Principal Solutions Architect , Blend

• We need an individual that can think outside the box and innovate to solve technical challenges that do not have simple, out of the box solutions
• Proven experience as a Solutions Architect or similar role
• Strong experience with OnPrem and cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Proficiency in ETL processes and tools to deploy and drive data products
• Experience with Snowflake and Databricks, or Spark frameworks
• Expertise in Python and SQL for data processing and manipulation
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and data privacy regulations
• Experience in designing and implementing data architectures, including Lakehouse and Medallion concepts
• Demonstrated ability to create scalable data ecosystems
• Experience in gaining business buy-in and working with stakeholders
• Proven track record of thinking outside the box to develop innovative solutions
• Familiarity with modern AI/ML technologies and libraries (e.g., Hugging Face, OpenAI, TensorFlow, LangChain)
• Understanding of basic data science principles (e.g., feature engineering, model evaluation)

Desirable

• Your role will require you to run point on creating a kick-ass architecture leveraging the latest and greatest in cloud technology to power transformative, data-driven products
• The team will be depending on you to align the right technology for the job and provide a blueprint for implementing any given technology successfully
• You will need to balance the business requirements, performance needs, cost and implementation complexity when designing the solution that best needs the combined needs
• Your role will be primarily focused on understanding the technical aspects of the solution, design and blueprinting, but this is NOT a hands-off role
• You will be expected to roll up your sleeves and dive into code to help us solve complex problems to guide the team with templates, issue resolution and best practices
• Outside of architecting new frameworks, you will be responsible for helping the organization upskill for the upcoming needs in AI enabled applications
• You will have the freedom to explore the latest technologies out there to not only improve your own skillset, but also help the organization as a whole improve
• Architecture Design: Create innovative and robust architectures leveraging the latest on prem and cloud technologies to power transformative, data-driven products
• Technology Alignment: Align the right technology for the job and provide a blueprint for successful implementation, balancing business requirements, performance needs, cost, and implementation complexity
• Hands-On Development: Ability to code to help solve complex problems, guide the team with templates, issue resolution, and best practices
• Problem Solving and Innovation: Think outside the box to develop non-conventional solutions and innovate to solve technical challenges that do not have simple, out-of-the-box solutions
• Technology Readiness: Help the organization with improving their data foundations for upcoming needs to enable AI and explore the latest technologies to improve organization's capabilities
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with business stakeholders to understand requirements and drive buy-in for data-driven solutions
• Documentation: Produce comprehensive documentation for all architectural designs and implementations
• Build and integrate AI-driven features (LLMs, embeddings, generative AI, etc.) into applications
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to design and deploy machine learning models