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title: 'Principal Data Architect at Poland and Eastern Europe'
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# Principal Data Architect at Poland and Eastern Europe

- **Company:** Poland and Eastern Europe
- **Location:** Bulgaria / Poland / Romania
- **Posted:** 2026-07-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xebiacee/jobs/6101310004

## Job description

Xebia is a global AI-first, digital transformation, and engineering partner. With over 25 years of experience and a team of 5,000 professionals across 16 countries, we help organizations design and build scalable products, platforms, and data-driven solutions.

We specialize in Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud, Intelligent Automation, and Digital Products, combining deep technical expertise with a strong focus on engineering excellence and a people-first culture.

In the CEE region, we’re a team of nearly 1,000 experts delivering modern applications, data platforms, and AI solutions for clients such as McLaren, Aviva, Deloitte, Spotify, Disney, ING, UPS, Tesco, Truecaller, AllSaints, Volotea, Schmitz Cargobull, Allegro, InPost, and many, many more. We work with leading technologies including AWS, Azure, GCP, Databricks, and Snowflake, and combine strong engineering culture with a consulting mindset and a continuous focus on growth and knowledge sharing.

You will be:

- working directly with new clients from discovery through solution shaping: running workshops, exploring requirements, and presenting the proposed solution, technologies, and architecture,
- supporting the presales team with architect-level input for proposals,
- turning business and technical expectations into a high-level architecture proposal, including risks, dependencies, and constraints,
- thinking beyond the single project, shaping our offering and turning the things we build over and over for clients into reusable patterns and accelerators.
- building the prototype while designing the final product,
- being the person the project team turns to on the hardest problems,

Your profile:

- solid, current hands-on experience as a Data Architect or Solution Architect, coming from a recent delivery and engineering role. We want someone who still builds, not a theorist,
- strong hands-on knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and modern data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake,
- practical experience with lakehouse architecture (Delta Lake or Iceberg, medallion layering) covering both batch and streaming workloads, including real-time architectures,
- hands-on experience with data platform migration and modernization, and with designing integrations between business systems and data platforms,
- practical grasp of agentic data engineering, meaning how to build and maintain data pipelines with AI coding agents like Claude Code or Codex,
- practical understanding of AI/ML and GenAI concepts and how they fit into modern data platform architectures (LLM-based solutions, RAG, MLOps, AI-ready data pipelines),
- experience producing architecture proposals, solution concepts, and high-level design artifacts, and assessing technical risks and delivery assumptions,
- strong communication and presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.

Work from the European Union region and a work permit are required.

Nice to have:

- technical leadership experience: leading project teams and setting technical direction,
- experience with governance, security, and data quality,
- familiarity with enterprise-scale data services beyond a single platform (the broader Azure, AWS, or GCP data ecosystem),
- hands-on experience building AI-powered solutions (GenAI applications, recommendation systems, intelligent automation),
- experience supporting RFP, bid, or proposal work,
- cloud or data platform certifications (Azure, AWS, GCP, Databricks, Snowflake, and similar).

Recruitment Process:

CV review – HR call – Technical Interview – Client Interview – Decision

## About Poland and Eastern Europe

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Xebia’s Poland & Eastern Europe (CEE) unit delivers AI-first digital transformation, data platforms, cloud engineering, and custom software for global enterprises.
- **Entity Type**: Private (part of Xebia Group)
- **Headquarters**: Wrocław, Poland (with main offices in Gdańsk and Rzeszów; additional hubs in Bulgaria, Romania, Czechia, etc.)
- **Founded**: The Polish entity formed through the acquisition of PGS Software and GetInData; Xebia itself was founded in 2001
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed for the CEE region; Xebia global was founded by Anand Sahay and others

## Core Business
- Primary industries: IT consulting, cloud & data engineering, AI/ML, custom software development
- Target customers: B2B, large enterprises and mid-market across fintech, e-commerce, media, fashion, airlines, logistics, streaming, telecom, retail
- Mission: “Shaping tomorrow with AI today” – combining human expertise with AI to help organizations design and build scalable, data-driven solutions

## Products & Services
- **Cloud & Platform Engineering**: Consulting and implementation for AWS, Azure, GCP, including migration, DevOps, and DevSecOps. (Service)
- **Data Platforms & Analytics**: End-to-end data engineering, Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, and analytics solutions. (Service)
- **AI & Machine Learning**: AI architecture, ML engineering, and AI platform development. (Service)
- **Digital Product Engineering**: Full-stack software development, mobile apps (iOS/Android), and custom application development. (Service)
- **Training & Knowledge Sharing**: Internal guilds, labs, meetups, and conference speaking; covers Azure, AWS, ISTQB, PMI certifications. (Service)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private entity)
- **Key Metric**: 1,000+ experts in the CEE region (part of 5,000+ global workforce)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Partners include Databricks, dbt, Snowflake, Azure, GCP, AWS (first AWS Premier Partner in Poland); clients named: McLaren, Aviva, Deloitte, Spotify, Disney, ING, UPS, Tesco, Truecaller, Allegro, InPost, etc.
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across 60+ roles (AI Architects, Data Engineers, DevOps, Java, etc.), 95% employee retention over 5 years, 30% hold principal/senior/mid-level positions, 60+ conference speakers, 20+ guilds, strong workation and remote culture

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep cloud certifications and partnerships** – first AWS Premier Partner in Poland, Gold Partner for Databricks, Snowflake, GCP.
- **Strong engineering community** – over 20 internal guilds & labs, regular meetups (Software Talks, Data Tech Talks), and hosting one of Poland’s largest tech conferences.
- **Longevity & retention** – 95% of employees stay over 5 years, indicating strong culture and career growth.
- **Global delivery model** – combination of client-facing teams in US/Europe with nearshore (CEE, LATAM) and offshore (India) capacity, offering diverse project exposure.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first approach** – embedding AI into all service lines and internal operations.
- **Knowledge sharing and thought leadership** – support for conference speaking, open-source contributions, and continuous learning.
- **Scaling the CEE hub** – expanding headcount across cloud, data, and AI roles while maintaining a people-first, flexible work culture.

## Why Work Here
- **Work flexibility**: Hybrid/remote options; work from offices in Wrocław, Gdańsk, Rzeszów (Poland) or fully remote; up to 45 working days per year of “workation”.
- **Growth & development**: Personal development budget for tech & soft skills; full reimbursement for cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, ISTQB, PMI); mentoring and internal training.
- **Engineering culture**: Focus on modern open-source stacks, real ownership, guilds & labs, and a strong knowledge-sharing ethos (60+ conference speakers, meetups).
- **Perks & wellbeing**: Health and wellbeing support, team building events, referral program, and a diverse, inclusive workplace.
- **Notable**: “95% of Xebians have been with us for over 5 years” – signals long-term career stability.

## Sources
1. [xebia.com – Career at Xebia (Poland)](https://xebia.com/careers-poland/)
2. [job-boards.greenhouse.io – Xebia CEE Jobs](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xebiacee)
3. [xebia.com – Locations](https://xebia.com/locations/)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io – Additional job listing](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/xebiacee/jobs/5991335004)
5. [xebia.com – Main site](https://xebia.com/)

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