Senior Data Architect

** This is an opportunity to join our dynamic team of data engineering professionals working to design and implement database projects for our clients. This position is fully remote (indefinitely). **

Emergent Software is seeking a Senior Data Architect who is analytical, passionate, and detail oriented and enjoys designing & building cloud-based data solutions to solve business problems. A qualified candidate has significant experience developing data warehouses and analytical database solutions in Microsoft Azure. This 100% remote position is for self-starters with excellent communication skills, work ethic, and the ability to manage work across numerous clients and priorities.

Highlights & Benefits of working at Emergent Software

• Work closely with other talented database professionals & software engineers. Our vetting process means you can count on your team members to know what they are talking about.
• Work from home or work remotely from anywhere
• Flexible work schedule meaning you can work regular hours or whenever you work best
• Work-life balance is essential and highly valued at Emergent Software. If you choose to work more than 40 hours, you’ll be compensated for the extra work!
• Work on interesting projects solving complex business problems with custom software.
• 100 hours per year to focus on your professional development. We invest in your growth!
• Profit sharing bonus means as we’re successful, you’re successful
• Excellent benefits package including medical insurance, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, FSA, disability, life insurance, and paid parental leave

Azure Data Architect Required Experience

• 10+ years of database development & architecture experience
• 5+ years of experience with Azure database projects
• Ability to discuss potential data solutions with clients in the pre-sales process
• Data warehouse design using medallion architecture and/or snowflake methodologies
• Building data solutions in Microsoft Fabric
• ETL development using Azure Data Factory
• Building analytics solutions using Power BI

Nice to Have Experience

• Snowflake
• Databricks
• Other BI platforms
• Relational database design
• Stored procedures & queries for OLTP systems
• Performance tuning databases and long running queries

Our Vetting Process

At Emergent Software, we work hard to find the best team members capable of contributing high quality work. If you think you’re one of those, please understand that the effort put into this by people like yourself helps us be successful in surrounding you with other top performers. Here are the steps of our vetting process for this position:

• Application (5 minutes)
• Online Assessment (30-40 minutes)
• Initial Phone Interview (30-45 minutes)
• Data Architect Challenge (45-60 minutes)
• Technical Interview (60-90 minutes)
• Final Interview (45-60 minutes)
• Job Offer!

Benefits Package Details

• Medical Insurance: up to 80% of your monthly medical premium (HSA options available)
• HSA Contribution: up to $144/month
• Dental & Vision Insurance: up to 50% of your monthly dental and vision premium costs
• 401(k) plan: company match up to 4% of salary
• Profit sharing bonus: up to 15% of salary paid quarterly
• Extra compensation: get paid extra for work over 40 hours/week
• Employee referral & customer referral bonuses
• Flex Spending Account (FSA) for Dependent Care & Healthcare Costs
• Dependent Care FSA Contribution: $90/month
• Short Term Disability: $500/week for 12 weeks
• Long Term Disability: up to $6,000/month
• Group term life and AD&D insurance: $50k
• PTO, standard holidays, 2 floating holidays
• Paid parental leave: 2 weeks
• Staff development program: 100 hours/year plus training costs

About Emergent Software

Emergent Software is a fast-growing software development, cloud consulting, and data engineering company serving clients across the country. We are regularly adding to our team of talented software engineers, cloud architects, data engineers, UX designers, technical product owners and more who can help us deliver high quality services for our clients.

We are a remote-first company
Since our inception, we've embraced a remote-friendly culture, promoting work flexibility beyond the norm. When the pandemic struck in 2020, our transition to fully remote work was seamless—just a matter of cleaning out the fridge. Recognizing an opportunity, we adopted a remote-first approach and began hiring talent from anywhere. We continue to offer our signature Minnesota-nice, Midwest-friendly attitude, ensuring everyone feels valued, whether or not they're familiar with the skyway system.

Your career grows with us
Working with talented engineers on interesting projects creates an engaging environment for software development enthusiasts. By working directly with our experienced team, participating in our staff development program, and solving complex problems across a variety of projects, you’ll find numerous opportunities for long-term career growth.

At Emergent Software, your ideas will be heard, you will grow exponentially as a master of your craft, and you will enjoy working other dedicated team members to deliver software solutions for our clients.

Check out what others say
Visit our Glassdoor page to discover how employees enjoy our remote working structure, flexible hours, profit sharing program, and more!

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