Director, Data Platform

About the role

You will own the end-to-end architecture of Foodsmart's data platform, ensuring it meets the demands of a rapidly scaling, compliance-heavy business. You will define and enforce the standards that allow our analytics and AI systems to operate with consistency, reliability, and clarity. This role requires you to balance deep technical execution with strategic influence across executive, clinical, and partner stakeholders. You will design the pathways through which data flows from raw ingestion to trusted insights, enabling every team to make faster, evidence-based decisions. You will be responsible for the reliability, scalability, and security of the infrastructure that powers our 2.2 million member ecosystem. You will lead a distributed team of data engineers, elevating their work through mentorship, rigorous design reviews, and a clear architectural vision. You will act as a critical bridge between data product teams and the platform, ensuring that downstream analytics are built on a stable and well-governed foundation. Your decisions will directly impact how our organization measures health outcomes, fulfills regulatory obligations, and delivers value to members and partners.

Key facts

What you'll do

Lead the design and operation of the data platform lifecycle, from initial data ingestion in the warehouse to final delivery for modeling and consumption.

Own the orchestration of complex data pipelines, ensuring robust error handling, monitoring, and scalability across all critical workflows.

Architect and manage the dbt project, establishing transformation logic that is maintainable, documented, and aligned with enterprise data standards.

Define and govern the foundational data models that synchronize Business Intelligence, experimentation, and AI tooling across the organization.

Navigate intricate data domains involving medical claims, clinical outcomes, and multi-payer eligibility for a membership base of 2.2 million individuals.

Ensure all platform processes and data handling meet strict HIPAA compliance requirements and internal security policies.

Lead, mentor, and grow a senior, distributed data engineering team that includes both domestic and offshore talent.

Partner with Analytics and Data Science to define the architectural boundary between core platform systems and analytics engineering.

Establish clear ownership models and documentation to eliminate ambiguity in responsibilities between platform and product teams.

Drive platform excellence through rigorous design reviews, performance optimization, and the implementation of durable solutions.

Collaborate with cross-functional pods focused on clinical initiatives and member-facing features to ensure platform capabilities align with business needs.

Conduct standing roadmap reviews to align platform capacity with strategic priorities across Finance, Analytics, and clinical teams.

Enable faster decision-making by ensuring data infrastructure is reliable, well-documented, and transparently governed.

Balance hands-on technical contributions with leadership through systems design and team development.

Champion a culture of urgency, data-driven execution, and high standards in collaboration with the broader Foodsmart leadership team.

Requirements

Must be a US-based candidate eligible to work without sponsorship in the United States.

Must possess a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a closely related technical field.

Must have a minimum of ten years of professional experience in data platform, data engineering, or analytics infrastructure roles.

Must demonstrate extensive hands-on experience with modern data stack components, including warehouses, orchestration tools, and transformation frameworks.

Must have deep expertise in dbt, including package development, testing frameworks, and production-scale modeling strategies.

Must have a proven track record of building and managing data pipelines that handle large-scale, multi-payer healthcare data.

Must be fluent in SQL and have advanced experience optimizing query performance across distributed systems and warehouse platforms.

Must have experience operating in HIPAA-regulated environments and implementing compliant data governance practices.

Must have leadership experience managing distributed engineering teams, balancing technical mentorship with delivery outcomes.

Nice to have

Experience working with eligibility data and integration across multiple payers in a healthcare context.

Background supporting members enrolled in employer-sponsored plans, Medicaid managed care, and Medicare Advantage.

Knowledge of food, grocery, or retail ecosystems and how they intersect with nutrition and health data.

Experience guiding product teams on data strategy and boundary setting between analytics and platform teams.

Familiarity with AI and BI tooling and how to support them with robust, governed data foundations.

Practical notes

This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States.

Travel is not required for this role.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The selected candidate must be able to start within the timeframe specified in the hiring communication.