{"id":1117445,"url":"https://alion.io/job/muck-rack-business-analytics-architect","title":"Business Analytics Architect","company":{"id":6492,"name":"Muck Rack","domain":"muckrack.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/muck-rack","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Analytics","role_family":"Analytics","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"inferred","locations":["Ireland"],"countries":["IE"],"hiring_countries":["GB","IE","MX"],"hiring_countries_total":3,"salary":{"min":110000,"max":130000,"currency":"EUR","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":145926},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":7,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":false},{"name":"Databricks","optional":false},{"name":"dbt","optional":false},{"name":"GDPR","optional":false},{"name":"LLM","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"RAG","optional":false},{"name":"Snowflake","optional":false},{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-22T17:04:22Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-07","last_verified_at":"2026-11-08T20:34:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":47,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":47},"description":"Muck Rack is trusted by thousands of organizations around the world to understand how their brands show up across news, social media and AI-generated answers.\nOur AI-powered platform connects the entire PR workflow in one place, helping communications teams manage media relationships, understand the conversations shaping their brands, take action and measure their impact. Combined with analyst-led Media Intelligence and advisory services, Muck Rack turns signals into insights and insights into action.\nFounder-controlled and growing profitably and sustainably, we have the freedom to build forward-thinking products, put our customers first, and offer an inclusive culture that welcomes diverse perspectives.\nWe’re looking for a collaborative, self-motivated Analytics Architect to join our Business Data Analytics team.\nReporting to the VP, Analytics, you’ll serve as the lead architect for Business Data Analytics, defining and driving an AI-first data and analytics architecture that modernizes our analytics platform and enables new ways for teams to access and interact with data.\nYou’ll establish the technical blueprint for a modern data analytics stack supporting Data Ingestion to Snowflake / Databricks, Data Modeling / Semantic Layers (dbt, Python, SQL), Natural Language Analytics (Agents), Data Activation (rETL, System to System), and Self-Service Analytics (BI Tools). You’ll collaborate across Data Science, Engineering, Product, and Revenue Operations to establish scalable architecture, integration patterns, governance, and engineering practices that enable trusted data and AI-powered analyticsacross the business.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDefine and drive the target architecture for an AI-first enterprise data and analytics platform, establishing the technical direction and patterns needed to modernize and consolidate the analytics technology stack\nArchitect scalable data infrastructure, ingestion and transformation frameworks, storage models, and integration patterns across Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Python, SQL, and related systems\nDesign governed semantic data layers and the supporting architecture for AI agents, natural language querying, conversational analytics, and other AI-powered data experiences\nEstablish architecture patterns for retrieval, APIs, and integrations that allow AI agents and applications to securely discover, understand, and interact with trusted enterprise data\nLead the evolution of data governance, security, privacy, access control, and compliance patterns across the analytics stack, balancing accessibility with appropriate safeguards\nEstablish and champion engineering standards for data modeling, testing, observability, CI/CD, documentation, deployment, and system integration, improving the reliability and maintainability of the analytics platform\nProvide technical leadership and mentorship to the Analytics Engineers on the team\nTo Be Set Up for Success in This Role, You’ll Need to Have\n7+ years of experience designing and evolving modern data and analytics architectures, including responsibility for architectural decisions that span multiple systems, teams, or business use cases\nDeep experience with modern cloud data platforms and analytics engineering practices, including Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Python, and SQL\nExperience designing scalable data models, transformation pipelines, semantic or metrics layers, and integration patterns that enable trusted self-service analytics\nExperience architecting or implementing AI-enabled data systems, such as natural language analytics, AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, or related LLM-powered data workflows\nStrong knowledge of enterprise data governance, security, privacy, access control, and data quality practices, with experience translating those requirements into practical technical architecture\nExperience establishing engineering practices such as automated testing, CI/CD, observability, version control, and reliable deployment patterns for data and analytics systems\nDemonstrated ability to set technical direction, evaluate complex architectural trade-offs, and influence decisions across teams without relying on direct authority\nStrong communication skills with the ability to translate complex data and AI architecture into clear decisions, standards, and technical direction for both technical and business partners\nIf Any of the Below Also Describe You, This Could Be an Exciting Opportunity\nYou’ve helped modernize or consolidate a fragmented enterprise data ecosystem into a more cohesive modern data stack\nYou’ve designed semantic or metrics layers specifically to support AI-powered, conversational, or self-service analytics\nYou have experience taking AI agents or RAG-based data applications from architecture through production implementation\nYou’ve developed reusable frameworks, standards, or platform capabilities that increased the effectiveness of analytics and engineering teams\nYou enjoy mentoring engineers and raising technical standards while remaining an individual contributor\nYou’re comfortable operating in ambiguous technical environments where the architecture is still being defined and your decisions will influence how teams build for years to come\nIn Addition, We’re Always Looking for Candidates Who\nApproach architecture pragmatically, balancing immediate business needs with scalability, maintainability, security, and long-term platform health\nBuild alignment across technical and non-technical teams and communicate architectural decisions and trade-offs clearly\nTake ownership of ambiguous, complex problems and create clarity and actionable technical direction\nLook for opportunities to create reusable systems, standards, and patterns that increase the effectiveness of other teams\nShare knowledge generously and mentor teammates through complex technical and architectural challenges\nProactively incorporate AI tools into day-to-day work to improve productivity and accelerate delivery\nInterview Overview\nBelow you'll find an outline of the interview plan for this role. Please note that this is what we expect the process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information or require an additional step before making a final decision.\n30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team\nA 1 hour zoom interview with the hiring manager\nPeer interviews with several team members\nSkills Assessment\nExecutive interviews\n30-minute Bar Raiser\nTravel & Team Engagement Expectations\nThis role requires up to 10% travel for team collaboration, customer engagements, and company events. As part of our commitment to building strong connections across our fully distributed team, attendance at our annual company offsite (typically held in Mexico) is expected.\nSalary\nThe anticipated salary range for this role in Ireland is €110,000-€130,000 annually, depending on experience.\nThe anticipated salary for this role in United Kingdom is £130,000-£150,000, depending on experience.\nIndividual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.\nWhy Muck Rack?\nRemote Work, Forever \nFully distributed team with a permanent remote setup\nHome office stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, coworking membership\nVirtual and in-person team bonding (lunches, events, competitions)\nTransparent & Fair Compensation \nCompetitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S.\nAnnual reviews to ensure equity and market alignment\nStandardized bonus or commission structure\n401(k) with employer contributions\nEquity opportunities\nHealth & Wellness\nComprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance for employees and dependents\n100% premium coverage for individuals on high-deductible plans\n24/7 Virtual Care and Employee Assistance Program\nEmployer-funded HSA contributions and other pre-tax benefits\nQuarterly wellness stipend and free Headspace subscription\nTime Off & Family Benefits\n 4+ weeks of PTO, plus paid sick and mental health days\n13 paid holidays with the option to swap for personal days\nUp to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave\nLearning and Development\nTransparent pathways for internal mobility and promotion\nBi-annual performance reviews, team workshops, and leadership training\nUnlimited access to Coursera and O’Reilly\n2 additional PTO days annually for learning and development\nInclusive, Customer-First Culture\nCommitment to equity and valuing diverse perspectives\nAgile, founder-led company focused on collaboration and innovation\nTrusted by 3,000+ companies worldwide\nNote: Benefits and compensation reflect offerings for U.S.-based employees. Support is provided for employees in other locations, in compliance with local laws and regulations.\nWhile we are a fully distributed team, we do have limitations on where we can hire and maintain a list of acceptable working locations based on job function. If we are unable to hire in your current location for the role for which you applied, you will be notified via email. While we enjoy many benefits as a permanently distributed and remote company, we cannot always support relocation or extended travel and have guidelines in place to ensure compliant work away from your designated permanent residence.\nPlease note: For detailed information regarding our GDPR and/or CCPA compliance policies, including how we handle personal data and privacy rights, kindly refer to the email correspondence accompanying this application.\nMuck Rack does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to Muck Rack will be considered Muck Rack property, and Muck Rack will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume.\nMuck Rack considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.\nNote to applicants/job seekers: We have recently been made aware of scams impersonating Muck Rack’s HR team. Please be cautious of these attempts to elicit banking or other financial or sensitive information. Muck Rack will never request financial information during the interview process, and follow ups for interviews or next steps will always come from an ‘@muckrack.com’ email address. 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