About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Data & AI Architect to design, build, and manage the end-to-end data infrastructure that powers intelligent AI applications. In this role, you will act as a systems-oriented Senior Data & AI Architect for our clients, bridging the gap between complex data networks and tangible business value. You prioritize sustainable, scalable, and secure engineering, especially in high-stakes, regulated environments like Financial Services and Med-Tech.
Responsibilities
- Shape the data ecosystems of clients and represent reeeliance’s architectural vision.
- Design and build the technical foundation for generative AI and machine learning workloads, including feature stores, vector databases, embedding layers, and scalable ingestion pipelines.
- Define and implement robust modeling standards for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
- Structure and conduct assessments to map a client's data landscape, identify readiness gaps, and establish reusable assessment frameworks.
- Treat regulatory requirements as a technical feature, automating policies and security guardrails directly into CI/CD pipelines and platform provisioning.
- Champion the 'Golden Path' philosophy, valuing clean architecture, automated testing, documentation, and total reproducibility.
- Act as a bilingual bridge, explaining complex technical concepts to business executives and business ROI to developers.
- Coach client teams and mentor junior colleagues, enabling them to adopt modern, high-quality data engineering practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or a related software engineering role.
- Experience in or a strong interest in working within regulated sectors like Financial Services or Med-Tech.
- Deep expertise in architecting and scaling solutions on Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, or similar modern cloud platforms.
- High proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Solid experience with transformation and orchestration tools (e.g., dbt, Apache Spark, Airflow, Prefect).
- Hands-on experience building architectures for Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
- Practical knowledge of vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) and embedding management.
- Solid understanding of MLOps patterns and tooling (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, or Vertex AI).
- Proven ability to build systems focused on automated data quality, data lineage, metadata catalogs, and real-time process monitoring.
- Familiarity with decentralized data architectures, such as Data Mesh, and separating platform capabilities (Data Fabric) from domain data products.
- Comfort with CI/CD tools, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and IaC (Terraform).
- A passion for understanding how tools work under the hood and proactively exploring emerging tech trends.
- Strong consultative skills, empathy, and the ability to explain complex technical designs in plain language.
- Experience in mentoring team members and helping them grow.
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- BigQuery
- dbt
- Apache Spark
- Airflow
- Prefect
- Large Language Models (LLMs)
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Vector databases
- Pinecone
- Weaviate
- pgvector
- MLOps
- MLflow
- Kubeflow
- SageMaker
- Vertex AI
- Data quality
- Data lineage
- Metadata catalogs
- Process monitoring
- Data Mesh
- Data Fabric
- CI/CD
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Space to grow: Taking ownership in international projects while continuously expanding your skills
- Mentorship and Onboarding: Structured introduction supported by dedicated mentor
- Cutting-edge workspace: Work with the latest technology and modern equipment
- Long-term stability: Permanent employment in a family-oriented and people-focused company
- Diverse & inclusive environment: Truly international environment with teammates from over 15 different nationalities
- Balance matters or work-life harmony: Work schedule designed to promote well-being and productivity
- Team culture & connection: Social events and structured team-building days
- Language courses: Learn, improve or practice conversational skills on language platform Lingoda
- Never stop learning: Dedicated budget for industry-leading platforms like Udemy and MasterClass
- Other Job perks (childcare subsidy, company pension scheme, job bike, etc.)
About the Company
- reeeliance guides regulated enterprises in turning AI readiness into AI-embedded operations, redesigning the workflows where risk, compliance, and business decisions actually happen.
- We design, build, and govern the data foundations that make it possible, combining strategic advisory, data and AI engineering, and deep SAP expertise across Hamburg, Berlin, and Porto.
