Principal AI & Data Solutions Architect
Avanciers Inc. · Dallas, TX · 4 wk ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time
About the role
Principal AI & Data Solutions Architect (CPG/Retail) – Full‑time position based in Chicago, IL or Dallas, TX.
Key responsibilities
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to client executives in CPG and Retail, leading pre‑sales discovery, proposal development, and solution shaping to drive account expansion.
- Design scalable, enterprise‑grade data platforms, pipelines, and AI/ML systems using Databricks, Snowflake, and multi‑cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Leverage deep vertical knowledge to translate complex retail business challenges into high‑impact, actionable AI and data‑engineering solutions.
- Provide deep technical governance through architecture reviews, code/design problem‑solving, and hands‑on unblocking of delivery squads during critical implementation phases.
- Serve as the strategic bridge between client leadership, account teams, and offshore (India‑based) engineering/data‑science execution pods.
- Ensure architected solutions adhere to data governance, compliance, security, and cost‑performance best practices.
Required qualifications
- 15–20 years of experience spanning data platform engineering, advanced analytics, and client‑facing technology consulting in global enterprise services environments.
- Extensive proficiency with distributed processing frameworks such as Spark and PySpark.
- Strong expertise in modern data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and AI frameworks (AIF) with development in Python or Scala.
- Hands‑on experience designing solutions on Databricks, Snowflake, and multi‑cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Demonstrated ability to enforce data governance, observability, security, and cost‑performance trade‑offs.