Role Overview
We’re looking for a Data Architect to join the Ookla solutions architecture team to drive the evolution of our data platform that powers Speedtest and our other data products. As a data architect, you will play a key role in evolving our data platform to meet the future needs of real‑time big data processing, low latency analytical queries, AI/ML integration, and compliance requirements. In this role, you will design and implement scalable data models, storages and pipelines for critical product features that meet both our end users' and internal stakeholders' requirements while ensuring international compliance.

Key Responsibilities

Creating and evolving architectural roadmaps for the data platform, ensuring alignment with product goals and long‑term technical scalability.

Turning product requirements into viable and scalable data architectures and implementations in a high data volume environment.

Acting as a bridge between data science, product engineering, and stakeholders to translate business strategy into technical vision.





Establishing and following data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices to ensure data quality, security, and compliance.

Raising the technical bar by mentoring senior engineers and architects on complex data modelling and distributed system challenges.

Job Requirements

Extensive experience in software and data architectures, with a focus on designing large‑scale data lakehouses.

Expert level fluency in programming (Python, Go or Java) and strong working knowledge of SQL, databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Iceberg, Athena).

Experience with streaming and event‑driven architectures to process high volume data using tools like Spark.

Strong understanding of data modelling and modern data architectures like data lakehouses.

Experience with AI/ML is nice to have.

Proven ability to balance immediate delivery with long‑term architectural integrity while managing technical debt.

Strong verbal and writte

📌 Data Architect (Madrid)
🏢 Ziff Davis
📍 Madrid