Principal Architect, Data Product Delivery (Hybrid)

• Define architecture direction, standards, reference patterns, and reusable components for data ingestion, storage, transformation, analytics, and consumption.
• Own architecture diagrams, technical designs, integration blueprints, data models, standards, and architecture decision records for the Data and Analytics vertical.
• Develop proofs of concept, reference implementations, and reusable patterns that accelerate delivery and reduce technical debt.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, frameworks, and advanced analytics capabilities, and recommend fit-for-purpose adoption.
• Conduct architecture, design, and code reviews to assess scalability, performance, security, reliability, supportability, and engineering quality.
• Embed data privacy, access control, governance, and compliance requirements into solution designs with Data Governance and Security teams.
• Resolve complex performance, quality, scalability, integration, reliability, and operational challenges with engineering teams.
• Mentor engineers and architects through solution design, implementation planning, technical evaluations, and delivery reviews.
• Translate strategic requirements into technical designs, delivery roadmaps, and phased implementation plans with Product Management, platform teams, and business stakeholders.

Knowledge and Capabilities:

• Apply enterprise data architecture practices across data warehousing, Lakehouse, real-time streaming, data engineering, integration, analytics, and operational support.
• Balance scalability, performance, cost, maintainability, delivery constraints, and engineering trade-offs when designing solutions.
• Analyze ambiguous, cross-functional technical challenges and explain architecture decisions and trade-offs to technical and executive audiences.
• Influence technical decisions through expertise, collaboration, and hands-on leadership while staying current with relevant data and analytics technologies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in data engineering, solution architecture, or technical design roles, including architecture ownership.
• Experience architecting large-scale enterprise data platforms and integration solutions.
• Hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, data modeling, modern data architecture patterns, Databricks or an equivalent Lakehouse platform, and guiding implementation teams through complex technical challenges., * Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience with Azure Data Services, Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, Delta Live Tables, Unity Catalog, SQL, Python, ETL/ELT, change data capture, dimensional modeling, medallion architecture, and distributed data processing.
• Experience with ERP and integration ecosystems such as Oracle, JDE, Salesforce, SAP S/4HANA, Kafka, REST, or GraphQL, including commercial, manufacturing, supply chain, or finance data domains.
• Cloud architecture certification such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect; TOGAF or an equivalent enterprise architecture certification.

• USN : $135,600 - $225,900 USD Annual
• US10 : $149,200 - $248,500 USD Annual
• US20 : $162,700 - $271,100 USD Annual

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Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.