Description
We are seeking a Lead Data Architect to join our News Engineering group at LSEG. As a hands-on architect, you will define and evolve the data architecture that powers our real-time News platform, delivering richly structured and searchable news to customers worldwide in sub-second time.
You will lead end-to-end data architecture decisions for real-time news ingestion, enrichment, storage, indexing, and distribution. Develop data standards, schemas, and contracts for news content, metadata, and derived signals to ensure consistency and quality across the platform.
Responsibilities
- Strong experience as a Data Architect or Technical Architect working with large-scale, real-time data systems.
- Deep expertise in data modeling and contract definition.
- Experience designing architectures for low-latency, high-throughput systems.
- Experience with streaming and event-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with cloud-native data platforms and distributed systems.
- Ability to work independently, lead through influence, and communicate ideas clearly.
Nice to Have
- Knowledge of news data standards such as NewsML-G2 or similar structured content formats.
- Experience defining or implementing canonical data models.
- Familiarity with data governance, lineage, or data quality frameworks.
- Understanding search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch or similar) and how data modeling impacts query performance.
- Experience working closely with senior product and engineering leaders.
Benefits
- Impact: Your work defines how critical news data is structured, discovered, and delivered to customers.
- Growth: Expand your influence across data architecture, platform strategy, and real-time analytics.
- Culture: We value clarity over complexity, ownership over hand-offs, and pragmatic architecture that delivers real results.
- Flexibility: Hybrid work options and a balanced work-life environment.