Data Architect

Job Description:

This is a hybrid role, requiring presence in our Dublin office three times per week.

The Opportunity:
At Workhuman, we’re on a mission to make work more human by helping organisations celebrate, connect, and empower their people. We're seeking an experienced Data Architect to join our Architecture team and drive the data architecture vision for Workhuman.

In this position, you'll work across Product, Data Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure to architect and ensure the viability of Data Solutions across Product, Data Platform, AI/ML, Data Analytics and Enterprise use cases.

This role is ideal for a strategic technologist who thrives in a collaborative, cross-functional
environment and is passionate about building high-quality systems that rely on rich, reliable data at scale as the foundation for intelligent products, trusted analytics, and transformative business outcomes.

What we can offer you:

• The opportunity to design and evolve data platforms operating at global scale across 180 countries, with real-world performance, reliability, and governance challenges.
• A chance to shape the enterprise data vision and define how data is used as a core
  business asset.
• Exposure to diverse data domains, sources, and consumption patterns across the
  organization.
• End-to-end responsibility for data architecture, from conceptual models to production-grade systems.
• Lead data management and lifecycle process improvements to support generative AI product feature development.
• The ability to set standards, best practices, and long-term architectural direction.
   

The skills you will bring:

• Data Integration Architecture & Design: Expertise in batch and streaming ingestion, data pipelines, and orchestration, ensuring reliable, performant movement and transformation of data across systems.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term
  architectural vision, anticipating future requirements and technical debt implications.
• Data Quality & Security: Strong understanding of data quality management, metadata, lineage, access control, and regulatory considerations to ensure data is trusted and compliant.
• Analytical & Advanced Use Case Enablement: Proven ability to architect platforms that support BI, advanced analytics, and machine learning, aligning data structures with how data is consumed.
• Cloud Platform Expertise: Deep experience with modern cloud-based data ecosystems and the architectural patterns that enable scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Communication & Documentation: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create clear architectural documentation, ADRs, RFCs, and technical strategy documents
• Growth Mindset & Innovation: curiosity and commitment to continuous learning, actively exploring new technologies, architectural patterns, and creative approaches to problem solving and driving innovation through experimentation and adaptation.

Achievements:

• You have a BS in Computer Science / Software Engineering or equivalent experience
• At least 8 years experience working in technology or relevant business
• Stakeholder Engagement & Technical Communication: Effectively communicated technical designs and trade-offs to senior leadership and business stakeholders, building trust and securing buy-in for architectural decisions
• Delivered High-Impact Data Platforms: Led the architecture and supported the delivery of major data platform capabilities across multiple teams, driving measurable business value alongside quality, performance and reliability.
• Facilitated Cross-Team Collaboration: Successfully brought together Business, Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to deliver complex technical initiatives, resolving technical blockers and ensuring architecture alignment throughout the delivery process.

The Company:

At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, innovative with a growth mindset

We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large-sized workplace category. We were also recognised as the Best Workplace for Women and the Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium-sized workplace category.

•  We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as the Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work, and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation, and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based solely on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.