Director, Data Platform & Engineering (Hybrid)

CarMax; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

CarMax is seeking a Director of Data Engineering and Platform to lead a large, cross-functional team delivering data engineering solutions, enterprise databases, and cloud platforms. The role emphasizes scalable, real-time data delivery for customer and associate experiences and requires excellent stakeholder management and strategic planning.

You will oversee DevOps, ML Ops, QA automation, and CI/CD, guiding 24x7 operations across multiple business lines and partnering with vendors to enable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, MIS, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership, with 7+ years managing direct reports architecting, building, and deploying data engineering solutions and platforms.
• Extensive experience with data and analytics technologies, ETL, big data processing, reporting, database scaling and performance optimization, and CI/CD solutions/methodology.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud computing, migrating, and building new data solutions using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake/Databricks).
• 5+ years of experience in Agile/Scrum ways of working and delivering high-quality end solutions to stakeholders.
• Experience leading large teams (FTEs and contractors) and running data and analytics operations 24x7

Responsibilities

• Strategic planning and results focus.
• Communication with stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Team Leadership and Development of associates and mentoring.
• Technology strategy and roadmap for EDL/EDW and analytics platform.
• Oversee data platform, databases, and data/analytics solutions.
• Manage evaluations of software products and external services.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Cloud platforms

DevOps/CI–CD

ML Ops

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/MIS

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Snowflake/Databricks

Job description

CarMax is seeking a Director of Data Engineering and Platform to lead a large, cross-functional team delivering data engineering solutions, enterprise databases, and cloud platforms. The role emphasizes scalable, real-time data delivery for customer and associate experiences and requires excellent stakeholder management and strategic planning.

You will oversee DevOps, ML Ops, QA automation, and CI/CD, guiding 24x7 operations across multiple business lines and partnering with vendors to enable