Principal Solutions Architect

Join phData, a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack. We partner with major cloud data platforms like Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, Pinecone, Glean and dbt to deliver cutting-edge services and solutions. We're committed to helping global enterprises overcome their toughest data challenges.   

phData is a remote-first global company with employees based in the United States, Latin America and India. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity, ownership and trust. Even though we're growing extremely fast, we maintain a casual, exciting work environment. We hire top performers and allow you the autonomy to deliver results.

• 5x Snowflake Partner of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• Fivetran, dbt, Atlation, Matillion Partner of the Year
• #1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications
• 600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, etc)
• Recognized as an award-winning workplace in US, India and LATAM

Our Principal Solutions Architect plays a critical role in driving delivery excellence and ensuring customer success. As a key figure in strategic customer accounts, the Principal Solutions Architect also partners closely with Sales to drive account expansion and long-term value. We prioritize hiring not just brilliant engineers, but technical consultants who excel in both engineering and client engagement, thereby elevating the quality of our consulting services. In this role, you’ll manage multiple work streams, build executive relationships, and guide clients through complex data challenges, all while designing scalable solutions. 

This role goes beyond engineering—it's about creating value, fostering trust, building relationships, and positioning yourself as a strategic influencer in the evolving data landscape.

As a Principal Solutions Architect on our Data Engineering team, you are responsible for:

Technical Leadership and Delivery Excellence:

• Architect end-to-end data solutions, ensuring scalability, performance, and alignment with customer requirements and goals.
• Lead a team of data engineers to build data platforms, pipelines, and products that meet customer requirements and expectations.
• Communicate business value and ROI of data solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Mentor team members on best practices in data architecture, modeling, and technology. Stay abreast of emerging technologies and methodologies in data to inform solution design and delivery.

Client Engagement and Account Growth

• Build relationships with client stakeholders to understand their long-term data engineering goals and design roadmaps that align with business objectives.
• Craft persuasive technical approaches and value propositions to drive client data initiatives forward
• Identify and drive account expansion opportunities by uncovering unmet client needs and where data can add value.
• Lead responses to RFIs and RFPs, crafting persuasive technical approaches and value propositions.

Required Experience:

• 10+ years as a hands-on Solutions Architect designing and implementing data solutions
• 2+ years previous Consulting leadership experience working with external customers with the ability to multitask, prioritize tasks, frequently change focus, and work across a variety of projects. 
• Technical Account Leadership, including developing a technology strategy and roadmap with the customer, leading delivery teams, and strong cross-collaboration with sales (and other internal teams).
• Ability to develop end-to-end technical solutions into production — and to help ensure performance, security, scalability, and robust data integration.
• Programming expertise in Java, Python and/or Scala, SQL, and core cloud data platforms including