Architect Data Engineer
TLDR
Lead end-to-end data platform architecture for Agentic AI, unifying structured, unstructured, and graph data to enable real-time AI workloads and enterprise-scale workflows.
- Define and lead the end-to-end architecture for a modern data platform supporting Agentic AI, integrating structured, unstructured, and graph-based data systems.
- Design multi-tenant schemas and knowledge graph ontologies to enable advanced reasoning, contextual understanding, and cross-domain data retrieval for AI agents.
- Oversee performance, reliability, and security of large-scale data systems including Snowflake and Kinetica, ensuring high availability for mission-critical workloads.
- Serve as the primary technical advisor for clients, leading discovery workshops and aligning architectural decisions with business and AI strategy goals.
- Establish performance benchmarks for data latency, retrieval accuracy, and system scalability to support real-time agentic execution.
- Design and optimize advanced ETL/ELT pipelines, including streaming, batch, and CDC-based data ingestion strategies.
- Define and enforce database governance, including indexing, partitioning, resource optimization, and cloud-native scaling strategies.
- Collaborate on the design of API-first and tool-enabled data layers for integration with AI agents and LLM-based systems.
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering roles within enterprise or AI-driven environments.
- Strong expertise in architecting hybrid data ecosystems using platforms such as Snowflake, Kinetica, NoSQL, and graph databases.
- Deep knowledge of knowledge graph design, including RDF or property graph modeling for enterprise-scale systems.
- Proven experience designing and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines, including streaming, batch, and CDC architectures.
- Strong understanding of database internals, including indexing strategies, partitioning, scaling, and performance tuning in cloud environments.
- Experience building data platforms that support real-time analytics, AI/ML, or agent-based systems.
- Client-facing experience as a technical lead, including running workshops, gathering requirements, and defining architectural roadmaps.
- Familiarity with semantic layers (e.g., dbt Semantic Layer, Cube) is a strong plus.
- Knowledge of data security principles such as RBAC and row-level security in distributed systems.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with a consultative mindset.
- Competitive compensation aligned with experience and market standards.
- Remote work flexibility within Canada or the US East region.
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge Agentic AI and enterprise data platform architectures.
- Exposure to Fortune 500 clients and large-scale AI transformation initiatives.
- Access to advanced cloud, AI, and data technologies in a research-driven environment.
- Strong culture of innovation, learning, and continuous technical upskilling.
- Collaborative environment working alongside highly skilled AI and data engineering teams.
- Opportunity to influence next-generation data architectures powering real-world AI systems.
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Benefits:
Benefits
Learning Budget
Strong culture of innovation, learning, and continuous technical upskilling.
Remote-Friendly
Remote work flexibility within Canada or the US East region.
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- Founded
- Founded 2020
- Employees
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Professional Services