Director of Data Platform & Engineering (Hybrid)

CarMax Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Equity opportunities

Bonus potential

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CarMax is seeking a Director of Data Engineering and Platform to lead enterprise data engineering, cloud platforms, DevOps, and ML Ops initiatives. You will manage large teams, drive the strategy, and partner with stakeholders to deliver scalable, real-time data for operations and the customer experience.

You will oversee architecture, governance, training, and vendor relationships while ensuring 24x7 data availability and turning data into actionable insights for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, MIS, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of technology leadership experience 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)

Responsibilities

• Strategic planning and results focus: set direction and goals for teams with ROI and scalability considerations.
• Direct cross-functional partnerships to deliver data engineering, DevOps, ML Ops, and database services.
• Ensure 24x7 operations and meet SLAs for data, analytics and reporting workloads.
• Manage cloud spending and optimize budgets for databases and analytics workloads.
• Provide documentation and presentations for stakeholders and leadership; train data teams.

Skills

Tech leadership

Data engineering

Cloud computing

CI/CD

ML Ops

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science/MIS/related

10+ years technology leadership experience

Tools

Snowflake/Databricks

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

CarMax is seeking a Director of Data Engineering and Platform to lead enterprise data engineering, cloud platforms, DevOps, and ML Ops initiatives. You will manage large teams, drive the strategy, and partner with stakeholders to deliver scalable, real-time data for operations and the customer experience.

You will oversee architecture, governance, training, and vendor relationships while ensuring 24x7 data availability and turning data into actionable insights for senior leadership.