Data Platform Architect

This is an exciting opportunity to join a nationally recognised digital and media organisation undergoing significant investment in its data platform and analytics capabilities. You’ll play a key role in shaping data architecture across the business, influencing how data products are designed, governed and delivered while helping prepare the organisation for future AI initiatives., * Define and evolve architectural standards across Data Platform and Analytics Engineering teams

• Partner with Product Managers and Engineering teams to design scalable data solutions
• Drive best practices around data modelling, metadata, lineage, observability and data contracts
• Support AI-readiness initiatives by ensuring data assets are governed, scalable and accessible
• Review new data products and platform changes from an architectural perspective
• Establish frameworks and standards to improve consistency across multiple teams
• Work closely with engineering teams to influence delivery without being removed from implementation
• Evaluate emerging technologies and opportunities to enhance the data platform

• Previous experience as a Data Architect, Data Platform Architect or similar role
• Strong background in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering or Data Platform environments
• Experience defining standards and best practices across multiple technical teams
• Strong understanding of data modelling and architecture principles
• Experience working with dbt in modern data environments
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform
• Good understanding of CI/CD practices and engineering workflows
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience across AWS, Azure or GCP environments would be advantageous

• £100,000 - £110,000 base salary
• Generous pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Income protection
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Option to purchase additional annual leave
• Enhanced parental leave
• Learning and development programmes
• Hybrid working model
• Additional wellbeing and lifestyle benefits

Our client is one of the UK’s most recognisable digital brands, reaching millions of users globally. With a strong focus on innovation, collaboration and long-term investment in technology, they are continuing to evolve their data platform to support analytics, commercial growth and AI-readiness. This role sits within a growing Data Platform function and offers the opportunity to influence data strategy at scale.