Data Architect a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 7 open roles at 3 companies · median $164k · first seen Jan 2026

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Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in January 2026, in a company job-board posting from 66degrees. Today 7 open roles use the title at 3 companies, most of them in software.

PostingThe oldest Data Architect posting we hold66degrees, Jan 2026 · backs: first sighting
PostingData ArchitectAccenture Federal Services, Sep 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

7 open roles at 3 companies

Companies posting it

Sectors

Software6
Robotics and autonomy1

Cities

Washington4
Bengaluru, India1
Palo Alto1

Countries and remote

United States6
India1

Remote option0%

Posted pay

Middle half $164k to $185k, median $164k from 5 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 2h ago

3 of 3 companies

#	Company	Open roles
1	Accenture Federal Services	4
2	66degrees	2
3	Waymo	1

Open roles

Role	Company	Location	Posted pay
Data ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesWashington, DC$126k to $243k	Accenture Federal Services	Washington, DC	$126k to $243k
Sr. Staff Data ArchitectWaymoMountain View, California, USA$298k to $368k	Waymo	Mountain View, California, USA	$298k to $368k
Data Architect (Spanner Migration), Contract66degreesUnited States	66degrees	United States	Not stated
Data ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesArlington, VA$79k to $160k	Accenture Federal Services	Arlington, VA	$79k to $160k
Data ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesArlington, VA$106k to $221k	Accenture Federal Services	Arlington, VA	$106k to $221k
Senior Data ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesArlington, VA$106k to $221k	Accenture Federal Services	Arlington, VA	$106k to $221k
Data Architect66degreesBengaluru	66degrees	Bengaluru	Not stated

Title	Share of HN posts, 12 mo	6 mo change	Open roles
Full Stack EngineerEstablished ·17% of posts · 268 open · since Apr 2011	17%	-16%	268
Product EngineerEstablished ·7.3% of posts · 99 open · since May 2011	7.3%	+13%	99
AI EngineerEmerging ·6.7% of posts · 180 open · since Jun 2011	6.7%	+9%	180
Founding EngineerEstablished ·6.3% of posts · 25 open · since Jul 2011	6.3%	-3%	25
Platform EngineerEstablished ·5.8% of posts · 198 open · since Apr 2011	5.8%	+16%	198
Machine Learning EngineerEstablished ·4.7% of posts · 325 open · since Apr 2011	4.7%	-23%	325

About this title

7 open postings titled "Data Architect" or close to it at 3 companies (job-board scan, 2026-09-28). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.

Median posted salary $164k from 5 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.