Architect, Data Platform — AgentExchange
InformaticaBase Salary
$218k - $401k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end data architecture, canonical data model, telemetry taxonomy, destination consolidation, and 18-month AgentExchange data platform roadmap.
- Define streaming and batch ingestion, schema governance, data contracts, pipeline reliability SLOs, and shared standards across engineering teams.
- Build self-service analytics and dashboards for partner, customer, marketplace, GMV, attrition, installation, search, and effort-score metrics using Data 360 and Tableau Next.
- Lead ML platform architecture covering feature stores, training and serving infrastructure, evaluation, monitoring, and predictive models such as lead scoring, attrition, GMV forecasting, and recommendations.
- Architect the LLM- and agent-native data layer, including MCP servers, RAG, embeddings, vector stores, evaluation harnesses, and safe agent access to marketplace data.
- Set data security and governance standards for PII, multi-tenant isolation, fine-grained access, GDPR/CCPA, audit, and LLM or agent privacy controls.
- Represent the data platform in cross-organizational architecture reviews and align Platform Services, Search & Personalization, and Partner Experience on shared standards.
- Lead pipeline migration with zero disruption, mentor Data Engineering & Analytics staff, review designs, and develop senior individual contributors.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software or data engineering experience, including multi-year ownership of an enterprise-scale data or ML platform.
- Deep architecture experience in at least three areas including lakehouse or warehouse design, streaming and batch pipelines, dimensional and event modeling, and feature stores or model serving.
- Experience with cloud-native data infrastructure such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks on AWS-based platforms.
- Production experience with LLM systems, including RAG, embeddings and vector stores, prompt and context engineering, evaluation, cost and latency tuning, and hallucination and safety controls.
- Working knowledge of MCP or equivalent tool and agent protocols, with a clear approach to safely exposing data to agents.
- Expertise in data security and governance, including PII classification, multi-tenant isolation, fine-grained access control, GDPR/CCPA, lineage, audit, and LLM or agent access risks.
- Track record representing a technical domain in cross-organizational architecture forums and influencing teams without direct management authority.
- Strong executive communication skills, including defending architecture to CTO-level stakeholders and explaining trade-offs to product managers.
- Related technical degree required.
- Preferred experience includes Salesforce Data 360, Tableau Next, Slack, MuleSoft data integration, marketplace or e-commerce data, large-scale migrations, NPS and effort-score architecture, privacy-preserving ML, agent evaluation frameworks, LLM observability, and Salesforce Platform features.
Benefits
- Salesforce offers time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.
- The role requires working in the office 10 days per quarter to support customers and collaborate with teams.
- The stated base salary range is $218,400–$365,200 annually, or $263,200–$401,400 annually in select San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area locations; compensation figures are excluded from benefits classification.
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About Informatica
Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, Informatica’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica’s platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access to governed data, simplifying operations and scaling with confidence. Trusted by approximately 5,000 customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation. Informatica. Where data and AI come to life.™ Contact: PR@informatica.com