Data Platform Architect

**IN THIS ROLE**
- You will work with business and data engineering teams to build data platforms from the ground up, driven by concrete business use cases.
- You will guide teams through the end-to-end project lifecycle, covering the initial conception, business requirements, software architecture, implementation, and flawless delivery. You will be acting as a technical lead and coach for the more junior team members.
- You will provide technological and architectural consulting to our clients, create strategic roadmaps, and advise on their execution.
- You will support pre-sales on tender responses, proof-of-concept work, and the design of modern data platforms, both on premise and in the cloud.
- You will run group-wide thought leadership initiatives to advance our data architecture practice and sustain our technical excellence.

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- A stimulating and professional working environment in a dynamic team with extensive expertise
- Exciting projects and challenging problems to solve using the latest technologies
- Flat organizational hierarchies and cross-functional teamwork
- Close contact with customers in diverse industries
- A supportive culture with excellent opportunities for professional and personal development

**YOUR PROFILE**
- 8+ years of experience in designing and implementing large-scale data-intensive software solutions
- Hands-on experience in architecting big data systems and analytical pipelines covering data collection, data preparation and storage, data analysis and serving to data scientists or business users
- Solid knowledge of integration patterns and best practices such as synchronous vs. asynchronous communications, RESTful APIs, messaging, publish-subscribe
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, real-time vs. (micro-)batch processing and related design principles and patterns
- Solid knowledge of data-centric patterns, data modelling, query optimization on several storage solutions among SQL databases, document stores, graph databases, time-series databases, data warehouses
- Experience with one or several distributed streaming / processing platforms such as Kafka, Spark or cloud-based alternatives (Snowflake, Databricks). A certification is a big plus.
- Strong experience with Cloud services on at least one of Azure, AWS, GCP
- Strong knowledge of best practices and tooling for CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, automation, agile methods, automated testing, code quality
- Good communication skills, ability to create and sustain client relationships
- Fluent in French and in English