Principal Data Architect (Travel Domain)

Quick Facts

Role level: Principal Data Architect. Domain: Travel-focused data solutions. Collaboration: Direct stakeholder communication and client-facing pre-sales involvement.

Description

Principal-level Data Architect responsible for solution architecture focused on the data context. You will design and guide robust data solutions for a travel-focused environment, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards, while participating in pre-sales and the overall sales cycle.

Responsibilities

• Communicate directly with business stakeholders.
• Cover technical aspects for the development team and justify architectural decisions.
• Lead implementations from defining project requirements/goals through solution go-live.
• Guide clients through complex data transformation initiatives and drive successful outcomes.
• Participate in the full sales cycle, including pre-sales activities.
• Lead solution architecture evaluation and assessment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a Data Architect or Data Engineering role, or 5–10 completed projects.
• Experience in Data Governance and Data Management.
• Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks.
• Strong SQL skills for complex query design, writing, and maintenance.
• Experience working in the Travel domain.
• Experience building data pipelines, including ETL design, implementation, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of data management fundamentals: data modeling, data quality, metadata management, warehouse/lake patterns, and distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Sales or pre-sales experience.

Benefits

• Up to 26 business vacation days per year.
• 10 fully paid illness/special days off per year (no medical papers required).
• Health and life insurance (Luxmed).
• MyBenefit platform with Multisport option.
• Internal psychological support service.
• English language classes from the first working day.
• Access to external learning platforms: O’Reilly, LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, plus internal training catalog.
• Flexible work options: office, home, or hybrid.
• Tech Skills Mentoring Program.
• Opportunities to develop as a public speaker, mentor, or technical interviewer.
• Certification reimbursement (AWS, GCP, Microsoft, etc.).