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Data Platform Architect a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 3 open roles at 2 companies · median $150k

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Plans a client's data platform: weighs the options, sets the target design and roadmap, and adds data governance, quality checks and AI.

New: first seen Jul 2026, job board

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in July 2026, in a company job-board posting from Accenture Federal Services. Today 3 open roles use the title at 2 companies, most of them in data platforms.

  1. PostingThe oldest Data Platform Architect posting we holdAccenture Federal Services, Jul 2026 · backs: first sighting
  2. PostingData Platform ArchitectAccenture Federal Services, Sep 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

  • Data platform1

Cities

  • Palo Alto1

Countries and remote

  • United States3
Remote option0%

Posted pay

Median $150k from 3 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 4d ago
#CompanyOpen roles
1Accenture Federal ServicesA company hiring most for Data Engineer and DevOps Engineer.2
2SnowflakeAn American cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) data platform company founded in San Mateo, California, and headquartered in Menlo Park.1

Open roles

Open role$103k to $196k

Data Platform Architect

Suitland, MD

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Open role$189k to $248k

Principal Data Platform Architect

US-CA-Menlo Park

SnowflakePosting ↗
Open role$132k to $165k

Data Platform Architect

Suitland, MD

Accenture Federal ServicesPosting ↗
Role
Data Platform ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesSuitland, MD$103k to $196k
Principal Data Platform ArchitectSnowflakeUS-CA-Menlo Park$189k to $248k
Data Platform ArchitectAccenture Federal ServicesSuitland, MD$132k to $165k

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About this title

Plans a client's data platform: weighs the options, sets the target design and roadmap, and adds data governance, quality checks and AI.

3 open postings titled "Data Platform Architect" or close to it at 2 companies (job-board scan, 2026-09-28). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.

Median posted salary $150k from 3 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.