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title: 'Principal Data Architect at Caylent'
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# Principal Data Architect at Caylent

- **Company:** Caylent
- **Location:** Brazil
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/caylent/jobs/6216904004

## Job description

Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and a charter member of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, we combine deep expertise in AWS, artificial intelligence, and Anthropic’s Claude platform to help customers modernize their technology, build intelligent products, and move AI from experimentation into production.

Our capabilities span generative and agentic AI, cloud migration and modernization, cloud-native application development, data and analytics, DevOps, managed services, security and compliance, and customer experience transformation. At Caylent, our people always come first.

We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!

Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We provide a full-range of AWS services including: workload migrations & modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security & compliance and everything in between. At Caylent, our people always come first.

We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!

The Mission

We are seeking a highly experienced and skilled Principal Data Architect to join our Cloud Data Engineering Practice. The Principal Data Architect will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of complex cloud-based data solutions for our customers. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of cloud data and analytics technologies.

## Your Assignment

- Define strategic roadmaps and targeted outcomes for our clients in a consultative capacity
- Act as a data engineering SME to define upcoming engagements working with our pre-sales teams
- Perform technical interviews for Architect and Engineer candidates as well as provide technical guidance to Architects and Engineers
- Oversee the development and implementation of data standards and operating procedures

## Requirements

- At least 4 years of experience in AWS data landscape
- 10 years of experience designing and building complex data systems as well as experience in these areas:

○ Traditional Data (At least 2):

■ Relational database design, optimization and migration

■ Data modeling for both transactional and analytics systems including implementation of industry standard data models

■ BI dashboards and visualizations

■ Data Governance and MDM

○ New Data (at least 2):

■ Big data processing using Spark, Streaming solutions, and NoSQL

■ Machine Learning and MLOps with proficiency in Sagemaker

■ GenAI Foundational Models as well as approaches and frameworks used in conjunction with them with proficiency in Bedrock.

■ DataOps practices (Infrastructure as Code, Data Testing, Data Versioning, etc)

- Experience with at least two of these:

○ Infrastructure as Code tools

○ CI/CD pipelines and tools

○ Python for analytics (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, etc.) and automation

- Strong drive towards standardizing and documenting our approach and solutions ● Excellent written and verbal communication skills

## Benefits

Caylent employs full-time, full-benefit CLT in Brazil.

- 100% remote work
- Generous holidays and flexible PTO
- Competitive phantom equity
- Paid for exams and certifications
- Peer bonus awards
- State of the art laptop and tools
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Individual professional development plan
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

This role may require up to 25% travel, depending on business needs.

NOTE: This position requires current legal authorization to work in the country where this position is located. Caylent is not able to sponsor visa or work permit applications at this time.

At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate qualifications with job requirements. These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals. If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner. If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com

Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@caylent.com.

## About Caylent

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A next-generation cloud services company that helps businesses leverage AI and AWS expertise for intelligent growth and digital transformation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no public funding rounds disclosed; bootstrapped or privately held)
- **Headquarters**: United States (remote-first organization with employees in 21+ countries)
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed (leadership includes CEO Valerie Henderson and President/COO Randall Hunt)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Cloud infrastructure, AI/ML services, AWS consulting, managed services
- **Target customers**: Startups to Fortune 500 enterprises across all industries undergoing cloud migration, modernization, and AI adoption
- **Mission**: Catalyze organizational evolution by uniting the right talent, technology, and strategy to help companies turn ideas into impact faster [caylent.com/about](https://caylent.com/about)

## Products & Services
- **Caylent Accelerate™**: Agentic cloud operations platform powered by Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, automating migration, modernization, and ongoing management with predictive intelligence and cost optimization [caylent.com](https://caylent.com/)
- **Cloud Foundations & Migration**: Secure, scalable AWS migration and landing zone setup
- **Application Modernization**: Refactor and re-architect applications for cloud-native agility
- **Data Platform Modernization**: Modern data lakes, analytics, and AI-ready data platforms on AWS
- **Infrastructure & DevOps**: Automated CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and cloud governance
- **Customer Experience Transformation**: End-to-end Amazon Connect contact center solutions
- **Managed Services**: Ongoing AWS environment monitoring, optimization, and support
- **Anthropic Consulting & Engineering**: Specialized practice for building and deploying AI solutions using Anthropic’s Claude on AWS [caylent.com/careers](https://caylent.com/careers)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: 300% year-over-year growth (as of 2025) [caylent.com/careers](https://caylent.com/careers)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: AWS (Premier Tier Services Partner, multiple Partner of the Year awards), Anthropic (strategic consulting partner)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 850+ AWS certifications and 11x AWS Partner of the Year recognition [caylent.com](https://caylent.com/)
  - 90+ Net Promoter Score (NPS)
  - Globee® Gold Award for Artificial Intelligence Service Provider of the Year 2026 [caylent.com/about](https://caylent.com/about)
  - 95+ active job openings across 15+ countries [job-boards.greenhouse.io/caylent](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/caylent)
  - Case studies with major clients: Indeed, Cubic, Solink, Symmons, Teamfront [get.caylent.com](https://get.caylent.com/hubfs/About%20Caylent/2025%20Caylent%20About%20Us.pdf)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep AWS ecosystem dominance**: Only independent, all-in AWS Premier Partner with 11 global Partner of the Year wins and specialized competencies in Migration, GenAI, and Security [get.caylent.com](https://get.caylent.com/hubfs/About%20Caylent/2025%20Caylent%20About%20Us.pdf)
- **AI-first delivery model**: Caylent Accelerate™ uses agentic AI to reduce migration time by up to 50% and database modernization by 10x
- **Anthropic partnership**: Exclusive practice for Claude on Bedrock, enabling cutting-edge agentic AI solutions
- **Remote-first engineering culture**: 100% remote since 2015, attracting top global talent across 21 countries
- **High customer satisfaction**: 90+ NPS and proven ROI (e.g., 77% cost reduction for Teamfront, $5M in avoided damages for Symmons)

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-native evolution**: Helping clients transition from legacy cloud operations to fully agentic, AI-driven infrastructure and application environments
- **Expanding Anthropic practice**: Growing the “Forward Deployed AI” and “Anthropic Consulting” teams to meet surging demand for secure, scalable AI deployments
- **Global talent acquisition**: Actively hiring in the Americas (US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay) for roles in data engineering, AI strategy, and cloud architecture
- **Continued innovation**: Investing in agentic managed services and automated remediation to stay ahead of the cloud services market

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-first since 2015**: Fully distributed team with no central office – work from anywhere in supported countries
- **Cutting-edge tech stack**: Daily work with AWS, Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, agentic AI, and modern cloud-native tools
- **Strong growth trajectory**: 300% YoY growth means rapid career advancement and exposure to high-impact projects
- **Culture of learning**: “Stay Curious” is a core value; employees are encouraged to pursue certifications (850+ held) and share knowledge
- **Diversity & inclusion**: Women well-represented on leadership team; DEI embedded in hiring and operations
- **Global team**: Colleagues in 15+ countries, fostering a collaborative, low-ego environment [caylent.com/careers](https://caylent.com/careers)
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation, flexible schedule, and a blameless, supportive culture focused on “Rise Together”

## Sources
1. [caylent.com](https://caylent.com/)
2. [caylent.com/careers](https://caylent.com/careers)
3. [caylent.com/about](https://caylent.com/about)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/caylent](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/caylent)
5. [get.caylent.com](https://get.caylent.com/hubfs/About%20Caylent/2025%20Caylent%20About%20Us.pdf)

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