Principal Data Platform Architect

Company Overview

ID.me is the next-generation digital identity wallet that simplifies how individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can verify their identity with ID.me once and seamlessly login across websites without having to create a new login and verify their identity again. Over 140 million users experience streamlined login and identity verification with ID.me at 20 federal agencies, 44 state government agencies, and 66 healthcare organizations. More than 600 consumer brands use ID.me to verify communities and user segments to honor service and build more authentic relationships. ID.me’s technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication set by the Commerce Department and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me is committed to “No Identity Left Behind” to enable all people to have a secure digital identity. To learn more, visit https://network.id.me/.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the overall data architecture strategy, including data models for product, data lakes, warehouses, and pipelines for enterprise.
• Define standards for data governance, data quality, metadata, and security.
• Work closely with Engineering to implement high-quality data models and best practices across graph-based and traditional architectures.
• Build and maintain logical and physical data models that support both analytical and operational use cases, with an emphasis on graph data modeling and semantic relationships.
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand data needs and translate them into scalable data solutions, including graph-based solutions for relationship-driven use cases.
• Evaluate, select, and implement data-related tools, platforms, and frameworks, including modern graph databases.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, FedRAMP) related to data storage and usage.
• Monitor and optimize database performance and data workflows, including for graph workloads and query performance.
• Provide guidance on master data management, data lineage, and data cataloging.
• Coach and advocate for graph database technologies and data models across the organization, including executive leadership, product management, and engineering teams.
• Promote the adoption of graph database capabilities by demonstrating business value and use case alignment through education and mentorship.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field of study.
• 15 years of hands-on experience in data engineering and architecture for a large SaaS company or a mature startup.
• 15 years of experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and distributed data processing systems that solve complex customer problems.
• Proven expertise in data modeling for both relational and graph database systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to work with other Engineers and teams to help them arrive at optimal technical implementations.
• Strong SQL skills and familiarity with at least one cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).\
• Deep expertise with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, Amazon Neptune, or similar), including implementation, query optimization, and schema design.
• Experience designing and advocating for graph-based data architectures and data models across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and educate stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  
  

ID.me maintains a work environment free from discrimination, where employees are treated with dignity and respect. All ID.me employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity. ID.me does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. ID.me adheres to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. In addition, ID.me's policy is to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works. Upon request we will provide you with more information about such accommodations.

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