Lead Data Architect - Remote EST (Insurance Experience Required)

$130000 - $160000

Job Description A leading insurance organization is seeking a Lead Data Architect to drive the strategy, design, and evolution of a modern enterprise data platform. This individual will play a critical role in defining data architecture standards, building scalable data solutions, and leading the transformation of complex data environments into a governed, cloud-based ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will combine deep hands-on technical expertise with architectural leadership, working closely with business and technology stakeholders across underwriting, claims, policy administration, billing, actuarial, finance, and analytics functions. This is a highly visible role responsible for establishing enterprise-wide data standards and delivering scalable data solutions that support operational and strategic decision-making. Required Skills & Experience

• 5-10+ years of experience in data architecture and data engineering

• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data architecture initiatives

• Strong expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling

• Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake and cloud data platforms

• Advanced SQL development skills

• Strong Python experience for data engineering and automation

• Experience designing and developing cloud-native ELT/ETL solutions

• Expertise with CDC, event-driven architectures, APIs, and modern data ingestion patterns

• Experience with data quality, metadata management, lineage, and governance frameworks

• Experience leading technical teams and mentoring data engineers

• Strong communication skills with the ability to present architectural decisions to senior leadership

• Insurance industry experience is required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Desired Skills & Experience

• Snowflake certification

• Experience with dbt, Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or similar technologies

• Knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM)

• Experience building canonical and semantic data models

• Familiarity with Power BI or other enterprise BI platforms

What You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture standards and best practices

• Design scalable data models supporting policy, claims, underwriting, billing, and actuarial domains

• Lead the development of modern ELT/ETL pipelines and cloud-native data solutions

• Drive the migration of legacy data environments to automated and event-driven architectures

• Establish data quality, governance, lineage, and metadata standards

• Optimize Snowflake performance, reliability, and cost efficiency

• Design and oversee medallion architecture frameworks including bronze, silver, and gold layers

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions

• Evaluate emerging technologies and lead proof-of-concept initiatives

• Provide architectural oversight across enterprise data programs

• Mentor and guide data engineering teams, ensuring adherence to engineering standards and best practices

• Support enterprise analytics, reporting, and operational decision-making through trusted data assets

The Offer

• Competitive salary and bonus opportunity

• Opportunity to shape and lead a next-generation enterprise data platform

• High-visibility leadership role with significant technical influence

• Collaborative environment focused on innovation and modernization

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance

• Dental Benefits

• Vision Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.