stays efficient as data volume and usage scale

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; equivalent practical experience is welcome.