Director of Data & AI Platforms

Triwill Group; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Yotpo is seeking a Director of Data to lead our evolving Data organization, shaping the future of our data platform and infrastructure. You’ll balance hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight, working across Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure to enable scalable data products.

In this senior role you’ll mentor a multidisciplinary team, partner with R&D, Product, Finance and GTM, and drive modernization using AI, automation, and modern data platforms in a hybrid work

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform, Data Infrastructure, or related technical domains.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership experience, including direct people management and ownership of strategic technical initiatives.
• Strong hands-on expertise designing, building, and operating large-scale data platforms and distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of modern data architectures, including data warehouses, data lakes, data pipelines, orchestration frameworks, and cloud-based platforms.
• Proven ability to lead technical direction while remaining actively involved in architecture and implementation discussions.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams across Data Engineering, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or related functions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience partnering across technical and business organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes in complex environments.
• A passion for innovation and continuous learning, with a strong interest in AI, automation, and the future of data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead Yotpo's Data organization in its next phase, driving a lean, high-performing, and highly technical operating model.
• Own the technical vision, architecture, and execution across Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure.
• Directly manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team, fostering growth, accountability, and engineering excellence.
• Provide strong hands-on technical leadership, guiding architectural decisions, reviewing designs, and driving execution on critical initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders across the organization to deliver scalable data products and platforms that support business and product needs.
• Drive modernization of Yotpo's data ecosystem, balancing proven data technologies with emerging approaches in AI, automation, and modern data platforms.
• Lead strategic initiatives involving critical infrastructure, platforms, and investments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Champion best practices in data engineering, platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Platform

Distributed Systems

Cloud Platforms

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

AI/GenAI

Architecture

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

Kafka

dbt

Job description

Yotpo is seeking a Director of Data to lead our evolving Data organization, shaping the future of our data platform and infrastructure. You’ll balance hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight, working across Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure to enable scalable data products.

In this senior role you’ll mentor a multidisciplinary team, partner with R&D, Product, Finance and GTM, and drive modernization using AI, automation, and modern data platforms in a hybrid work