Data Architect

Position: Data Architect (Credit Risk) Location: New York City (Hybrid) Employment: Contract Job Description: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced application Engineer and Data Architect to join our dynamic Credit Risk Capital IT team within Credit Risk Technology Group. As a Senior resource, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining the application and infrastructure for Credit Risk Capital. Job Responsibilities and Requirements • Lead architecture/technical design discussion considering industry standard technologies and practice, support production operation and resolve production issues as a senior developer in Credit Risk application team • Design and implement batch and ad-hoc data pipelines with the Medallion Lakehouse architecture using modern cloud data engineering patterns, primarily in Databricks • Build and maintain ingestion flows from upstream systems into object storage (e.g., S3/ADLS) using formats such as Parquet, including partitioning, z-ordering and schema evolution • Integrate with external XVA / risk engines, implement orchestration logic to manage long-running external computations • Model and optimize risk measures (like EPE, PFE) for efficient query and consumption by BI tools, notebooks, and downstream applications • Ensure platform reliability, observability, security (IAM roles, OIDC/Bearer-token auth, encryption) and auditability. • Contribute to API design for internal consumers and external services (versioning, error handling, SLAs). Be efficient at documenting. Required Qualifications, Skills and Capabilities • Work experience of 12-15 years as an application developer • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (or equivalent certification; level to be confirmed) • Proficient in REST API development using but not limited to Django / Flask / FastAPI etc. • Strong domain expertise in Credit Risk and Counterparty Risk • Expert-level proficiency in Python including PySpark / Spark for data engineering and analytics • Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks, including Medallion Architecture - Lakehouse • Solid understanding of SQL, including joins, unions, stored procedures, and query optimization • Familiarity with front-end and back-end development (experience is a plus) • In-depth knowledge of CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps • Exposure to technical architecture design (experience is a plus) • Experience in creating product specifications, architecture diagram and design documents • Proven experience in Agile software development using JIRA, Confluence, and Zephyr • Strong communication skills—able to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely • Highly collaborative team player with a proactive, self-starter mindset • Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly • Passionate about coding, development and continuous improvement