Data Architect

Enso Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with a well-established, globally operating SaaS business that has been at the forefront of its niche for nearly two decades.

They are now on the lookout for a talentedData Architectto shape what comes next.

The Opportunity

This is a genuinely high-impact role. The business is on a mission to bring together data from across its multi-product estate into a unified, governed platform, unlocking smarter analytics, deeper customer insights, and a foundation for AI-driven development.

As Data Architect, you will own how that data is structured, connected, and governed across the organisation. It's a role with strong visibility, real strategic ownership, and the chance to shape how data is used at scale for years to come.

Key Responsibilities

• Author and maintain the canonical data model across a multi-product estate, covering logical and physical modelling, entity relationships, slowly changing dimensions, and tenant isolation patterns
• Define data contracts with product teams and own the data dictionary, naming standards, and reference data governance
• Lead master data management including entity resolution, golden records, and cross-product joins at scale
• Define data domains, ownership boundaries, and clear data ownership and governance that works across a product-led structure
• Design the semantic and query layer for analysts, products, customers, and AI agents, setting standards across cataloguing, lineage, data quality, access control, and PII handling
• Define the Lakehouse target architecture covering storage, table format, query engine, ingestion, and metadata standards
• Set patterns for multi-tenant isolation and row and column-level security
• Define streaming and batch ingestion architecture, building on existing investments in NATS JetStream, Apache Flink, and Debezium CDC patterns
• Partner with senior stakeholders to ensure architecture delivers against the product roadmap
• Establish architecture review forums and set the standard as the data team continues to grow

About You

• 8+ years in data or information architecture within a multi-product SaaS environment
• Deep expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modelling, master data management, and domain-oriented governance
• Strong track record of reconciling divergent source systems into unified canonical models
• Solid grounding in Lakehouse architecture trade-offs including table formats, query engines, and ingestion patterns
• Hands-on experience with Dremio, Snowflake, or Databricks
• Hands-on experience with AWS data services such as S3, Glue, Athena, or Lake Formation
• Experience with NATS, Apache Kafka, and CDC patterns such as Debezium
• Stream processing experience using Apache Flink, Spark Structured Streaming, or equivalent
• Strong SQL skills and experience with query optimisation at scale
• Familiarity with data and table formats including Parquet, Avro, Apache Iceberg, and Delta Lake
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions clearly across engineering, product, and executive audiences

Benefits

• Flexible, Hybrid Working
• 10% Bonus
• Great PTO
• Private Health Insurance including Dental and Optical cover
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Pension

To find out more about this opportunity, submit your CV, or reach out to a member of the Enso Recruitment team today!

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