Data Architect

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $138k - $200.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🚰 Data Engineer

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Empower

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10,000+ employees

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

👥 B2C

Finance • Fintech • B2C

Empower is a leading provider of financial services focused on helping individuals and organizations achieve financial freedom through retirement planning and investment management. Serving over 19 million Americans, Empower offers a comprehensive suite of finance-related services, including smart planning and investment advice, and tools like the Empower Personal Dashboard™ for a complete financial view. The company is renowned as a top retirement plan provider and works closely with personal investors, workplace plan savers, plan sponsors, and financial professionals. Empower is also recognized for initiatives in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and has a social commitment that bolsters community impact.

📋 Description

• Analyze large and complex data sets to identify trends, patterns, and insights • Design and implement end-to-end data architectures for ingestion, storage, processing, and consumption • Develop and maintain logical and physical data models, data flows, and architecture documentation • Create and optimize data models for dashboards, reporting, and data visualization tools • Apply data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, batch processing, event-driven processing, and change data capture patterns • Design cloud-native and cloud-compatible solutions, including modernization and migration strategies • Ensure data solutions meet governance, security, privacy, and compliance standards • Design for scalability, reliability, and performance through partitioning and schema optimization • Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business teams • Participate in architecture and design reviews, identifying risks, trade-offs, and optimization opportunities • Support DevOps and DataOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code • Provide technical guidance and mentorship on data architecture and modeling best practices • Translate business requirements into data quality standards and actionable data solutions • Refine models, methodologies, and architectures based on feedback and evolving business needs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, or equivalent experience • 7–10 years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, analytics engineering, or related technical roles • Minimum of 5+ years in a data-centric role • Strong experience in logical and physical data modeling • Experience with ER/Studio, ERwin, or PowerDesigner • Advanced SQL skills • Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2, or Redshift • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP • Experience with EMR or Spark • Strong understanding of data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, and streaming platforms • Hands-on experience with distributed data processing, data integration, and NoSQL technologies • Experience with graph, key-value, and columnar technologies • Experience with Tableau, Cognos, BusinessObjects, MicroStrategy, SAS, or SPSS • Proficiency in Python, R, or SQL • Understanding of data governance, data quality, data privacy, and security practices • Experience with DevOps and DataOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code • Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross-functional teams • Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.; no employment visa sponsorship or takeover of sponsorship available • Reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection and a suitable home workspace for remote work

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance • 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions up to 6% • Financial advisory services • Potential company discretionary contribution • Broad investment lineup • Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year • Business-casual environment with the option to wear jeans • Generous paid time off upon hire • Ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year • Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year • Paid parental leave • Paid short- and long-term disability • Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) • Business Resource Groups (BRGs) • Flexible work environment • Other necessary computer equipment provided • Remote-work support requiring reliable high-speed wired internet and a suitable home workspace