Stryker

Principal Architect, Data & Analytics

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3 days ago
Gurgaon, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define solution architecture direction, standards, reference architectures, design patterns, and reusable components for complex data and analytics initiatives.
  • Own architecture diagrams, technical design documents, integration blueprints, data models, standards, and architecture decision records.
  • Develop proof-of-concepts, reference implementations, and reusable implementation patterns for data platforms and analytics solutions.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, platforms, frameworks, and advanced analytics capabilities for architectural and business fit.
  • Conduct architecture, design, code, and technical quality reviews covering scalability, performance, security, reliability, and supportability.
  • Embed data privacy, access control, governance, and compliance requirements into solution designs.
  • Partner with engineering teams to resolve complex performance, quality, scalability, reliability, integration, and operational challenges.
  • Mentor engineers and architects through solution design, implementation planning, and delivery reviews.
  • Translate strategic requirements into technical designs, phased implementation plans, and delivery roadmaps with product, platform, governance, and business stakeholders.
  • Influence technical direction across multiple teams through hands-on technical leadership and expertise without direct management authority.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, solution architecture, or technical design roles, including significant architecture ownership.
  • Demonstrated experience architecting large-scale enterprise data platforms and integration solutions.
  • Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture, including data warehousing, Lakehouse, and real-time streaming architectures.
  • Strong hands-on experience with cloud data platforms, data modeling, modern data architecture patterns, Databricks or equivalent Lakehouse platforms, and engineering practices.
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and Python, along with data engineering concepts including ETL/ELT, CDC, dimensional modeling, star-schema design, medallion architecture, distributed data processing, and workload optimization.
  • Experience designing governed data products across bronze, silver, and gold layers with lineage, data quality controls, reconciliation, and semantic consumption layers.
  • Experience designing analytics, reporting, semantic model, and business intelligence architectures, including Power BI semantic models, DAX, row-level security, refresh patterns, and performance optimization.
  • Experience with enterprise integration patterns, ERP ecosystems, API-based integration, and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code, observability, performance optimization, and DevOps practices in cloud-native data platforms.
  • Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, and master data management frameworks.
  • Ability to balance scalability, performance, cost, maintainability, strategic architecture, and practical delivery constraints.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting architecture recommendations and trade-offs to senior technical and business stakeholders.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement.
  • Approximately 10% travel.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
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About Stryker

10,000+ employees

Stryker designs and manufactures medical devices and equipment for hospitals and surgeons, spanning orthopaedic implants, trauma and spine hardware, surgical tools, endoscopy, navigation, and patient care equipment. The NYSE-listed company, founded in 1941 and headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sells products and related services worldwide to health systems and ambulatory centers. It reported $22.6 billion in 2024 sales and markets its portfolio across roughly 75 countries.

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