Job Overview
Location
US Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Data & Analytics
Date Posted
May 8, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • Principal Data Architect - AI is a senior technical leadership role responsible for designing, building, and governing MeridianLink’s enterprise data architecture from source to consumption, ensuring data is reliable, secure, and actionable across analytical, operational, and customer-facing products.
- • The role involves defining conceptual, logical, and physical data models; building and maintaining a functional meta-model; architecting medallion-layer Delta Lake patterns on Azure Databricks; writing production PySpark, SQL, and Delta Lake code; leading data integration design via Informatica IDMC and direct pipelines; championing data governance, lineage, and metadata management; standardizing modeling practices across teams; and influencing the data roadmap through cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, ML, Finance, Risk, and Customer teams.
- • MeridianLink is a FinTech SaaS company providing lending, banking, and financial services software solutions, operating in a regulated, multi-tenant environment where data integrity, compliance, and scalability are critical to product success and customer trust.
- • The incumbent will deepen expertise in enterprise data architecture within a high-growth FinTech SaaS context, gain hands-on influence over cloud-native data platforms (Azure Databricks, Unity Catalog, IDMC), shape governance and ML-ready data products, and emerge as a trusted advisor who bridges technical depth with business impact — advancing toward enterprise data leadership or CTO-track roles.
🎯 Requirements
- • 12–15+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, data warehousing, and data architecture, with recent years at architect level
- • Demonstrated experience as a Data Architect at a SaaS company in FinTech or financial services software (lending, banking, payments, capital markets, insurance)
- • Deep, hands-on expertise with Databricks and PySpark on Azure, including Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, structured streaming, and performance tuning at scale
- • Production experience with Informatica Data Management Cloud (IDMC) or comparable enterprise integration platforms
- • Proven track record of designing and implementing detailed end-to-end data models (conceptual, logical, physical) that have shipped to production and endured over time
- • Strong command of dimensional modeling (Kimball), Data Vault 2.0, and modern lakehouse patterns, with ability to select the right approach per use case
- • Expert SQL skills and strong proficiency in Python/PySpark; comfortable writing code, not just diagrams
- • Demonstrated experience implementing data governance, lineage, and metadata management (e.g., Unity Catalog, IDMC, Collibra, Atlan)
- • Working knowledge of FinTech-relevant regulations (GLBA, SOC 2, PCI, NIST, state lending) and their impact on data design
- • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex data concepts to engineers, executives, customers, and auditors
🏖️ Benefits
- • Opportunity to shape enterprise data strategy in a high-impact FinTech SaaS environment
- • Hands-on role building and validating architectures — not just designing in isolation
- • Collaboration with cross-functional teams including Product, Engineering, ML, Finance, Risk, and Customer-facing groups
- • Exposure to cutting-edge Azure data services and modern data stack (Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, IDMC, ADLS Gen2)
- • Professional growth toward enterprise data leadership or technical executive roles
- • Work in a regulated, innovative environment where data integrity directly enables product trust and compliance
Skills & Technologies
Python
Azure
Senior
Remote
Degree Required
About MeridianLink, Inc.
MeridianLink provides cloud-based software for banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to manage loan origination, account opening, credit reporting, and deposit products. The platform automates underwriting workflows, integrates with credit bureaus and core banking systems, and offers analytics for risk management and regulatory compliance. Customers use the APIs and configurable modules to streamline consumer, small-business, and mortgage lending operations while ensuring data security and audit standards.
Get more remote jobs like this
Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for similar remote roles and curated hiring updates.
Newsletter
Weekly remote jobs and featured talent.
No spam. Only curated remote roles and product updates. You can unsubscribe anytime.
