Data Architect

Job overview

The Data Architect role is hybrid at Further’s headquarters in Dallas, TX, with the team in the office Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Compensation is not specified. Further is a data, cloud, and AI company focused on helping organizations turn raw data into decisions. The architect owns the platform’s data architecture across event systems, transactional storage, read-side projections, and AI/ML infrastructure. The role establishes data models, governance, migration practices, and operational procedures that support reliable, scalable, and trustworthy product capabilities.

What you'll do

• Define event envelopes and schema evolution strategy
• design Postgres schemas, tenant isolation, indexing, query patterns, and migrations
• design projections, materialized views, and semantic layers
• build AI/ML data infrastructure including vector stores and embedding pipelines
• establish data lineage, retention, deletion, and audit practices
• write operational playbooks for projection rebuilds, replay, migrations, vector index maintenance, and capacity planning.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data architect

further

hybrid

dallas tx

data engineering

postgresql

event sourcing

kafka

data governance

ai/ml infrastructure

vector databases

schema evolution

data platform

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Net-zero-cost medical option, company HSA contributions, fertility support, fully paid parental leave, and monthly lifestyle spending account stipend.

Why this role

Hybrid schedule with in-office work Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

About the employer

Further is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.