Principal, Data Architecture & Engineering

Job Description:

Be a part of our success story. Launch offers talented and motivated people the opportunity to do the best work of their lives in a dynamic and growing company. Through competitive salaries outstanding benefits internal advancement opportunities and recognized community involvement you will have the chance to create a career you can be proud of. Your new trajectory starts here at Launch!

The Role

Launch is seeking an experienced and driven Principal Data Architecture & Engineering to join our dynamic and growing Data & AI discipline! Our ideal candidate will lead the design and implementation of scalable data architectures oversee highimpact engineering initiatives contribute to strategic sales pursuits and provide both technical and thought leadership across key accounts. This role also involves guiding and mentoring data engineers collaborating closely with crossfunctional teams and ensuring the delivery of highquality cloudagnostic data solutions.

Responsibilities:

Project Leadership:

• Oversee the execution of complex data architecture and engineering projects ensuring timely and costeffective delivery.

• Define data operating models engineering standards and best practices.

• Partner with crossfunctional teams to translate business needs into robust data solutions.

Sales Support:

• Collaborate on sales pursuits including client calls RFP responses and proposal writing.

• Drive the development of reusable sales and technical accelerators.

• Actively contribute to external brand awareness and thought leadership.

Data Architecture & Engineering:

• Design and implement enterprisescale data architectures across cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP) with a cloudagnostic approach.

• Architect and build modern data platforms including data lakes data warehouses and lakehouse solutions.

• Leverage Microsoft Fabric and other cuttingedge technologies to design integrated data and analytics environments.

• Ensure alignment of data architecture with business goals compliance standards and security requirements.

• Develop scalable reliable ETL/ELT pipelines using bestinclass tools and practices.

Data Governance & Quality:

• Implement data governance security and compliance frameworks.

• Develop data quality assurance processes and ensure integrity across systems.

Performance Tuning & Optimization:

• Conduct performance tuning of data platforms pipelines and queries.

• Optimize storage and compute costs across multicloud environments.

Strategy & Innovation:

• Contribute to Launchs data and AI strategy identifying new opportunities for datadriven transformation.

• Lead data modernization initiatives and cloud migration strategies.

• Design and implement data centers of excellence (CoEs) and delivery frameworks.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders translating complex technical concepts into actionable insights.

• Present technical designs and recommendations to executive leadership and nontechnical stakeholders.

Skill Development:

• Promote continuous learning and innovation within the team.

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging data technologies.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of experience in data architecture and engineering with a proven track record of leading technical teams.

• Strong expertise in designing and implementing cloudagnostic data solutions across Azure AWS and GCP.

• Handson experience with Microsoft Fabric and its data integration analytics and governance capabilities.

• Deep understanding of modern data architecture patterns (data lakes lakehouse data mesh etc.).

• Proficiency in cloud data warehousing platforms (e.g. Snowflake Databricks BigQuery Synapse).

• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT pipelines data integration and transformation tools (e.g. ADF dbt Apache Airflow).

• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages (SQL Python Scala etc.).

• Solid understanding of data governance privacy and security best practices.

• Experience designing data platform operating models and delivery accelerators.

• Experience supporting sales pursuits and building reusable architectural frameworks.

• Familiarity with DevOps CI/CD pipelines and infrastructureascode (Terraform ARM etc.).

• Problemsolving and criticalthinking abilities.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

• Experience with project management and agile methodologies.

Benefits & Compensation:

As an employee at Launch you will grow your skills and experience through a variety of exciting project work (across industries and technologies) with some of the top companies in the world! Our employees receive full benefitsmedical dental vision shortterm disability longterm disability life insurance and matched 401k. We also have an uncapped takewhatyouneed PTO policy. The anticipated wage range for this role is $170000$190000. Education and experience will be highly considered and we are happy to discuss your wage expectations in more detail throughout our internal interview process.

Employee Type: