CoreWeave is seeking a Staff Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of their enterprise data architecture, defining modeling standards, governing the semantic layer, and ensuring architectural consistency across their Lakehouse platform.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or architecture roles.
- Hands-on experience implementing, integrating, and optimizing modern 3rd-party tooling and IT platforms.
- Expert in enterprise data modeling (Kimball, Data Vault, or hybrid) and semantic modeling best practices.
- Deep experience designing and operating scalable data lakes or Lakehouses (Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Hudi).
- Strong knowledge of MPP and OLAP systems such as StarRocks, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
- Track record of implementing data governance frameworks and semantic layer strategies.
- Hands-on experience with modern orchestration, processing, and modeling tools (Airflow, Spark, dbt, etc.).
Responsibilities
- Architect the company-wide dimensional modeling and semantic layer strategy.
- Define and enforce standards for data modeling, documentation, naming, and governance.
- Guide the evolution of our Lakehouse architecture, including Iceberg/Delta formats, catalog integration, and data zone partitioning.
- Establish scalable frameworks for data lineage, observability, and data quality enforcement.
- Partner with Data Engineering, BI, and Product teams to design reusable data assets and semantic models.
- Provide architectural leadership on schema evolution, schema versioning, and multi-domain data design patterns.
- Evaluate and standardize tools for data cataloging, modeling, and metadata management.
Other
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or architecture roles.
- Excellent cross-functional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to drive alignment across stakeholders.
- Ability to work in a hybrid work environment, with remote work considered for candidates located more than 30 miles from an office.
- Must be a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.
- Bachelor's degree not explicitly mentioned but may be required
