Data Platform Architect

Happen Bank(formerly LendingClub)is built around a simple purpose: to clear the way to help people turn intention into action and action intofinancial progress. That means offering focused products a frictionless mobile-first experience and clear terms with no gotchas. Respect and fairness is part of our DNA and that ideal shapes how we work how we treat each other and how we invest in our employees and our community. Join us in using data bold thinking and a commitment to innovation to help clear the way for millions of Americans to achieve more.

• Define and maintain the reference architecture for Happen Banks modern data and AI platform ensuring it meets enterprise security compliance and scalability requirements
• Design architectural patterns for data pipelines storage compute and integration that balance performance cost and resilience - and validate that what gets built matches what was designed
• Govern shared technology choices for the data platform aligning decisions across infrastructure architecture security architecture enterprise integration architecture and release engineering / DevOps
• Develop and enforce standards for platform adoption that other CIO teams must follow including data modeling patterns integration contracts and security guardrails
• Lead proofs of concept and technical evaluations for emerging technologies - including AI/ML infrastructure GenAI integration patterns and automation platforms - to inform platform roadmap decisions
• Drive architecture governance in partnership with the enterprise architecture team ensuring data platform decisions are consistent with broader technology strategy and regulatory requirements
• Identify opportunities to apply AI to improve architecture workflows from automated impact analysis and capacity planning to intelligent design pattern recommendation and architecture compliance checking

• 12 years of experience in data engineering data architecture or platform engineering; bachelors degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience
• You have designed and delivered modern cloud-based data platforms at scale (Databricks Snowflake or equivalent) and understand the trade-offs between performance cost governance and resilience at the architecture level
• You operate as a technical authority across teams - your architecture decisions are respected because theyre grounded in deep expertise operational awareness and a clear accounting of trade-offs
• You design for production not for diagrams - your patterns account for failover scalability security and the operational burden on the teams who build and maintain them
• You understand how to apply AI to complex high-stakes platform architecture - not just for efficiency but to unlock better outcomes. You set a high bar for responsible use including attention to data integrity model limitations and compliance considerations and youre building new architectural workflows not just iterating on existing ones
• Youre building with AI not just using it - you have strong instincts about where AI capabilities belong in the platform architecture how to evaluate build vs. buy for AI infrastructure and what responsible production deployment looks like in a regulated financial environment
• You collaborate naturally across organizational boundaries - working with infrastructure security integration DevOps and governance teams as a connector not a gatekeeper
• You communicate architecture decisions in business terms making complex trade-offs understandable to engineering leaders compliance stakeholders and executive sponsors

Nice to Have

• Deep experience with the Databricks ecosystem including Unity Catalog Delta Lake optimization and workspace governance at enterprise scale
• Background in enterprise architecture governance at a regulated financial institution (SOX GLBA fair lending data requirements)
• Experience with ML/AI platform architecture including MLOps patterns model serving infrastructure evaluation frameworks and feature stores
• Familiarity with data mesh or domain-oriented data architecture patterns in large multi-team organizations

Work Location
San Francisco

The above locations are eligible offices for this locations have been determined to foster in-person collaboration with this roles team or the related business lines. We utilize a hybrid work model and our teams are in-office Tuesdays Wednesdays and -person attendance is essential for this roles success and remote placement will not be Bank offers relocation based on actual job level.

Time Zone Requirements
Primarily PT

While the position will primarily work local hours Happen Bank is headquartered in Pacific Time and our ideal candidate will be flexible working across time zones when necessary.

Travel Requirements
As needed travel to Happen Bank offices and/or other locations as needed.

Compensation
The target base salary range for this position is 00. The base salary of the role will be determined by job-related knowledge experience education skills and location. Base salary is just one part of Happen Banks Total Rewards package. You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance employee performance and eligible earnings).

Were creating new financial services solutions for our members based on fairness simplicity and heart and we treat our employees the same way. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes medical dental and vision plans for employees and their families 401(k) match health and wellness programs flexible time off policies for salaried employees up to 16 weeks paid parental leave and more.

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