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Are you passionate about how data is leading the way in transforming and disrupting industries? Come join a great culture and awesome team at CarMax as Manager of Data Engineering. Manager of Data Engineering is a critical role for building the right data foundation and ensuring that Data Engineering solutions and team can rapidly scale and adjust based on business priorities. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of data engineers to define, design and deliver a variety of data products for critical business operations, sales strategy, data scientists, logistics and other data consumers.
This role will need you to do strategic planning, stakeholder management, define roadmap and vision to drive engineering excellence along with growing and motivating your associates. You will also produce documentation, presentations for stakeholders/leadership, and lead training sessions for data. You will also be working and partnering with 3rd party vendors to facilitate data-sharing agreements and managing consulting partners.
What you will do – Essential Responsibilities
Team Management
Responsible for interviewing, selecting and training associates
Must effectively resolve associate matters
Responsible for day-to-day tactical team decisions
Required to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
Accountable for team’s use and adherence to the CarMax® methodology
Create/maintain team staffing and scheduling, to include time tracking
Demonstrated ability to schedule and execute hardware and software releases
Demonstrated ability to prioritize and assign tactical requests to the team
Associate Development
Responsible for associate development to include providing courageous leadership, motivation to improve team dynamics, mentorship in order to assist the growth of team members and constructive feedback on associate’s work
Responsible for frequent associate File Reviews
Effectively provide associate feedback through regular objective reviews and by writing and delivering Annual Performance Reviews
Working with associates to collaboratively establish an Individual Development Plan and review them on a timely basis
Track associate performance and provide them with appropriate feedback
Leadership
Leads team through obstacles and time constraints to overcome barriers and successfully deliver results
Influences the work of others to drive department goals and initiatives to successful completion through effective team and project management, customer interaction and IT coordination
Production Support
Provides technical experience related to the position
Ensures that support problems and errors are tracked to ensure appropriate future handling
Lead incident reporting to include postmortems which involves prioritizing enhancements to reduce ongoing support; scheduling support rotations; ensuring that the ticket queues are appropriately managed; and assisting with critical outages at any time
Design and Review
Active participant in project design meetings providing vision and guidance
Applies technical knowledge in specialty areas for position
Customer Interaction / Business Knowledge
Act as the key liaison with the customer community and consistently builds positive relationships with customers and contacts in supported business areas
Interact with the customer including understanding of requirements and proposed solutions
Must courageously influence the processes and barriers to projects in order to best represent the customers’ requirements and needs
Must continually seeks opportunities to increase internal customer satisfaction and deepen client relations
Technical Qualifications:
5+ years' experience in Data Engineering of highly scalable data platforms/ecosystems.
3+ years’ experience in building and managing data platforms/ecosystems.
3+ years’ experience in Cloud Engineering, with knowledge in distributed computing preferred
Demonstrated innate passion for the Data Engineering and Data Governance, building scalable data platforms/ecosystems
Possess an in-depth knowledge and stays current with industry trends in: Cloud data solutions, Data Engineering, data platforms and analytics
Formulate a technology plan for EDL/EDW area based on in-depth understanding of the current needs of technology, the future direction of CarMax technology, and the road map of data and analytics technology
Direct teams in the definition, direction and maintenance of the data platform and solutions to ensure that the critical business insights and end analyst(s) needs are consistently met
Conducts and participates in the review, evaluation, and recommendation of software products, productivity tools, and external services
Directs the development of Data Engineering standards, procedures, and processes. Ensure that the program and strategy is implemented, and its requirements fully met by technical and operational teams
Management Qualifications:
5+ years of experience in Technology leadership, with 3+ years managing direct reports architecting, building, and deploying Data Engineering solutions and platforms
Experience with data and analytics technologies, ETL, big data processing, reporting and CI/CD solutions/methodology
1 to 3+ years of experience in cloud computing, migrating, and building new data solutions using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake/Databricks)
1 to 3+ years of experience in Agile/Scrum ways of working and delivering high-quality end solutions to stakeholders
Demonstrated leadership skills – can apply clear direction and priorities to teams
Serves as an empowering coach to the team by providing them with the resources, training, feedback, and a sounding-board to be successful in their roles balancing technical debt with speed-to-delivery customer focused team,
Promotes a customer-focused team, balancing technical debt with speed-to-delivery
Demonstrated ability to provide vision for the Data Engineering space and inspire teams towards the future
Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or Data Science; Master’s preferred
Work Location and Arrangement: Work location is flexible if approved by the Company
Work Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will be considered for this specific role.
Compensation:
The Compensation Range for this position is: $ 115,000 - $160,000
Full-Time Associates enjoy health benefits including medical/dental/vision, wealth benefits including 401k plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, access to spending accounts, as well as paid time off benefits. More details can be found at benefits.carmax.com
About CarMax
CarMax disrupted the auto industry by delivering the honest, transparent and high-integrity experience customers want and deserve. This innovative thinking around the way cars are bought and sold has helped us become the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, with over 200 locations nationwide.
Our amazing team of more than 25,000 associates work together to deliver iconic customer experiences. Along the way, we help every associate grow their career and achieve their best, at work and in their community. We are recognized for our commitment to training and diversity and are one of the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For®.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
CarMax is committed to bringing together people from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe, welcoming, and inclusive work environment.
CarMax is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Upon an applicant's request, CarMax will consider reasonable accommodation to complete the CarMax Job Application.
