Data Architect – Azure, Databricks & Snowflake

About the role

We are a fast‑growing international fintech organisation looking for a senior Data Architect to lead the design and evolution of a modern, cloud‑native data platform. You will own the enterprise data architecture roadmap, shaping strategy across Azure and Snowflake while enabling analytics, AI/ML and data‑driven product innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise data architecture strategy and roadmap.
• Design scalable, secure, cloud‑native data platforms using Azure and Snowflake.
• Architect modern lakehouse and enterprise analytics solutions.
• Lead the creation of conceptual, logical and physical data models.
• Support batch, streaming and real‑time data processing.
• Drive best practice in data governance, metadata, lineage and data quality.
• Optimise platform performance, scalability, reliability and cost.
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, architecture and data‑science teams.
• Promote automation, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and contribute to long‑term platform innovation.

Required profile

• Proven senior technical leadership or architecture experience.
• Strong background designing enterprise data platforms in Microsoft Azure.
• Deep expertise with Azure Databricks, Spark (PySpark/Scala), Delta Lake and lakehouse architecture.
• Hands‑on experience with Snowflake architecture and optimisation.
• Familiarity with Azure Data Factory, ADLS Gen2, Synapse Analytics or Microsoft Fabric.
• Excellent understanding of modern data‑modelling approaches (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault).
• Experience with CI/CD and IaC tools such as Terraform, ARM or Bicep.
• Knowledge of governance and cataloguing tools like Microsoft Purview.

Required skills

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Databricks
• Apache Spark (PySpark, Scala)
• Delta Lake
• Lakehouse architecture
• Snowflake
• Azure Data Factory
• ADLS Gen2
• Synapse Analytics / Microsoft Fabric
• SQL
• Python
• Terraform, ARM, Bicep
• CI/CD pipelines
• Microsoft Purview

What we offer

• Remote‑first working model with monthly London meet‑ups.
• Competitive salary £100,000–£110,000 per year.
• Opportunity to shape data strategy in a high‑growth fintech.