Data Platform Architect
Marchex
IT
Remote
Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Marchex has been delivering innovative revenue generation and business optimization solutions for our customers since our founding in 2003, and as a public company since 2004. Marchex harnesses the power of AI and omnichannel conversational intelligence to provide actionable insights aligned with prescriptive vertical market data analytics, driving operational excellence and revenue acceleration. Marchex enables executive, sales, and marketing teams to optimize customer journey experiences across communications channels. Through our prescriptive analytics solutions, we enable the alignment of enterprise strategy, empowering businesses to increase revenue through informed decision-making and strategic execution. Marchex provides conversational intelligence AI-powered solutions for market-leading companies in leading B2B2C vertical markets, including several of the world’s most innovative and successful brands.
Job Overview
Marchex is seeking an experienced Data Platform Architect to design, develop, and implement robust data architectures supporting large-scale datasets. The ideal candidate will define and maintain data structures and schemas, manage data flows across systems, and oversee ETL processes. You will provide technical leadership on technologies such as Spark, Snowflake, Kafka, and Databricks, guiding the team in adopting the best tools and practices.
Outline of Duties and Responsibilities
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Working Conditions
The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting and may be fully or partially remote. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.
Benefits
Marchex is committed the wellbeing of our employees. To ensure that every employee has the support they need Marchex offers a comprehensive benefits package. Some of these benefits may include, but are not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision insurance; Life & Disability, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Generous PTO, and Retirement Savings (401k/ RRSP). The benefits package offered may differ by location.
*Compensation
($145,000 - $180,000 USD)
The compensation range listed above may include base salary and short and/or long-term incentives. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Marchex’s commitment to diversity
We value a diverse workplace. Marchex is committed to employing people from diverse backgrounds and we actively demonstrate inclusiveness through fair, equitable and accessible hiring practices. We recognize the strength that comes from different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives and welcome candidates who identify as visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons within the LGBTQ+ community. We feel it is important as an organization that all people have access and opportunity to be employed, to be valued and to be respected. Accommodations for job applicants with disabilities will be provided upon request during the recruitment, assessment, selection and placement process. Alternative format available on request.
**Please note that Marchex is unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.
Job Overview
Marchex is seeking an experienced Data Platform Architect to design, develop, and implement robust data architectures supporting large-scale datasets. The ideal candidate will define and maintain data structures and schemas, manage data flows across systems, and oversee ETL processes. You will provide technical leadership on technologies such as Spark, Snowflake, Kafka, and Databricks, guiding the team in adopting the best tools and practices.
Outline of Duties and Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement data architectures that support large-scale data sets, ensuring the ability to trade-off speed and cost efficiency.
- Define and maintain data structures and schemas to support business requirements and data analytics.
- Plan and manage data flows between systems, ensuring data is accurately and efficiently transferred, integrated, and synchronized across platforms.
- Design and oversee ETL processes to move and transform data from various sources into centralized databases or data warehouses.
- Provide technical leadership in implementing technologies like Spark, Snowflake, Kafka, ADX, Fabric, Databricks, and other cloud-based solutions. Guide the team in selecting the best tools and practices for specific projects.
- Deliver a variety of data-related architecture services with high quality to stakeholders, including future-state architecture designs, product assessments, technical summaries, and roadmaps.
- Collaborate with various teams to translate business and analytics requirements into a data fulfillment strategy, including building data pipelines, data aggregations, infrastructure, and tooling to support business initiatives.
- Implement processes for monitoring and improving data quality, ensuring data is accurate, complete, and up to date.
- Manage and optimize both structured and unstructured data, ensuring data integrity, accessibility, and UI and API performance.
- Design and manage data platform improvement and growth projects.
- Execute data warehouse configuration and performance tuning.
- Develop and enforce data governance policies and procedures.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 5-10 years of experience in data architecture, data management, or a related role.
- Experience with Snowflake, Azure Data Explorer, and other cloud-based relational databases.
- Proven track record of working with large data sets and defining data structures for optimization.
- Experience with Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) companies and low-code application development.
- Experience with event streaming platforms and designing/implementing real-time or near real-time data pipelines.
- Familiarity with modern SDLC practices and agile methodologies.
- Solid intuitive understanding of data modeling fundamentals, and how they inform data sources and usability, and warehouse and pipeline design.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant data manipulation techniques.
- Familiarity with conversational analytics is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Working Conditions
The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting and may be fully or partially remote. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.
Benefits
Marchex is committed the wellbeing of our employees. To ensure that every employee has the support they need Marchex offers a comprehensive benefits package. Some of these benefits may include, but are not limited to: Medical, Dental, Vision insurance; Life & Disability, Employee Assistance Program, Paid Holidays, Generous PTO, and Retirement Savings (401k/ RRSP). The benefits package offered may differ by location.
*Compensation
($145,000 - $180,000 USD)
The compensation range listed above may include base salary and short and/or long-term incentives. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
Marchex’s commitment to diversity
We value a diverse workplace. Marchex is committed to employing people from diverse backgrounds and we actively demonstrate inclusiveness through fair, equitable and accessible hiring practices. We recognize the strength that comes from different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives and welcome candidates who identify as visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and persons within the LGBTQ+ community. We feel it is important as an organization that all people have access and opportunity to be employed, to be valued and to be respected. Accommodations for job applicants with disabilities will be provided upon request during the recruitment, assessment, selection and placement process. Alternative format available on request.
**Please note that Marchex is unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.