Architect, Technology I

AbbVie

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Work type
On-site
Location
North Chicago, IL
Salary
$109,500–$208,500 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 20, 2126

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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About AbbVie

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.

AbbVie currently has 145 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $109,500–$208,500 across 140 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Architect, Technology I

The Architect, Technology I owns the architecture of the enterprise cloud data platform and leads a team of developers while directing a large offshore team across multiple time zones. This role involves setting technical direction, standards, and roadmaps to ensure consistent work at scale within a regulated environment. Key responsibilities include defining data platform architecture, including Lakehouse, data mesh, and data fabric patterns, as well as establishing data contracts, quality, observability, and lineage practices. The candidate will build reliable data pipelines and reusable platform services using technologies such as Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, or Apache Hudi. Required skills include experience with dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and AWS Fargate to support scalability, reliability, performance, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.

What does a Architect earn?

Median $225000 from 45 postings across 26 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the architecture of the enterprise cloud data platform and lead a team of developers.
  • Direct a large offshore team by setting technical direction, standards, and roadmaps across multiple time zones.
  • Define and evolve data platform architectures including Lakehouse, data mesh, data fabric, and event-driven designs.
  • Establish data contracts, quality standards, observability, lineage, and metadata practices for reusable data products.
  • Design systems for scalability, reliability, performance, disaster recovery, security, and cost optimization.
  • Review design artifacts and enforce architecture principles through peer reviews and documented compliance evidence.
  • Identify automation opportunities by evaluating tooling options and implementing validation scripts to streamline workflows.
  • Maintain architecture documentation, models, and design decisions to ensure accessibility for project teams.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree with 7 years of experience, Master’s Degree with 6 years, or PhD with 2 years of experience.
  • Significant hands-on experience building and operationalizing enterprise-scale cloud big data platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of Lakehouse, data mesh, data fabric, event-driven architectures, and batch/real-time data processing.
  • Experience building reliable data pipelines, data products, and reusable platform services.
  • Knowledge of data quality, observability, lineage, metadata management, data governance, and data contracts.
  • Experience with serverless architectures including Kubernetes, AWS EKS, and AWS Fargate.
  • Familiarity with orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, Dagster, or Prefect.
  • Experience in pharmaceutical or highly regulated environments (preferred); experience with Cloudera or graph databases (preferred).

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