Vast is looking for a Staff Data Architect to support the development of data infrastructure and AI-driven capabilities for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.
Requirements
- Design, architect, and implement scalable enterprise data infrastructure including data lakes, warehouses, and real-time streaming platforms
- Build and maintain robust data pipelines that feed internal AI/ML tools and enable advanced analytics across all departments
- Own end-to-end data architecture from ingestion through transformation to consumption, ensuring data quality, reliability, and security
- Integrate data from complex engineering systems, manufacturing systems, ERP, IoT/sensor networks and other enterprise systems
- Create innovative data solutions that enable AI/ML capabilities for engineering analysis, manufacturing optimization, and supply chain intelligence
- Establish data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices across the organization
- Implement MLOps infrastructure to support model training, deployment, and monitoring
- Build real-time data pipelines from shop floor systems, test equipment, and operational technology (OT) environments
- Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and business teams to understand data requirements and deliver BI/AI-ready datasets
- Lead and mentor a high-performing data engineering team, establishing technical standards and fostering a culture of extreme ownership
- Evaluate and implement cutting-edge data technologies including cloud-native services, vector databases, and modern data stack tools
- Optimize data pipelines for performance, cost-efficiency, and scalability
- Implement monitoring, alerting, observability, and disaster recovery capabilities for mission-critical data systems
- Provide technical leadership and strategic guidance on data architecture to executive leadership
Benefits
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents
- Generous paid time off
- Up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Access to a 401(k) retirement plan
- ClassPass credits
- Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health
- Other discounts and perks
- Exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast’s ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees
