Principal Data Architect
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Job description
About the Position
We are seeking a Principal Data Architect to lead our large-scale cloud transformation initiative in the financial services domain. You will be responsible for defining and shaping the target data architecture for a major cloud transformation project within the financial services sector. The role focuses on designing enterprise-grade data platforms on Google Cloud, establishing data governance and quality standards, creating scalable data models and integration patterns, and enabling business-critical analytics and surveillance capabilities through modern data architecture principles.
Responsibilities
- Design enterprise-scale data architecture and target-state data platform solutions on GCP
- Define Bronze, Silver and Gold data lakehouse architecture patterns and standards
- Create conceptual, logical and physical data models for complex business domains
- Establish data governance frameworks, data quality controls and metadata standards
- Define integration architecture, data lineage and end-to-end data flows
- Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to identify common data elements and enrichments
- Support the creation of analysis-ready datasets and reusable data products
- Provide architectural guidance for BigQuery-based solutions and cloud-native data platforms
- Assess cloud migration approaches and target-state architecture options
- Ensure alignment with security, IAM and regulatory requirements
- Contribute to architecture reviews, technical decision-making and best practices
Requirements
- Extensive experience in Enterprise Data Architecture
- Strong knowledge of Data Lakehouse architecture including Bronze, Silver and Gold patterns
- Hands-on experience with GCP architecture design
- Strong expertise in BigQuery
- Experience in conceptual, logical and physical data modelling
- Knowledge of data governance frameworks and data quality management
- Experience with integration architecture and data lineage practices
- Understanding of GCP security and IAM concepts
- Experience working within Financial Markets or Surveillance domains
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
Nice to Have
- Experience with Market Abuse or Unauthorised Trading surveillance systems
- Knowledge of Vertex AI and machine learning platforms
- Experience with regulatory reporting or compliance initiatives
- Hands-on experience with Dataflow or Apache Beam
- Knowledge of Kubernetes (GKE)
- Experience with Terraform and CI/CD tooling
- Understanding of Java-based enterprise platforms
We Offer
- Working in a highly experienced and dedicated team
- Company car
- Unlimited paid time off
- Benefit package tailored to your needs (medical, sport, lunch subsidy, life insurance, etc.)
- Online training and certifications
- Access to e-learning platform
- Work From Anywhere (up to 140 days/year abroad)
- Social events
About the Company
We are GFT Poland. WE KNOW how to tackle complex issues with an innovative approach to deliver the highest value. Our reputation has been built around one simple rule: we do not overpromise, WE DELIVER. We deliver to our employees, clients and partners. WE GROW as you grow, so investing in you is our business strategy. Caring for each other is our priority. WE CARE who you are, what you need, how you feel. WE CARE to smile, have fun and develop as human beings.
Why Choose GFT?
- A culture of top performance
- Deep tech IT engineering & consulting
- 1200 skilled & top-class experts
- 77% of the team are regular/senior
- Products that contribute to a sustainable world
- Competitive salary and benefits
- Ambitious projects, trainings and tools you need to flourish
- Google Cloud Partner of the Year - for going above and beyond for customers
Locations
- Łódź, PL, 90-118
- Kraków, PL, 30-302
- Warszawa, PL, 00-839
- Poznań, WP, PL, 61-569
Working Place
- Remote
Type of Contract
- Employment contract
Salary Range
- 24500 - 37500 PLN gross
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The GFT Group is a global technology partner for future digital issues — from discovering innovation to developing and implementing sustainable business models. Within Group, GFT Poland (previously Rule Financial) is the provider of IT solutions to the global investment banking community.We work for 9 of 10 top investment banks of Wall Street and City of London.As part of GFT Group, we employ more than 3000 people in 11 countries, including 2 Polish offices located in Lodz and Poznan, where we employ 600 people.We offer challenging work in complex IT projects, using high frequency trading and best practices to deliver high quality software.We offer an opportunity to work in IT international projects for software developers and testers, application support engineers, project managers and business analysts. We are working with various technologies like Java, .NET, JavaScript, TDD, Oracle, ETL, Informatica and many more.