Fieldpiece Instruments-posted about 3 hours ago
Full-time • Mid Level
Hybrid • Orange, CA

At Fieldpiece Instruments, we’ve been designing rugged, precision tools for HVAC/R professionals since 1990, always pushing the envelope of innovation. Fieldpiece’s mission is simple yet bold: make the job of every technician easier, faster, and better. You’ll join a highly collaborative, mission-driven team that values craftsmanship, shared ownership, and customer-first thinking. We’re hiring a Sr. Database Architect to build the foundation for our product and customer data – creating the vision and long-term data architecture strategy for how the data will connect, scale, and serve. Your work will power major digital and IoT initiatives that drive business transformation in a 24/7 environment. This role uniquely combines strategic thinking, technical hands-on execution, and cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate is a strategic, hands-on data architect with deep experience across OLTP and OLAP systems. You excel at designing scalable data architectures, building seamless integrations, and driving governance in complex environments. You’re a strong collaborator who communicates clearly and brings a forward-looking, data-driven mindset to every decision. Recognized as one of Southern California’s Best Places to Work (2023, 2024 & 2025), we provide a Hire-to-Retire philosophy and a culture of curiosity – a place where you’ll have the support to innovate boldly, grow continuously, and make a tangible impact on an industry that powers everyday life.

  • Own and evolve our database architecture roadmap with an eye toward scalability, interoperability, and future growth.
  • Define both logical and physical data models to support real-time ingestion, transactional workloads, analytics, and reporting.
  • Create data standards, schemas, and taxonomies that align across business units.
  • Serve as the go-to database expert within Engineering, partnering with Product, Finance, Commercial, and operational teams.
  • Design and build data pipelines to connect digital/IoT data with ERP, CRM, and finance systems.
  • Specify synchronization logic, API-based integrations, and event-driven flows to ensure data consistency.
  • Ensure compatibility and seamless data flow across our cloud and on-prem systems.
  • Define data governance frameworks and access control aligned to our security and privacy policies.
  • Drive implementation of data lineage, retention, and auditability tools.
  • Ensure compliance with regulations like GDPR, CCPA, and internal cybersecurity and privacy standards.
  • Collaborate with security teams to enforce encryption, key management, backups, and disaster recovery.
  • Lead performance tuning, indexing, partitioning, and caching strategies to scale efficiently and ensure 24/7 availability and 99% uptime.
  • Evaluate and select database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, MySQL) to meet future needs.
  • Build automated deployments (CI/CD) for schema versioning, environment provisioning, and repeatable provisioning.
  • Introduce monitoring, observability, and alerting to proactively detect performance issues.
  • Build strong partnerships with data owners across business units to ensure shared governance and cohesive change management.
  • Communicate complex data architecture strategies clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related STEM field; Master’s degree preferred.
  • 12+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture, covering both OLTP and OLAP systems.
  • Proven track record designing data architectures spanning multiple business domains (e.g., Digital, Finance, Commercial).
  • Deep expertise in data modeling, schema design, and integrations across relational and non-relational databases.
  • Experience with modern data platforms (AWS RDS, Azure SQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, MongoDB).
  • Familiarity with ETL/ELT and orchestration tools, such as Airflow, dbt, Kafka, or MuleSoft.
  • Strong understanding of data security, privacy, and governance.
  • Exceptional communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
  • 401(k): Matching up to 4% with immediate vesting.
  • Health Benefits: Excellent medical coverage — including HSA options and contributions.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Supplemental insurance programs.
  • Hire-to-Retire philosophy - we support your long-term development.
  • Compensation & Stability: A competitive, full-time role in a well-established industry leader.
  • Unique Perks: On-site music lessons — guitar, piano, voice — because we believe in creativity, balance & community.
  • Culture: A tight-knit, respectful team where curiosity, craftsmanship, and humility rule.
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