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# Lead Data Architect
**Schlieren** | **Full time**
**The role**
As a Lead Data Platform Architect, you are responsible for architecting data platforms laying the foundation for advanced applications including AI. You explain architectural choices in a way that resonates with stakeholders and inspire them with your vision. Your deep understanding of modern data platforms, security, and governance, coupled with a DevOps mindset, enables you to create sustainable, value-driven solutions. With a concept-driven approach and practical data engineering skills, you empower your team to succeed in high-impact projects. You operationalize machine learning prototypes into production-ready systems and implement principles such as transparency, reproducibility, and measurability. Whether on-premises or in the cloud, you design optimal solutions using platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. As a thought leader, you help shape Zühlke’s offerings, drive service development, engage in pre-sales, and stay on top of market trends. You actively contribute to the growth of internal talent and educate clients on data possibilities.
**How you’ll make an impact**
* Design and implement foundational architectures for sophisticated data-driven solutions.
* Bring deep methodological and conceptual expertise to create sustainable, client-oriented architectures.
* Apply strong data engineering skills to guide teams with optimal data structures, processing pipelines, and management strategies.
* Operationalize data and ML solutions by implementing traceability, transparency, reproducibility, and measurability.
* Architect and deploy solutions on both cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and on-premise environments.
* Position data science and ML as enablers of digital transformation and communicate their value to clients.
* Actively shape Zühlke’s data platform services and market offerings, including pre-sales and proposal development.
* Monitor and anticipate data and platform trends to keep our capabilities at the cutting edge.
* Provide internal and external thought leadership in data platforms through training, mentorship, and community-building.
**What’s important to us**
* Passion for sustainable software architecture and experience leading technical mandates.
* In-depth knowledge in various aspects of data engineering and machine learning with a deep understanding both capabilities and limitations.
* Strong communication skills, confident presence with clients, and intrinsic motivation to lead.
* Architectural decisions guided by non-functional requirements like availability, flexibility, maintainability, and security—balanced with business value.
* Awareness of how architectural choices impact implementation at the code level.
* A completed university degree (ETH, university, FH) in Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar.
* Proficiency in technologies such as Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, SQL, Java, and a range of databases (relational, columnar, NoSQL), including experience with stream or batch processing.
* Fluency in both German and English is required.
**What we offer**
* Work-life blend: Flexible working hours and remote work options in a safe and healthy environment.
* Profit share scheme: Receive a share of the company’s profits in addition to your annual salary, depending on business performance.
* Global and diverse community: Collaborate across Zühlke’s 16 global offices, share knowledge, and enjoy team camps, year-end events, and local festivities.
* Commitment to development: We invest in your growth—supporting you in building skills to create impact for clients and yourself.
* Innovation-driven culture: Work in an environment that values thought leadership and future-oriented technology strategies.
We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability or veteran status.