Data Engineering Architect

About Us

American Century Investments® is a leading global asset manager with over 65 years of experience helping a broad base of clients achieve their financial goals. Our expertise spans global equities and fixed income, multi-asset strategies, ETFs, and private investments.

Privately controlled and independent, we focus solely on investment management. But there’s an unexpected side to us, too. We direct over 40% of our profits every year—more than $2 billion since 2000—to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. Our ongoing financial support drives the Institute’s breakthrough work and mission of defeating life-threatening diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. So, the better we do for our clients, the more we can do for everyone.

All 1,400 of us across the globe are inspired every day by the unique difference our hard work can make in so many lives. It shows in the curiosity we bring to every initiative, the deep relationships we build with our clients, and the way we treat each other in the hallway. If you’re excited to learn more about us, we can’t wait to learn more about you.

Role Summary

We are seeking a Data Engineering Architect with expertise in AWS, Snowflake, Python, and SQL to join our Enterprise Data Technology team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and maintenance of advanced data applications, contributing to the evolution of our AWS-based Data Lake. You’ll provide technical leadership across complex programming and integration initiatives, collaborating closely with Database Administrators, Data Architects, and Data Scientists to ensure optimized, scalable solutions.

This hybrid position will be based out of our Kansas City, MO office.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

How You Will Make an Impact

Design, build, and maintain enterprise data ecosystems, including ingestion, storage, organization, and interface layers.

Analyze business and technical requirements for data systems and applications; ensure alignment with IT policies and development standards.

Identify and implement process improvements such as automation, optimized data delivery, and scalable infrastructure redesign.

Research emerging data technologies and integration frameworks to continuously enhance engineering practices.

Lead in an Agile environment and contribute to project scoping, estimation, and scheduling.

Mentor junior developers through coaching and hands-on guidance.

What You Bring to the Team (Required)

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Strong experience in business, technical, and application design.

5+ years of experience in :

Object-oriented or functional programming (Java, Python).

AWS services (CloudFormation, S3, Lambda, IAM, EMR, KMS).

Building data pipelines (ETL, ELT, EL / TL, DaaS, Data Lake, ODS).

Working with RDBMS technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MSSQL).

SDLC and Agile methodologies.

Messaging / integration tools (Kafka, SQS).

Proven ability to lead and mentor cross-functional teams across business units, vendors, and geographies.

Experience deploying and supporting production cloud services, including serverless architecture, orchestration, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and security in AWS.

Effective communicator with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders including Data Architects, Database Administrators, and Data Scientists.

Demonstrates the American Century Investments Winning Behaviors : Client Focused, Courageous and Accountable, Collaborative, Curious and Adaptable, Competitively Driven.

Additional Assets (Preferred)

Experience with architectural patterns such as event-driven design, APIs, microservices, and stateless systems.

Familiarity with advanced analytics tools and languages (R, Python, Java, SAS, etc).

Experience with ETL tools (Informatica, T-SQL, SSIS, Matillion).

1+ years of experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, QuickSight, Power BI).

Experience working with financial product datasets and in SSAE 16 or similar controlled environments.

DevOps experience with Git, build automation, artifact / package management, and deployment pipelines.

Strong background in data modeling, schema design, and dimensional modeling.

Test automation design and implementation experience.

AWS or TOGAF certification preferred.

Experience with additional AWS services (EC2, Kinesis, ECS, ELB) is a plus.

The above statements are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

What We Offer

Competitive compensation package with bonus plan

Generous PTO and competitive benefits

401k with 5% company match plus annual performance-based discretionary contribution

Tuition reimbursement, formal mentorship program, live and online learning

Learn more about our benefits and perks.

Employees are required to be in the office on a scheduled frequency. Adherence to this schedule is essential to fulfilling the expectations of the role.

American Century Investments is committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act and all other applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws and regulations. As such, American Century strives to provide a reasonable accommodation to any qualified individual under the ADA to perform essential job functions.

We encourage people of all backgrounds to join us on our mission. If you require reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the recruitment process, please send a request to HR- All requests for accommodation will be addressed as confidentially as practicable.

American Century Investments believes all individuals are entitled to equal employment opportunity and advancement opportunities without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age for individuals forty years of age and older, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws. ACI does not discriminate or adopt any policy that discriminates against an individual or any group of individuals on any of these bases.

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