
Lead Data Architect ( Full Time, Remote) at Hike. At Hike, weโre building the Rush Gaming Universe ๐ฎ ๐ฒ ๐ฐ. To know more, check out. work.hike.in. Hike Code ๐( Our core cultural values ). The Hike Code is our cultural operating system. It is our set of values that guides us operationally on a day-to-day basis. We have 9 core values:. . Top Talent in Every Role โ Both a quest for greatness & shared values are important to us ๐ฆธโโ๏ธ. . Owner not a Renter โ Proactive & radically responsible. Everyone is an owner ๐ค. . Pro-Sports Team โ Strength-based, results driven with a "team-first" attitude โฝ๏ธ. . Customer Obsession โ We exist to delight our customers ๐. . Think Deeply & Exercise Good Judgement โ Clear mind, obsession to simplify & data-informed ๐โโ๏ธ. . Build & Make Magic โ Courage to walk into the unknown and pioneer new fronts ๐. . Be Insatiably Curious & Keep Improving โ Curiosity to acquire new perspectives, quickly ๐จโ๐ซ. . Move Fast & Be Dynamic โ Ruthless prioritization & move fast ๐โโ๏ธ. . Dream Big, Be Bold & Think Long Term โ Courage to climb big mountains ๐. . Skills & experience we're looking for ๐จโ๐ป. . 7+ years of experience building scalable data architectures, including modern data platforms, distributed systems, and enterprise-grade analytics stacks | Top Talent in Every Role. . Proven track record of architecting end-to-end solutions on Azure and/or AWS, leveraging tools like Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Delta Lake, and serverless compute | Top Talent in Every Role. . Deep expertise in SQL, Python, and programming languages like .NET or Java, with experience designing APIs and data products in microservices environments | Top Talent in Every Role. . . Demonstrated experience building cloud-native, modular data platforms that support real-time, streaming, and batch workloads at scale | Build & Make Magic. . Mastery of data modeling, data lakes, lakehouses, warehousing, mesh architecture, and building high-quality, reusable datasets for analytics and ML | Think Deeply. . Hands-on experience integrating data infrastructure for AI/ML, supporting pipelines for personalization, predictive insights, and experimentation | Be Curious & Keep Improving. . Comfort with managing complex architecture across large teams, enabling governed, high-performance, and cost-optimized data operations | Owner not a Renter. . Strong understanding of security, observability, CI/CD for data, and data compliance frameworks such as GDPR and SOC2 | Top Talent in Every Role. . Excellent communication and leadership skills, able to align cross-functional stakeholders, mentor engineers, and influence product and business strategy | Pro-Sports Team. . Experience with data governance, lineage tracking, and metadata management, ensuring discoverability and reliability of all data assets | Customer Obsession. . Track record of continuously evolving tech stacks and adopting emerging tools, including AI-assisted data engineering and LLM data prep techniques | Be Curious & Keep Improving. . . You will ๐ฒ. . Strategy โ Define and evolve the architecture of Rushโs data ecosystem, aligning our platform and infrastructure with the long-term goals of gameplay intelligence, personalization, and monetization. . Strategy โ Set a bold, AI-forward data architecture roadmap, designing for extensibility, low-latency performance, and innovation in a high-growth gaming and fintech hybrid environment. . Leadership โ Lead architectural design and reviews, coach data engineers and analytics engineers on best practices, and cultivate a performance-driven, experimentation-friendly data culture. . Operations โ Own and optimize end-to-end data systems โ including ingestion, transformation, lineage, quality monitoring, and consumption layers โ ensuring trust, availability, and speed at scale. . Operations โ Design and build foundational data assets and reusable components โ enabling analytics, machine learning, and event-driven personalization for our players. . Operations โ Champion governance, metadata, and access control frameworks that scale, while empowering decentralized data ownership and discoverability across teams. . Operations โ Architect self-serve data platforms and tooling for analytics, experimentation, and ML, reducing engineering dependency and increasing velocity for decision-making. . Operations โ Drive observability, reliability, and cost efficiency in our platform with real-time monitoring, capacity planning, and automated alerting. . Collaboration โ Work closely with Product, Engineering, Analytics, and Infra teams to drive unified data strategies, support experimentation, and create business value through data. . Collaboration โ Be the primary evangelist for architectural clarity, technical excellence, and long-term thinking in data โ influencing across domains and ensuring scalability as we grow. . ๐ฐ Benefitsย . We have tremendous benefits & perks. Check out. . work.hike.in. to know more.. Company Location: India.