Principal Data Architect — Remote, Autonomous, High-Impact
Summary
Principal data architect defines the data platform strategy, owns stack choices, and optimizes ingestion, streaming, and semantic layers for scalable, high-performance data access.
Buildkite is seeking a principal data architect to define the strategy, calls, and patterns for the data platform. You’ll be the senior data practitioner, advocating for data across engineering and setting the direction for how data is stored, queried, and consumed by agents and humans alike.
You’ll own the stack choice, from semantic layers to ingestion and streaming, and stay hands-on to chase bottlenecks. This role is remote with high autonomy and impactful scope across product and customers.