**Position Overview:**
Have you architected world-class data platforms? Are you ready to design the data structures that will define digital agriculture for the world? Do you have a deep background in software engineering, data engineering and data science? Do you want to work at a company where data is at the core of the product? We have your dream job.
The Climate Corporation is revolutionizing the agriculture industry with a Digital Farming Platform and AI that help the world's farmers sustainably increase productivity with digital tools. We are collecting massive amounts of agronomic data in one of the largest heterogeneous global data footprints and need to continuously improve how we store, connect and distribute this data in a fast, reliable and cost-effective way. This is where your work impacts the world in a positive way.
The Principal Data Infrastructure Architect works to define an extremely complex domain of data and data access patterns. The right candidate will have a track record of delivering highly complex engineering architectures focused on data pipelines.
**What You Will Do:**
+ Lead sessions with business, agricultural and technical experts to solicit and document requirements
+ Gather industry technical and scientific knowledge about agricultural data and apply it towards defining the optimal data models, data storage and architectures
+ Collaborate with the Enterprise Data Architect to design and mentor engineering teams with optimized models that enforce data quality while balancing optimized access patterns
+ Consult and advise engineers, analysts, architects, managers and executives
+ Assist product teams with operational data models
+ Promote data governance, quality and security across the enterprise
**Basic Qualifications:**
+ Bachelor's degree in an engineering or scientific field or 10+ years of experience in big data
+ Deep understanding of databases, Big Data technology and software architecture, optimizations and tradeoffs
+ Experience in AWS cloud technologies and cloud-optimized data and software architectures
**Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Master's or PhD in computer science
+ Expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data model design
+ Demonstrated ability to find the optimal level of abstraction to balance flexibility and comprehension
+ Production work with RDF databases implementing complex data ontologies
+ 5+ years owning and maintaining the corporate data catalog or data dictionary
+ Deep experience in dimensional and 3NF data model design
+ Experience modeling data structures for document, column family and graph databases.
+ Knowledge of agriculture
+ Previous experience building data models in a scientific domain
+ Physical modeling for data science and machine learning use cases
+ Exceptional technical documentation
+ Ability to understand and teach on very complex subject matter
+ Design and deliver highly-scalable, reliable, and performant pipelines to integrate large volumes of complex data
+ Oversee the mapping of data sources, data movement, interfaces, and analytics
+ Mentor engineers and analysts on data modeling, querying and architecture, as well as the specifics of the business domains
**What We Offer:**
Our teams are composed of industry experts, top scientists, and talented engineers. The environment is extremely engaging and fast-paced, with dozens of specialties coming together to provide the best possible products and experiences for our customers.
We provide competitive salaries and some of the best perks in the industry, including:
+ Superb medical, dental, vision, life, disability benefits, and a 401k matching program
+ A stocked kitchen with a large assortment of snacks & drinks to get you through the day
+ Encouragement to get out of the office and into the field with agents and farmers to see first-hand how our products are being used
+ We take part and offer various workshops, conferences, meet-up groups, tech-talks, and hackathons to encourage participation and growth in both community involvement and career development
We also hinge our cultural DNA on these five values:
+ Inspire one another
+ Innovate in all we do
+ Leave a mark on the world
+ Find the possible in the impossible
+ Be direct and transparent
Learn more about our team and our mission:
The Climate Corporation - The Technology Behind Making A Difference
https://youtu.be/c5TgbpE9UBI or visit https://climate.com/careers
Climate aims to create a welcoming and collaborative environment for our employees in which a diverse set of perspectives and voices are represented and celebrated.
As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, The Climate Corporation is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sex (including pregnancy), protected veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any unlawful criterion existing under applicable federal, state, or local laws. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at accommodations@climate.com
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