LendingClub
Data Platform Architect
San Francisco, CA
Sponsorship not specified$210k-$245kDetected 27 days ago
SnowflakeDatabricksDevOpsPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningData EngineeringMLOpsCybersecurityComplianceAccountingHRISUnityCollaboration
About the role
- This role defines the technical architecture our data and AI platform - the shared infrastructure that powers origination, marketing, credit decisioning, analytics, and AI capabilities across every business domain.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the reference architecture for LendingClub's modern data and AI platform, ensuring it meets enterprise security, compliance, and scalability requirements
- Design architectural patterns for data pipelines, storage, compute, and integration that balance performance, cost, and resilience - and validate that what gets built matches what was designed
- Develop and enforce standards for platform adoption that other CIO teams must follow, including data modeling patterns, integration contracts, and security guardrails
- Lead proofs of concept and technical evaluations for emerging technologies - including AI/ML infrastructure, GenAI integration patterns, and automation platforms - to inform platform roadmap decisions
- Drive architecture governance in partnership with the enterprise architecture team, ensuring data platform decisions are consistent with broader technology strategy and regulatory requirements
- Identify opportunities to apply AI to improve architecture workflows, from automated impact analysis and capacity planning to intelligent design pattern recommendation and architecture compliance checking
- You design for production, not for diagrams - your patterns account for failover, scalability, security, and the operational burden on the teams who build and maintain them
- You set a high bar for responsible use, including attention to data integrity, model limitations, and compliance considerations, and you're building new architectural workflows, not just iterating on existing ones
- You collaborate naturally across organizational boundaries - working with infrastructure, security, integration, DevOps, and governance teams as a connector, not a gatekeeper
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or platform engineering
- bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
- You operate as a technical authority across teams - your architecture decisions are respected because they're grounded in deep expertise, operational awareness, and a clear accounting of trade-offs
Nice to have
- Deep experience with the Databricks ecosystem, including Unity Catalog, Delta Lake optimization, and workspace governance at enterprise scale
- Experience with ML/AI platform architecture, including MLOps patterns, model serving infrastructure, evaluation frameworks, and feature stores
- Familiarity with data mesh or domain-oriented data architecture patterns in large, multi-team organizations
- Background in enterprise architecture governance at a regulated financial institution (SOX, GLBA, fair lending data requirements)
- LendingClub offers relocation, based on actual job level.
- Time Zone Requirements
Compensation
- The target base salary range for this position is 210,000-245,000.
- The base salary of the role will be determined by job-related knowledge, experience, education, skills, and location.
- Base salary is just one part of LendingClub's Total Rewards package.
- You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance, employee performance and eligible earnings).
Benefits
- You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance, employee performance and eligible earnings).
Company info
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job
Equal opportunity
- If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at interviewaccommodations@lendingclub.com.
- equal opportunity employer and dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
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