Data Platform Principal Architect

Responsibilities

• Architect the governed, reusable data, knowledge, and skill layers to power analytics, AI agents, and real-time decision systems.
• Own the technical execution of regional and global data localization strategies within the Databricks environment.
• Design scalable patterns that satisfy strict regulatory requirements while maintaining a unified global data model.
• Define and implement "Agent Interfaces"—APIs and tools that enable AI agents to interact with Knowledge and Skills layers.
• Implement Governance-as-Code, ensuring automated data lineage and quality controls are embedded directly into the platform.
• Partner with Data Science, AI Engineering, Product, and Risk teams to support experimentation and high-quality decision-making.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale data systems with strong architectural fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with the Databricks ecosystem, including Unity Catalog and Delta Lake.
• Experience implementing semantic layers or metric stores to enable consistent reporting and analytics.
• Solid understanding of how AI/agent-based systems consume data, including experience building APIs or data services.
• Experience designing data solutions that meet regional data residency and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated senior-level individual contributor experience, including leading design reviews and mentoring engineers.

About the Company

Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide—including Brex, Rippling, and Qantas—with integrated solutions to manage business accounts, payments, spend management, and treasury at a global scale.