Microsoft · 1 day ago
Principal Data Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $296K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is at the forefront of empowering individuals and organizations through its innovative technologies. The Principal Data Architect will be responsible for designing and developing data products that support Copilot product innovation, focusing on high-quality data and a reliable data platform while collaborating closely with internal teams.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Lead the technical architecture decisions to design and develop large-scale and high-quality data and experimentation services with easy-to-use APIs
Focus on automating and enabling self-serve capabilities in the platform to empower other teams to build such highly efficient and reliable datasets
Build strong cross group collaboration with other cross-geo teams to remove blockers and drive for comprehensive end-end solution delivery
Foster a deep understanding of the data systems and semantics and its usage by our customers. Leverage this understanding to drive data system improvements and educate customers on optimal use of our systems for their scenarios
Leverage other data platforms (open source and within Microsoft) for building solutions
Work very closely with multiple data infrastructure teams including Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, AML, etc. to deeply understand cloud computing techniques; drive feature requests into those platforms as needed and leverage them to design and develop our data foundation
Leverage AI for productivity and improving customer experience with our offerings
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Great communication skills, including writing technical design documents, and articulating them verbally, are a must
Previous experience working in big data processing, data modeling, ETL, data analysis is highly desirable
Previous experience driving cross-group architecture discussions, resolving conflict, technically mentoring junior and senior team members is desirable
Company
Microsoft
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