Data Architect

Company Description

Acumatica is a company on a mission. We are a leading innovator in cloud ERP with customers located around the world.  But don’t take our word for it—read what analysts like G2 and Info-Tech have to say about us.

Acumatica is a leading provider of cloud business management software that empowers small and mid-size businesses to unlock their potential and drive growth. Built on the world’s best cloud and mobile technology and a unique customer-centric licensing model, Acumatica delivers a suite of fully integrated business management applications, such as Financials, Construction, Distribution, and CRM, on a robust and flexible platform. In an interconnected world, Acumatica enables customers to take full control of their businesses, play to their organizations’ unique strengths, and support their clients by following them anywhere on any device.

Acumatica’s culture is casual and high-energy. We are passionate about our product and our mission, and we are loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world. Acumatica offers exceptional professional and financial growth potential.

To learn more about Acumatica’s mission, please visit: http://www.acumatica.com

Job Description

As a Data Architect at Acumatica, you will have the opportunity to envision, design, implement and operate a state-of-the-art data platform, Lakehouse infrastructure, data pipelines, and associated processes.  

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the creation of scalable, unified architectures to support both real-time and batch analytics & machine learning, ensuring seamless data integration, governance, and accessibility. 

Responsibilities: 

• Architect a robust data platform and ecosystem of technology, combining structured and unstructured data storage with analytical processing.

• Define strategies and develop data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and optimization within the lakehouse.

• Establish policies for data governance quality, privacy, and security in compliance with global regulations like GDPR, PCI, HIPAA and CCPA.

• Assert data governance principles and evangelize company wide. 

• Ensure secure data access and robust role-based permissions. 

• Leverage tools like Delta Lake & Apache Iceberg for Lakehouse architecture. 

• Make recommendations for improvements considering cost and time to value. 

• Monitor & enhance query performance, storage costs, and system scalability. 

• Enable self-service analytics and facilitate efficient data exploration. 

• Partner with IT, Analytics, Business & Engineering teams to align data strategies. 

• Lead cross-functional projects, mentoring engineers on modern data architectures. 

• Regularly present proposals to cross functional audiences, like the Architectural Review Board, to drive cross-functional alignment of ideas and support.

• Establish enterprise data service performance standards and SLAs. 

• Assist with major incident resolution and root cause analysis when the issue involves the data platform or policy violation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data architecture & engineering with expertise in data lakehouse or modern data architecture.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.
• Expertise in designing & managing big data platforms, data warehouses/lakehouses or similar hybrid architectures.
• Ability to be a technical lead for a team of 3-5 data engineers.
• Strong skills in SQL, Python, Java, and cloud native tools for data storage & analytics.
• Strong data modeling experience.
• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT pipelines, streaming data, and orchestration frameworks.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks & compliance standards.
• Experience integrating machine learning workflows into lakehouse environments.
• Prefer experience with database performance testing and SQL optimization.
• Excellent communication & collaboration abilities with remote team members. 
• Excellent documentation skills for writing policies, defining business metrics/data glossary terms, writing proposals, and detailing architectures. 
• Ability to articulate vision & strategy to senior leadership. 
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to manage complex projects. 

Additional Information

Work Perks: 

• Industry competitive salary
• Comprehensive Health & Life insurances  
• Hybrid working
• Office lunch
• Exposure to working with distributed global teams
• Paid paternity leave

Acumatica is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail HR@acumatica.com.