Principal Data Architect

We have an exciting job opportunity for Principal Data Architect role atLondon/Glasgow, UK - Permanent

Role: Principal Data Architect

Duration: Permanent

Location: London/Glasgow, UK

Skills Required:

• Designing a modern lakehouse on AWS from first principles
• Building a Real Time data layer from high-frequency, distributed systems
• Creating a data model that's ML-ready on day one
• Defining how data flows across multiple global environments
• Solving hard problems around consistency, replication, and scale
• Turning legal/enterprise constraints into clean technical architecture
• Handles massive volumes of unstructured + streaming data
• Integrates graph, relational, and vector models in one ecosystem
• Powers AI systems directly from live operational data
• Scales from one site - global distributed infrastructure
• Supports enterprise clients with strict data isolation + governance
• Designing distributed data systems across teams or regions
• Deep in Python + cloud (AWS)
• Comfortable with streaming/telemetry data at scale
• Strong with Postgres and modern data patterns
• Experience with graph or vector databases
• Data governance & tenancy
• Replication & consistency trade-offs
• Secure data sharing across organizations