2K · 14 hours ago
Senior Data Architect
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
7+ years exp2K is a global video game company known for publishing popular titles across various gaming genres. They are seeking a Senior Data Architect to evolve their analytics architecture, implement data governance policies, and lead data modeling efforts for player and gameplay data.
Developer APIsPublishingSoftwareSportsVideo Games
Responsibilities
Evolve our lakehouse/analytics reference architecture across AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks (Delta Lake, Unity Catalog) for scale, cost, and reliability
Standardize Databricks workspaces—cluster policies, repos/CI/CD, secrets, cost guardrails, and operational SLAs
Implement MLOps with MLflow, a feature store, versioned data/code, automated CI/CD, and model promotion/rollback across environments
Enforce security-by-default—IAM/SSO, RBAC, encryption, tokenization, and PII protection across platforms
Build reliable ingestion, transformation, and services (Python/Flask, Spark, Airflow/Databricks Jobs) with tests, observability, and SLAs
Integrate data/ML platforms with game analytics, CDP, personalization, and real-time streams via Kafka/Kinesis; coach teams on best practices
Establish enterprise policies, standards, ownership/stewardship, and decision forums; drive adoption through enablement and training
Define classification, retention, and lifecycle; enforce RBAC and encryption for sensitive player data
Operate metadata and catalog (DataHub/Atlan/Informatica) to deliver end‑to‑end lineage, impact analysis, and discoverability. Align key metrics, definitions, and a central glossary across studios; publish and maintain canonical KPIs
Implement data quality rules with profiling, monitoring, and remediation workflows governed by SLAs
Ensure GDPR/CCPA/COPPA/SOX compliance; operationalize DSAR/Right‑to‑be‑Forgotten and partner with Legal/Security on audits and risk
Lead conceptual, logical, and physical models for player, gameplay, commerce, and marketing; select Kimball/Inmon/Hybrid as appropriate
Deliver performant star schemas, conformed dimensions, SCDs, and data contracts in Snowflake/Databricks; govern naming, versioning, and lineage
Qualification
Required
7+ years working with data governance platforms (Collibra, Informatica Axon, DataHub) and enterprise governance operating models
5+ years designing data architectures and data models for analytics/ML
Proven experience delivering data quality, lineage, and metadata management at scale
Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field
Deep expertise in data modeling (Kimball, Inmon, Data Vault)
Strong Python skills, including structured project design and APIs/services with Flask
Expert SQL across Snowflake and Databricks
Hands-on experience with big data and orchestration tools (Hive, Spark, Airflow)
Streaming technologies experience (Kafka or Kinesis)
Practical Databricks capabilities (Unity Catalog, Delta Lake, MLflow) and solid MLOps practices (CI/CD, model registry, monitoring)
Cloud experience across AWS/Azure/GCP, with strong AWS exposure preferred
Robust automated testing for data pipelines (unit/integration)
Strong knowledge of privacy, regulatory, and audit frameworks (GDPR, CCPA, COPPA, SOX)
Experience in regulated/high-compliance industries (Gaming, Finance, Healthcare)
Excellent stakeholder management, problem-solving, and cross-functional communication with the ability to influence without authority
Company
2K is a development studio that develops and publishes sports-based video games. It is a sub-organization of Take-Two Interactive Software.
1001-5000 employees
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Phil Dixon
Chief Operating Officer
Darrell Gallagher
SVP, Studio Head
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