Principal Enterprise Data Architect

Data & Business Systems is at the core of the Stitch Fix ecosystem, enabling our partners to operate with a data-driven precision and innovate with a client-driven  purpose. We ingest, transform, store, build, analyze, and surface the foundations that enable our partners to turn information into insight and idea into product. 
As our Enterprise Data Architect, you will be a leader in shaping this foundation, specifically by architecting the enterprise conceptual data layer that will be critical for unlocking the full potential of our data for the business and the advanced AI/ML applications we are building. You will be a strategic bridge between the diverse teams within Data & Business Systems and a wide range of stakeholders - product managers, data scientists, merchandisers, operations managers, frontend engineers, platform engineers, financial analysts, and business leaders. You will drive alignment for our enterprise semantic layer  with these partners and continue pushing it forward. 

This role is on a high-visibility team and offers a unique opportunity to architect the very fabric of our data intelligence, driving impactful projects from day one. This role reports to the Director of Data & Analytics within the Data & Business Systems organization. 

• Develop roadmaps for and guide strategic decisioning for highly visible data platforms and systems.
• Collaborate with a wide variety of business partners and be a key representative of the Data & Business Systems organization.
• Be a strategic voice in the evaluation and adoption of new technology within the core data tech stack.
• Author processes and policies for effective data use and stewardship across Stitch Fix.
• Build a culture of technical collaboration and scalable, resilient systems.
• Work with bright and kind colleagues who are passionate about their craft.
• Design and develop the enterprise-wide conceptual data model for our fashion/retail domain, encompassing key entities including products, customers, orders, inventory
• Have agency to architect and develop our enterprise semantic layer and underlying ontologies, laying the foundation for enhanced data understanding and AI-driven applications.
• Define data models and data pipelines that are optimized for AI/ML use cases, ensuring data quality, feature engineering capabilities, and efficient model training and deployment 

• You have 8+ years of experience in a data discipline, with a focus on semantic modeling and knowledge graph development.
• You have a degree in an engineering, information science field, or a related discipline.
• You have extensive experience with designing, building, and deploying knowledge graphs for enterprise data and production systems (e.g. Neo4j, Amazon Nepture, Stardog)
• You have expertise in retail industry ontologies and semantic data models.
• You possess deep knowledge in the design of semantic architectures, development of ontologies, taxonomies, data pipelines for semantic enrichment, and the integration of semantic layers with advanced analytics and AI/ML applications.
• You are proficient in SQL, and semantic web technologies (e.g., RDF, OWL, SPARQL).
• You have exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to a diverse audience and drive alignment across groups.
• You have familiarity with data technologies including transformation, analysis, data catalogs, data quality, and metadata management, with an emphasis on their semantic integration.
• You have experience developing roadmaps and taking ownership to planning large, enterprise-wide semantic initiatives.
• You possess strong experience building out scalable, distributed, and production systems in enterprise environments.
• You have a desire to question the status quo and promote innovative solutions to challenging problems in semantic data management.

• We are a group of bright, kind people who are motivated by challenge. We value integrity, innovation and trust. You’ll bring these characteristics to life in everything you do at Stitch Fix.
• We cultivate a community of diverse perspectives— all voices are heard and valued.
• We are an innovative company and leverage our strengths in fashion and tech to disrupt the future of retail. 
• We win as a team, commit to our work, and celebrate grit together because we value strong relationships.
• We boldly create the future while keeping equity and sustainability at the center of all that we do. 
• We are the owners of our work and are energized by solving problems through a growth mindset lens. We think broadly and creatively through every situation to create meaningful impact.
• We offer comprehensive compensation packages and inclusive health and wellness benefits.