Data Architect

As a Data Architect, you will define and maintain the architectural vision for our data layer within our SaaS platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency across data acquisition, storage, transformation, and consumption. You will work closely with Product Managers, Lead Engineers, and Data Engineers to design modern, future-proof data architectures that power our product capabilities.

This is a domain architect role with a specialization in data systems, requiring 3-5 yes of experience in BE development and 3–5 years of experience in data architecture within a SaaS environment. You will balance hands-on technical expertise with strategic thinking, ensuring our data architecture supports both short-term delivery and long-term scalability.

Technical Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).

• 5 years of experience in BE development of data-intensive SaaS applications.

• 3–5 years of experience in data architecture or related roles in a SaaS environment.

• Strong expertise in data modeling, databases, and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Hands-on experience with:

• Databricks or equivalent data processing platforms.

• MySQL and relational data modeling.

• MongoDB and other NoSQL paradigms.

• Parquet and modern data file formats.

• Proficiency in at least one OO programming language (Python preferred).

• Knowledge of containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud environments (Azure preferred).

• Familiarity with data governance, compliance, and performance optimization.

Leadership & Soft Skills

• Critical Thinking – analyze data challenges deeply, propose scalable solutions.

• Ownership – make architecture decisions independently, with accountability.

• Stakeholder Management – align product, engineering, and business perspectives.

• Communication – convey complex data concepts clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

• Mentorship – guide Data Engineers and Developers in data best practices.

• Strategic Thinking – align data roadmap with overall product and organizational objectives.

Responsibilities

Architectural Leadership

• Define and maintain the data architectural vision aligned with product and engineering strategy.

• Develop a technical roadmap guiding the evolution of data systems (pipelines, warehouses, lakes).

• Ensure architectural consistency and integration across squads building on the data platform.

Data Layer Ownership

• Design and optimize data acquisition, transformation, and storage pipelines.

• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance across multiple systems

• Promote scalability, performance, and cost efficiency in all data-related solutions.

Collaboration & Decision-Making

• Partner with Product Managers to balance product roadmap priorities with data infrastructure needs.

• Work with Data Engineers and Developers to implement best practices in data modeling, pipeline design, and performance tuning.

• Propose technological evolutions (e.g., Databricks, modern file formats like Parquet) to keep the stack innovative and scalable.

Risk & Reliability

• Identify technical risks (scalability, data loss, compliance) and define mitigation strategies.

• Guarantee high availability, fault tolerance, and robustness of the data platform.

Mentorship & Communication

• Provide architectural guidance to engineers, coaching them on data best practices.

• Communicate complex data architecture concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Job BenefitsReason to join us

• Flexibility is part of our DNA

• Many activities are organized during the year such as team lunches, happy hours, team buildings, holiday parties and many other celebrations!

• At CluePoints, learning, training and personal growth are part of the game: you’ll have access to online training materials, certifications sponsored by the company, personal growth plans, and career paths to explore new opportunities.

• You’ll work with a fast-growing, multi-disciplinary and international team representing over 20 different nationalities, in an English-speaking working environment.

• You’ll have a challenging and rewarding job in an ambitious and fast-paced technology scale-up that has received many national and international awards including “Scale-Up of the year 2019”!

• Last but not least, we offer competitive salary & benefits such as meal vouchers, pension plan, health insurance, mobility budget (company car/housing allowance), working from home allowance, hybrid work organisation (home/office), and many company perks (sports, social activities, goodies, yoga, board game nights, PS5, etc.).