Partner Data Architect

Job description

Over a hundred universities run their student data through our platform, and every one arrives with a different system, a different registrar, and a different set of rules about how a degree actually works. Everything we do for a student sits on top of that data being right. We're hiring a Partner Data Architect to own the pipeline that turns any student information system into something the platform can use, and to make each integration cost less than the one before it. ## **ABOUT US** We're building a future where every student can move through their education with clarity, confidence, and purpose. Our platform transforms the student experience, giving them the tools they need to make the right decisions about their degree plans, track their journey, and build an education and career path that's truly their own. Stellic is a fast-growing startup backed by leading social impact investors, partnering with top institutions like Cornell, Columbia, UVA, and Ohio State to support over 1 million students across 7 countries. As we scale to serve more universities worldwide, we remain deeply committed to this mission, driven by our values, and committed to building a high-performance team that's here to make a lasting difference on both students' lives and higher education. ## **ABOUT YOU** You've spent years inside student information systems and you learned early that the hard part was never the SQL. You know that "we freeze terms in March" changes what the data looks like three systems downstream, and you'd rather find that out in the first conversation than at go-live. You're credible with a registrar and a database admin in the same room, you write your own queries, and you document what you build because you've inherited work from someone who didn't. And when the same problem shows up twice, you'd rather change the pattern than fix it again. ## **AS OUR PARTNER DATA ARCHITECT, YOU WILL OWN** - **The integration for a named set of universities.** You own them from the first data conversation through to a signed-off feed, and you stay with them afterwards. Product Delivery Leads own what gets built on that data. You own the data itself. - **New partner deployments, end to end.** Source discovery onsite or remote, writing the queries, standing up the feeds, validating the output, and getting a registrar to sign their name to it. - **Upgrades and migrations for partners already live.** Every feature we ship means going back through the institutions already running on the platform and bringing them forward. - **The translation between policy and data.** Turning how an institution actually operates into an extract that reflects it, and catching the mismatch before it reaches a student. - **The visibility that keeps data problems out of your inbox.** Defining what the team needs to be able to see, in inspection and in logs, so a Product Delivery Lead can tell what a feed is doing without coming to you first. - **Standardization over one-offs.** Documentation, patterns and decisions written down, and the integration pain we hit repeatedly turned into a standard approach, so the next university costs less than the last. ## **TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU SHOULD HAVE** - **5+ years working hands-on with student information systems**, either inside a university or building integrations against them. - **Real depth in two or more SIS platforms**, with PeopleSoft as one of them. Banner, Colleague, Workday, Jenzabar, Power Campus, or a homegrown system all count for the second. - **Proficiency in SQL & RDBMS.** You've built the queries, understand schemas, nuances of datatypes and can do debug queries on your own. - **Data modeling instincts, and feeds that had to keep running.** Scheduled extracts rather than one-time pulls. You design an integration that's still correct three terms from now, and you think about the hundredth university rather than just this one. - **Ability to learn new, unfamiliar SIS/ERPs quickly.** Every organization has a different flavor of software even when it's the same vendor. It's critical that you understand and figure out integrations for specific implementations. - **Credibility with both sides of the house.** You can explain a blocker to a registrar in terms they can act on, and argue a data model with a DBA in the same afternoon. - **Great at writing documentation.** This role deals with a lot of communication, explaining and clarifying. We prefer writing documentation as a repeatable solution over one-off advice. Clear written documentation is key to a successful delivery. - **Willingness to travel** for partner onsites, a handful of times a year. ## **WHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING AT STELLIC** - **Shape the future of higher education** at a company leading the transformation of student success. - **Work alongside an ambitious, mission-driven leadership team** building something meaningful. - **Own a piece of the journey** with competitive salary, meaningful equity and a culture of excellence, speed and ownership. - **Thrive in a flexible, outcome-driven culture** built on trust and autonomy. - **Exceptional benefits**, including health insurance with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents. - **401(k), commuter benefits, and annual international retreats** in incredible locations. ## **Stellic is an Equal Opportunity Employer** *Our company values diversity and believes diverse teams make innovation possible. We encourage all qualified applicants from any race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics to apply.*