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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Architect (12 Month FTC) - **Company:** Formula One Management Limited - **Location:** UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Systems, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Data Store, Document-Oriented Databases, Information Lifecycle Management, Meta-Data Management, Operational Data Store, Performance Tuning, Cloud Services, Systems Architecture, Technical Debt, Information Technology, Data Lineage, Non-relational Database, Data Management, Data Pipelines - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/data-architect/formula-one-management-job107957791 ## About the Role * You bring a positive, collaborative attitude and build strong working relationships across diverse teams and disciplines. * You remain calm, clear-headed, and solutions-focused in time-critical or high-pressure situations. * You are adaptable and comfortable stepping into unfamiliar problem spaces. * You act with integrity, ownership, and accountability. * You are open to feedback and receptive to different viewpoints. * You demonstrate a continuous improvement mindset, both in your own development and in your contribution to the team's culture and ways of working. Experience Prior to the role it would be essential that you have: * 2+ year experience designing and delivering data solutions and contributing to data architecture. * 2+ year experience applying established architecture standards, principles and design patterns. * Experience working with master data, operational data stores or analytical platforms. * Experience with distributed data systems, data modelling, data integration patterns and data lifecycle management. * 2+ year experience working with relational and non-relational database technologies, including schema design, performance optimisation and scalability considerations. * 2+ year experience supporting operational, analytical or historical reporting workloads. * Experience with cloud-native data technologies or modern data platform tooling. * Experience with Data Orchestration / ETL processes. * Understanding of data governance, metadata management, data quality and data lineage practices. * Awareness of AI-assisted tooling and its responsible use within data engineering and architecture. Qualifications Not essential to be successful in the role but you may also have the following qualifications: * Degree in Computer Science (or related technical discipline) or equivalent commercial experience. ## Description * Contribute to the development and evolution of data architecture, technology, and tooling in alignment with the wider software strategy. * Design and document data architecture solutions and patterns to meet business and technical requirements. * Support the delivery of architecture initiatives and roadmap activities within assigned projects and workstreams. * Collaborate with software engineers, product owners, and other stakeholders to ensure solutions align with architectural standards and principles. * Help improve systems through modernisation, reduction of technical debt, and adoption of established engineering practices. * Develop and maintain expertise across data platforms, technologies, and the wider software ecosystem. * Contribute to improving development tooling, build pipelines, and CI/CD processes to enhance delivery speed, reliability, and developer productivity. * Support and mentor less experienced team members through knowledge sharing and technical guidance. * Provide onsite technical support at Biggin Hill and Trackside for selected race weekends as part of a rota. * Participate in and help lead group engineering activities, including design reviews, requirement refinement, system architecture discussions, sprint ceremonies, and technical demonstrations. ## Related Videos - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Leverage Cloud Computing Benefits with Serverless Multi-Cloud ML ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/78-leverage-cloud-computing-benefits-with-serverless-multi-cloud-ml) - [The Data Mesh as the end of the Datalake as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/156-the-data-mesh-as-the-end-of-the-datalake-as-we-know-it) - [A Data Mesh needs Open Metadata](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/505-a-data-mesh-needs-open-metadata) ## Related Articles - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production)