About the role

  • Principal Data Architect at TCGplayer driving data architecture and scalable solutions in the ecommerce landscape. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance data flow and governance.

Responsibilities

  • Function as a technical leader and advisor within the data technology field at TCGplayer, nurturing the growth and progress of both the company and individual engineers
  • Provide technical expertise and insight as you work with other teams to develop data flow strategies and define storage needs for microservices, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with system architecture
  • Manage cross-application projects for datastores, emphasizing security, software currency, data governance, and platform migrations
  • Research emerging capabilities in both the datastores used by the organization and the broader marketplace to inform long-term strategic planning in the data domain
  • Consult on database design for the structures within an application’s datastores and queries/aggregations against those structures, optimizing for performance and scalability
  • Write minimal yet effective code, primarily database queries to facilitate data management and manipulation and proof-of-concepts for suggested techniques
  • Guide selection appropriate datastore tech for new and re-platformed apps, focusing on transactional microservices and event-driven systems to meet current and future data needs

Requirements

  • 10 years or more experience in designing datastores, data architectures, and data flows which are scalable, reliable, and efficient
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field, or a combination of education and experience
  • Expertise at applying written and verbal communication skills to influence through collaboration across functional roles and levels
  • Significant experience designing and implementing datastores for microservices and event-driven applications
  • An understanding of where various data technologies are most-effectively applied and significant personal experience with a breadth of technologies including both RDBMS and non-RDBMS platforms
  • Significant experience with implementing and supporting data governance within medium-to-large organizations.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) eligibility
  • Paid time off benefits
  • Parental leave

Job title

Principal Data Architect

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$132,000 - $222,100 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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