Senior Architect – Data Platform: Shape Enterprise Architecture in Riyadh Location: Riyadh, Saudia Arabia Salary: $140,000-150,000 + Accommodation + Expenses Are you a Snowflake architect ready to own an entire platform end-to-end?
We're looking for an exceptional Senior Architect to lead the design and delivery of a transformative data platform for a major enterprise client in Riyadh. This is a hands-on leadership role where your architectural decisions will directly impact how the entire organization leverages data and AI.
What You'll Do: Own the platform vision. You'll design and defend the target architecture across the full stack — from Snowflake warehouse strategy through data ingestion, semantic modelling, and into AI/ML production use cases. You're not implementing someone else's vision; you're creating it. Lead at the C-suite. Facilitate critical design workshops with business and IT leadership, own the design authority, and hold the room with confidence. You're the technical counterpart stakeholders trust to ask the hard questions. Build at scale. Work on real enterprise transformation — dimensional modeling, data lake design, ELT patterns, migrations, and greenfield builds. You understand data architecture in production. Integrate AI/ML strategically. Design feature pipelines, MLOps workflows, and governance frameworks that make ML sustainable and scalable on top of a governed warehouse. Join a strong team. You'll work alongside experienced European architects and engineers already on-site, combining your expertise with theirs to deliver something meaningful. What We're Looking For: Snowflake mastery — Snow Pro Advanced Architect level or equivalent. You've owned warehouse sizing decisions, security models, RBAC strategies, Snowpark implementation, semantic views. Platform design decisions, not project implementations. Data architecture depth — Real-world experience with dimensional modeling, data lake patterns, DWH architecture, and ELT frameworks. You've built on enterprise scale. AI/ML in production — You understand feature pipelines, model deployment, MLOps, and how ML use cases sit on top of governed data platforms. Customer-facing gravitas — You run the room in senior stakeholder meetings and design authority sessions. C-level communication is in your DNA. Fluent English (Arabic is a bonus, not required) Ready to relocate to Riyadh for the program duration Why You Should Consider This: ⭐ The edge cases matter. Asset management industry experience — funds, portfolio holdings, performance reporting, custodian and market data — is a significant differentiator and something we value highly.????️ Governance at scale. Experience with data governance frameworks and regulated data programs is a strong plus.☁️ Multi-cloud thinking. Cloud architecture certification (Azure/AWS/GCP) is valued.
This is a defining role for someone ready to architect at enterprise scale while leading a high-stakes client engagement. If this resonates, let's talk.
On-site in Riyadh. Technical leadership. Real impact