Los Angeles, CA

Salary
Posted
Jul 26, 2026
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Last confirmed open
Jul 27, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A contract data architecture role focused on transforming the data layer of a large-scale Ad Tech platform. The work centers on assessing the current data landscape, building future-state data models across ad delivery, audience segmentation, campaign reporting, inventory, and billing, and defining ingestion and integration patterns between legacy systems and a cloud-native AWS environment. Suited to a senior architect with Ad Tech or media experience and a background in large-scale data platform modernization.

Senior level · 8+ years · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Contract

Must have (13)
data modelingAWSrelational databasesbatch data pipelinesstreaming data pipelinesevent-driven architectureAPIsmicroservicesdata contractsdata lineagedata catalogingdata qualityAd Tech
Nice to have (4)
graph databasesvector databasesRAGagentic AI

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What gives you an edge
event-driven architecture12%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
relational databases90%data modeling72%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $159,165 (middle half $121,760–$182,057).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (8)

The role requires 3 days per week onsite in Los Angeles; it is not fully remote.

Ad Tech / advertising technology experience is listed under a 'Must have' section, making it a hard gate despite appearing after the main Required Skills block.

Graph databases, vector databases, RAG, and agentic AI appear under the same 'Must have' section but are framed with 'Familiarity with' — indicating a lower bar than the other hard gates; treated as preferred accordingly.

Consulting/client-facing experience and experience collaborating with cloud professional services teams are listed under 'Must have' but describe work-style context rather than concrete named technologies, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.

No compensation figures are stated in the posting.

The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role involves designing data pipelines and integration patterns, which overlaps with data engineering; however, the primary framing is architecture and governance, making 15-1243 the clear primary.

Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data governance, metadata management, exploratory data analysis.

Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.

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