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Chewy · 6 hours ago

Associate Director, Data Engineering

positionPlantation, FL
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff, Director/Executive
date10+ years exp

Chewy’s AI & Data organization is seeking an Associate Director of Data Engineering to lead the teams that design, build, and govern the data foundation powering Chewy’s analytics, AI, and decision-making capabilities. The role involves overseeing Data Engineering Managers, shaping long-term data architecture, and driving modernization through AI and automation while ensuring compliance and technical excellence across the organization.

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Responsibilities

Define and drive the multi-year technical vision for Chewy’s enterprise data platform covering ingestion, modeling, governance, and BI integration
Translate business and AI initiatives into a unified data engineering roadmap across domains (Discover, Engage, Serve, Participants)
Establish and champion platform-wide standards for architecture, data modeling, testing, observability, and governance
Guide domain data teams to design interoperable, reusable, and AI-ready data products
Lead and mentor Data Engineering Managers and their teams of engineers
Partner with data owners across Chewy to set enterprise observability standards and champion best practices for data security and privacy, ensuring compliance
Develop a culture rooted in accountability, innovation, and continuous learning
Foster technical excellence, ensuring consistency in process and delivery across domains
Partner with Talent and HR to attract, grow, and retain top-tier data engineering and stewardship talent
Oversee the evolution of Chewy’s Snowflake and dbt Cloud architecture, ensuring scale, performance, and cost efficiency
Champion real-time and event-driven architecture using Kafka and AWS-native tools
Guide adoption of new BI capabilities (Tableau, Sigma, Omni) with consistent governance and semantic layers
Drive standardization of reusable dbt packages, shared testing frameworks, and model documentation practices
Lead the integration of AI and automation into data engineering improving quality, reliability, and speed
Partner with the AI Platform team to expose governed data products for machine learning and generative AI use cases
Evaluate and implement AI-assisted tools for data lineage, documentation, anomaly detection, and self-healing pipelines
Promote a mindset where AI enhances the craft of data engineering rather than replacing it
Oversee roadmap execution and cross-domain dependencies, ensuring high-quality and predictable delivery
Align engineering and stewardship workstreams to deliver trusted, governed, and observable data
Partner with Product, Analytics, and Business leadership to ensure alignment on priorities and outcomes
Own KPIs for platform reliability, data quality, cost stewardship, and delivery throughput
Act as a senior liaison between AI & Data, Product, and Business teams
Translate technical progress and strategy into clear narratives for executive stakeholders
Represent EDS in enterprise data councils, architecture forums, and AI leadership discussions
Drive alignment across Chewy’s ecosystem of data producers and consumers

Qualification

SnowflakeDbt CloudKafkaAI integrationData governanceCloud-based data pipelinesBI toolsStakeholder managementTeam developmentCommunication skills

Required

10+ years of experience in data engineering or analytics platform leadership, including 4+ years managing managers
Deep technical expertise in Snowflake, dbt Cloud, and cloud-based data pipelines (Kafka, AWS)
Strong understanding of data governance, lineage, and quality frameworks across warehouse and BI layers
Proven experience scaling teams and systems across multiple data domains
Strategic mindset with demonstrated ability to define and execute multi-year data roadmaps
Experience integrating AI and automation into engineering operations (auto-testing, observability, metadata enrichment)
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence technical and non-technical audiences
Track record of developing high-performing teams and inclusive technical cultures

Company

Chewy

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Chewy is a pet store that offers products, services, supplies, and prescriptions for pet parents and partners with online services.
dateFounded in 2011
location
Plantation, Florida, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.chewy.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$951M
Key Investors
Lone Pine CapitalWells Fargo Capital FinanceBlackRock
2024-09-19Post Ipo Secondary· $500M
2019-06-13IPO
2017-04-18Acquired

Leadership Team

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Michael Hyman
Vice President
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Jim Nelson
Director
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