Why Work Here
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Headquarters is in Charlotte, NC
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Recently expanded to nearshore
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isolved ranked for SMB Payroll in 2023 Sapient Report
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Voted top places to work in USA 2023
Job Description
The Data Architect, Platform Modernization role owns the data strategy within the modernization effort, working hands-on with engineering leadership and domain teams to define data boundaries, design SQL-to-Cosmos migration patterns, establish scalable event schemas, and ensure uninterrupted reporting throughout extraction. Embedded in the program from day one, this position focuses on solving cross-domain data challenges in real time, partnering closely with engineers to model, validate, and implement solutions critical to a successful transition.
Core Job Duties
- Designing and implementing scalability and performance improvements that enable isolved to reliably serve large enterprise clients
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Identifying systemic platform bottlenecks through profiling, load testing, and production telemetry analysis, and developing strategies to resolve them
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Establishing performance budgets, benchmarks, and monitoring standards that prevent regression as the platform evolves
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Implementing patterns for multi-tenant scalability, data partitioning, and resource management, and sharing that knowledge with the broader team through code reviews and hands-on collaboration
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Performing code reviews with a focus on performance implications, query efficiency, and resource utilization
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Collaborating with product management and customer-facing teams to understand large-client pain points and translate them into technical improvement plans
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Driving adoption of caching, indexing, and query optimization strategies across the platform's data tier
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Raising the bar on performance engineering practices, load testing methodologies, and production observability across the team through hands-on collaboration and code reviews
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Using AI-assisted development tools - including agentic coding, spec-driven development, and AI-augmented code review - as a core part of your daily workflow to maximize velocity and code quality, and helping establish AI-augmented development practices across the team
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of data architecture experience, including work on large-scale legacy systems with significant relational complexity
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Hands-on experience untangling shared or cross-domain data models - you've done the work of figuring out what belongs where and what the consequences of getting it wrong are
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Direct experience migrating from relational (SQL Server) to document (Cosmos DB) data models at production scale, including partition design and schema evolution
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Strong event schema design experience: schema versioning, consumer contracts, and evolution strategy at scale
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Solid understanding of CDC patterns and tooling (Debeziumor equivalent) in the context of live system migration
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Ability to set architecture standards that distributed teams implement independently, rather than owning a single centralized system
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Fluency working with application architects and engineers - this role sits at the intersection of data and system design
Preferred Qualifications
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HCM, payroll, benefits, or tax domain experience
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Familiarity with Azure Service Bus, Azure Container Apps, or Terraform
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Background working in a formal modernization or re-platforming program
About isolved
isolved is a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions that combines modern technology with expert services and support. Purpose-built for People Heroes™, isolved gives HR, payroll and benefits leaders the tools and insights to streamline operations and deliver employee experiences that matter. isolved People Cloud™ is a connected HCM platform with built-in artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics that brings together HR, payroll, benefits, workforce management and talent management in one experience. Built on a legacy of 40 years in the market, isolved is trusted by more than 200,000 employers and used by 9 million U.S. employees, representing about one in 20 American workers. Visit www.isolvedhcm.com.
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