We’re looking for an experienced Data Architect to join a strategic project for a leading global investment management company headquartered in London.
The project focuses on building the data foundations needed for safe and scalable AI adoption in a highly regulated financial environment. You’ll work at the intersection of data architecture, metadata, governance, semantic layers and AI, helping design how enterprise data can be discovered, understood, traced and safely used by AI agents.
What you’ll be working on:
- Designing a federated metadata architecture across a large and diverse data estate
- Designing enterprise metadata and data catalogue solutions
- Defining metadata, lineage and data governance models
- Building semantic layers, business glossaries and concept registries
- Working with entity resolution and knowledge graph concepts
- Defining approaches to machine-derived metadata and LLM-assisted metadata enrichment
- Acting as the design authority for the engineering team
- Working closely with client stakeholders and data owners
- Shaping delivery roadmaps, estimates and data-readiness requirements
What we’re looking for:
- 8+ years of experience in data architecture or data platform roles
- 3+ years of experience in metadata management, data governance or data cataloguing
- Experience with platforms such as DataHub, OpenMetadata, Collibra or similar
- Good understanding of Python and data engineering practices
- Knowledge of OpenLineage, data contracts or similar standards
- Experience designing federated/hub-and-spoke metadata architectures
- Strong understanding of data governance, ownership, stewardship and data classification
- Experience with semantic layer design, knowledge graphs and entity resolution
- Experience working in regulated or on-premises environments
- Strong consulting and client-facing skills
- Excellent written and spoken English (B2+/C1)
Nice to have:
- Financial services / asset management experience
- FIBO or other financial ontologies
- Experience with metadata platforms supporting AI agents
- Semantic search and embeddings
- Pre-sales, discovery or solutioning experience
Why join?
You’ll have the opportunity to shape the data foundations behind enterprise AI and work on a project where data architecture, governance and AI come together. The role offers significant technical ownership, direct client exposure and the chance to influence how AI agents can safely access and reason over trusted enterprise data.