Job Title: Senior Data Architect (with Generative AI)

Location: Houston, TX | Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: 12 months

Pay: $60-$70/hr

About:

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies. VLink is 'Great Place to Work® CertifiedTM' and has been a consistent winner as- Best Places to Work in CT. Trust, collaboration, and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink's work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Job Details:

We are looking for a 10+ years experienced Senior Data Architect for a contract role.

• Must have strong hands-on ETL/ELT, Python, SQL, and Enterprise Data Warehousing experience.

• AI/Generative AI data engineering experience is strongly required — RAG, vector databases, LangChain/LangGraph, AI Agents, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, etc.

• We are specifically interested in candidates who understand how enterprise data platforms support modern AI/ML and Generative AI applications.

• Treasure Data / Treasure Data CDP experience is a key requirement — please prioritize candidates with real production experience.

• Strong experience with real-time analytics, event-driven architecture, and streaming data pipelines.

• Hands-on Apache Kafka experience is highly preferred.

• Experience with Snowflake, Databricks, or equivalent cloud data platforms.

• Strong experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform data engineering services.

• CDC or Debezium and incremental data processing experience is required.

• Candidate should have experience designing batch + real-time enterprise data architectures.

• Experience building AI-ready data pipelines / semantic search / RAG infrastructure will be a major plus.

I deal candidates will have Treasure Data + Real-Time Analytics + Enterprise ETL/Data Warehouse experience, ideally combined with Kafka and Generative AI.

Employment Practices:

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
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