Principal/Senior Data Architect

# Principal/Senior Data Architect
> MP Solutions Ltd. · Budapest, Hungary · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-01
**Workplace:** on_site
**Department:** EVO
## Description

• Own the end-to-end data architecture, from ingestion and streaminf through the lakehouse to analytics and BI.
• Define data modelling standards, table partitioning and layout stategy, and schema-evolution and migration practices.
• Set governance, data-contract, lineage, and data quality standards across data domains.
• Stay hands-on: protoripe pipelines, tune analytical queries, and buid reference implementations the team follows.
• Hands-on DBA experience is required for this role, including database perdormance, tuning, query optimalization, indexing, partitioning, capacity planning.

## Requirements

• BSc or MSc degree in an IT field.
• 7+years in data engineering or architecture, including designing lakehouse or large-scale analytical (OLAP/MPP) architectures.
• Experience with open table formats (e.g. Apache Iceberg) and modern columnar analytics engines.
• Expert SQL and strong Data modeling skills (dimensional and analytical/wide-table).
• Hands-on experience with distributed data processing and/or streaming, and with running data systems on Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated technical leadership of data team or major initiative.
• English/hungarian language skills.

**Advantages**

• Hybrid or on-premises experience and capacity/cost planning at large scale.
• Background in AdTech, MarTech, or other high volume analytics businesses.
• Familiar with geographic data systems and spacial indexing technologies (e.g., H3, Geohash).

## Benefits

• Global collaboration with diverse teams.
• A team of great engineers.
• Cafeteria.

## Apply
[Apply at MP Solutions Ltd.](https://apply.workable.com/mpsolutions/j/4A79F2C246/apply)
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