Senior ManagerLead Systems & Data Architect

• Define and own a cloud-native enterprise-scale data architecture that supports batch streaming analytics and AI/ML workloads.

• Develop and execute a multi-year data platform modernization roadmap balancing delivery speed risk cost efficiency and business continuity.

• Drive architectural decisions across Snowflake Databricks and cloud-native services ensuring scalability security and performance.

Platform & Engineering Leadership

• Partner closely with data engineering analytics infrastructure security and data science teams to design scalable ingestion transformation and serving layers.

• Define standards and best practices for data ingestion transformation integration and data modeling across diverse structured and semi-structured sources.

• Establish robust data governance quality lineage and access control frameworks aligned with enterprise and regulatory needs.

• Optimize performance and cost efficiency across Snowflake and Databricks environments including workload isolation query optimization and storage strategies.

DevOps Reliability & Security

• Lead the adoption of DevOps CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices (e.g. Terraform) for data platforms.

• Define patterns for environment management observability disaster recovery and security-by-design.

• Ensure the platform meets enterprise standards for data privacy compliance and resilience.

AI / ML & Future Readiness

• Design the data foundation required for advanced analytics ML and LLM workloads including feature stores vector storage and real-time data access.

• Stay ahead of emerging trends in AI ML and data platforms translating innovation into practical production-ready architectures.

• Influence the evolution toward lakehouse data mesh and data productoriented architectures where appropriate.

Leadership & Influence

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior data engineers and architects.

• Act as a trusted advisor to engineering leadership and business stakeholders.

• Clearly communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in data architecture data engineering or platform engineering roles.

• Deep hands-on expertise with SQL Spark and Python and strong understanding of distributed data processing.

• Strong experience designing and operating data platforms on AWS Azure or GCP including compute storage networking and security.

• Solid background in data governance metadata management lineage and cataloging (e.g. Purview Collibra Alation).

• Experience with real-time and streaming architectures (Kafka Kinesis Pub/Sub) and orchestration tools (Airflow dbt).

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and complex migration programs.

• Exceptional communication skills and executive-level presence.

Nice to Have

• Snowflake Databricks or cloud provider certifications (AWS Azure GCP).

• Hands-on experience building ML and AI pipelines on Databricks or similar platforms.

• Experience with multi-petabyte-scale data platforms.

• Familiarity with data mesh lakehouse and domain-oriented data product concepts.

• Exposure to LLM pipelines vector databases or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures.

What we offer:

• Comprehensive medical dental vision disability life insurance

• Health Savings Account (HSA) Flexible Spending Account (FSAs) and Commuter benefits

• Voluntary supplemental health coverage and life insurance

• 401K match and ESPP

• Paid time off and paid sick leave

• Paid parental and pregnancy leave

• Family-forming benefits (IVF Preservation Adoption etc.)

• Emergency backup care (Child/Adult/Pets)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with counseling sessions available 24/7

• Free legal services that provide legal advice document creation and estate planning

• Employee bonus referral program

• Student loan refinancing assistance

• Employee 1:1 coaching perks and discounts program

RingCentrals Engineering team works on high-complexity projects that set the standard for performance and reliability at massive scale. What kind of scale Millions of users today and hundreds of millions tomorrow. This is your chance to help imagine develop and deliver products that raise the technological bar and power human connections. If youre a talented ambitious creative thinker RingCentral is the perfect environment to join a world class team and bring your ideas to life. RingCentrals work culture is the backbone of our success. And dont just take our word for it: we are recognized as a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor the Top Work Culture by Comparably and hold local BPTW awards in every major location. Bottom line: We are committed to hiring and retaining great people because we know you power our success.

About RingCentral

RingCentral Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of business cloud communications and contact center solutions based on its powerful Message Video Phone(MVP) global platform. More flexible and cost effective than legacy on-premises PBX and video conferencing systems that it replaces RingCentral empowers modern mobile and distributed workforces to communicate collaborate and connect via any mode any device and any location. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont California and has offices around the world.

RingCentral is an equal opportunity employer that truly values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities during our application and interview process. If you require such accommodations please click on the following link to learn more about how we can assist you.

If you are hired in Belmont California the compensation range for this position is between $184600 and $225000 for full-time employees in addition to eligibility for variable pay equity and benefits. Benefits may include but are not limited to health and wellness 401k ESPP vacation parental leave and more! The salary may vary depending on your location skills and experience.