Architect Lead
Capital Group · Irvine, United States +2 · 1mo ago
“I can be myself at work.”
You are more than a job title. We want you to feel comfortable doing great work and bringing your best, authentic self to everything you do. We value your talents, traditions, and uniqueness—and we’re committed to fostering a strong sense of belonging in a respectful workplace.
We intentionally seek diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds, investing in a culture designed to celebrate differences. We believe that belonging leads to better outcomes and a stronger community of associates united by our mission. At Capital, we live our core values every day: Integrity, Client Focus, Diverse Perspectives, Long-Term Thinking, and Community.
“I can influence my income.”
You want to feel recognized at work. Your performance will be reviewed annually, and your compensation will be designed to motivate and reward the value that you provide. You’ll receive a competitive salary, bonuses and benefits. Your company-funded retirement contribution will factor in salary and variable pay, including bonuses.
“I can lead a full life.”
You bring unique goals and interests to your job and your life. Whether you’re raising a family, you’re passionate about where you volunteer, or you want to explore different career paths, we’ll give you the resources that can set you up for success.
Enjoy generous time-away and health benefits from day one, with the opportunity for flexible work options
Receive 2-for-1 matching gifts for your charitable contributions and the opportunity to secure annual grants for the organizations you love
Access on-demand professional development resources that allow you to hone existing skills and learn new ones
“I can succeed as a Lead Data Architect at Capital Group.”
As a Lead Data & AI Platform Architect, you will help shape the future of our foundational data ecosystem by defining architecture strategies, reference patterns, and platform capabilities that enable trusted, scalable, and AI-ready data products.
You will serve as a senior technical leader across modern data platforms, working closely with architects, engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders. Through close collaboration with stakeholders, you will establish architectural standards, guide strategic investments, and accelerate the responsible adoption of emerging technologies.
In this role, you will help design and govern platforms that:
- Enable reusable, discoverable, and trusted data products.
- Support modern analytics, machine learning, and generative AI workloads.
- Balance reliability, performance, security, governance, and cost efficiency.
- Foster federated ownership while maintaining enterprise-wide standards and interoperability.
You will evaluate emerging technologies, develop reference implementations, and provide practical guidance on architecture patterns, platform engineering, data governance, and AI readiness. You will also help define testing and validation approaches that improve quality, reliability, and developer productivity across the data lifecycle.
“I am the person Capital Group is looking for.”
Experience & Expertise
- You have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- You have 10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale data platforms, architecture strategies, and data management solutions.
- You have deep expertise with modern cloud data platforms and lakehouse architectures, including technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Dremio, and related ecosystem tooling.
- You have experience designing platforms that support data products, self-service analytics, machine learning, and generative AI use cases.
- You have strong understanding of distributed data processing, data engineering, metadata management, governance, observability, and platform operations.
Modern Architecture Leadership
- You have proven experience defining target-state architectures and roadmaps for enterprise data modernization initiatives.
- You have hands-on knowledge of modern architecture patterns, including: Lakehouse architectures, Data products and federated ownership models, Semantic and knowledge-layer approaches, Retrieval-augmented AI architectures, etc
- You have the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical guidance for engineering, product, and business teams.
AI-Ready Data Foundations
- You have experience designing architectures that enable trusted AI and machine learning outcomes through high-quality, governed data, with metadata and lineage capabilities, secure access patterns, and data quality controls.
- You are familiar with AI development frameworks, orchestration technologies, and cloud AI services.
- You have experience enabling responsible AI adoption through architecture, governance, and operational best practices.
Engineering & Testing Excellence
- You have a strong programming and engineering background, including Python, Spark, distributed data processing, and cloud-native development.
- You have experience establishing testing and validation strategies for modern data platforms.
- You are familiar with practices such as: Synthetic test data generation, Data quality validation, Automated testing and observability.
- You have the ability to balance innovation with security, compliance, operational resilience, and risk management.
Leadership & Influence
- You have demonstrated success building alignment across architecture, engineering, security, governance, and business teams.
- You have strong communication and storytelling skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences.
- You have a passion for mentoring others, promoting architectural excellence, and establishing reusable standards and patterns.
- You are customer-focused mindset with a track record of delivering measurable business outcomes through technology investments.
- You have the ability to assess emerging technologies, identify strategic opportunities, and guide adoption decisions grounded in business value.
- compliance standards.
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You’ve reviewed this job posting and you’re ready to start the candidate journey with us. Apply now to move to the next step in our recruiting process. If this role isn’t what you’re looking for, check out our other opportunities and join our talent community.
“I can learn more about Capital Group.”
At Capital Group, the success of the people who invest with us depends on the people in whom we invest. That’s why we offer a culture, compensation and opportunities that empower our associates to build successful and prosperous careers. Through nine decades, our goal has been to improve people’s lives through successful investing. We know that our history is a testament to the strength of the people we hire. More than 9,000 associates in 30+ offices around the world help our clients and each other grow and thrive every day. Find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Glassdoor.
Southern California Base Salary Range: $201,683-$322,693
New York Base Salary Range: $213,795-$342,072
In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital’s annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.
You can learn more about our compensation and benefits here.
* Temporary positions in the United States are excluded from the above mentioned compensation and benefit plans.
We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.