Our Opportunity
Chewy is reimagining enterprise data for an AI-first future-one where engineers build alongside AI, data platforms actively prevent and resolve problems, and people and AI agents can discover, understand, and safely use trusted data.
We are seeking an Associate Director of Data Engineering to lead Foundational Data within Enterprise Data Systems. You will lead managers and engineering teams responsible for creating the authoritative, reusable data foundations behind Chewy's data products, analytics, automation, and AI experiences.
This role is not about applying AI to a traditional data-engineering model. You will help redesign that model: embedding AI throughout development and operations, making data understandable to machines as well as people, and replacing fragmented, manual processes with intelligent and increasingly autonomous experiences.
What You'll Do
- Define the strategy and roadmap for Chewy's foundational data, creating authoritative and reusable representations of the company's most important business entities, events, and relationships.
- Reinvent how data work gets done by embedding AI throughout design, development, testing, documentation, deployment, monitoring, and incident response.
- Make trusted data easy for people and AI agents to discover, understand, and safely use through semantic context, machine-readable metadata, lineage, quality signals, and clear access controls.
- Create AI-first experiences that guide users to the right data, explain its meaning and quality, recommend next actions, and automate routine work with appropriate guardrails.
- Move data quality from reactive monitoring toward proactive detection, prevention, and increasingly automated resolution.
- Simplify fragmented pipelines, models, definitions, and processes while establishing shared engineering and governance standards.
- Partner with Data Products and Platform Reliability to turn trusted foundations into reliable, intelligent experiences across Chewy.
- Lead and develop managers and engineering teams, measuring success through faster delivery, greater reuse, stronger reliability, reduced duplication, and increased confidence in enterprise data.
What You'll Need
- 10+ years of experience building enterprise data systems, platforms, or products, including significant experience leading managers and multi-team organizations.
- A track record of transforming complex data environments-not simply operating them.
- Strong technical judgment across modern data architecture, including Snowflake, dbt Cloud, Kafka, AWS, metadata, governance, and observability.
- Experience building authoritative data foundations that support multiple products, departments, and use cases.
- Practical experience applying AI, automation, or agent-based capabilities to engineering, data quality, metadata, observability, or platform operations.
- A clear point of view on how generative AI changes how data is built, operated, discovered, and consumed.
- Demonstrated ability to translate ambitious technical ideas into practical roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills across engineering, product, business, and executive audiences.
- A strong record of developing managers, senior engineers, and inclusive, high-performing teams.
Why You'll Love This Role
- Define what AI-first enterprise data looks like at Chewy.
- Lead the teams creating the trusted foundation behind Chewy's data products, analytics, automation, and AI experiences.
- Move beyond incremental modernization and reinvent how enterprise data work gets done.
- Develop talented managers and engineers while shaping the next generation of data leadership.
- Help Chewy use trusted data and AI to serve pet parents better and operate smarter every day.
The base salary range for this role is $154,000 - $265,000.00.
- The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [email protected].
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience building enterprise data systems, platforms, or products
- Significant experience leading managers and multi-team organizations
- Experience transforming complex data environments
- Strong technical judgment across modern data architecture, including Snowflake, dbt Cloud, Kafka, AWS, metadata, governance, and observability
- Experience building authoritative data foundations supporting multiple products, departments, and use cases
- Practical experience applying AI, automation, or agent-based capabilities to engineering, data quality, metadata, observability, or platform operations
- Clear perspective on how generative AI changes data development, operations, discovery, and consumption
- Ability to translate ambitious technical ideas into practical roadmaps and measurable outcomes
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills across engineering, product, business, and executive audiences
- Track record of developing managers, senior engineers, and inclusive, high-performing teams
What the Team is Saying
Chewy Compensation & Benefits Highlights
How does Chewy ensure its pay and bonus plans are competitive?
Chewy approaches compensation through a total rewards strategy that combines salary, bonuses, equity opportunities, healthcare benefits, employee discounts, and career growth opportunities. The company emphasizes supporting employees across ecommerce, healthcare, pharmacy, customer service, technology, and fulfillment operations while competing for talent in both retail and tech markets.
Competitive compensation and bonus opportunities: Chewy offers market-based compensation packages that may include salary, performance bonuses, commissions, and equity depending on role and level. Built In also notes benefits such as relocation assistance, employee discounts, and bonus opportunities across multiple teams and functions.
- Healthcare and wellness support: Benefits include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HSA/FSA options, life insurance, disability coverage, telemedicine, mental health resources, and wellbeing programs. Chewy also offers wellness-focused resources designed to support employees physically, mentally, and financially.
- Retirement and financial wellbeing: Employees receive 401(k) plans with company matching along with financial wellness resources and broader support programs. Benefits are designed to support both short-term needs and long-term financial planning.
- Pet-focused and family-oriented benefits: Chewy offers pet insurance discounts, employee discounts on Chewy products, parental leave, fertility support, family-focused benefits, and caregiving resources. The company’s benefits package is closely aligned with its pet-focused identity and customer mission.
- Flexibility and workplace support: Corporate employees may have access to hybrid work arrangements, flexible scheduling, commuter benefits, PTO, paid holidays, and wellbeing initiatives. Employees also cite supportive managers and collaborative teams as important parts of the broader employee value proposition.
- Long-term career investment: Compensation is reinforced through career growth opportunities, mentorship, leadership development, cross-functional learning, and exposure to large-scale ecommerce, automation, healthcare, and logistics initiatives. Employees often describe growth opportunities as an important part of the overall company experience.
- External signals: Comparably reports that 70% of employee reviews are positive overall. Employees frequently highlight healthcare benefits, employee discounts, coworkers, and growth opportunities as strengths of the company experience. (Glassdoor; Comparably)
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What We Do
Who We Are Chewy is where pet parents find everything they need for life with pets, from food to fun to pharmacy. We make pet care easier, more informed, and more joyful through fast, reliable delivery and award-winning 24/7 Customer Care, including access to pet health support when it’s needed. Founded in 2011, Chewy combines the convenience of online shopping with a high-touch, personalized experience built around the real moments of pet parenthood. Our Mission Chewy’s mission is to be the most trusted and convenient destination for pet parents and partners, everywhere. What We Do We support pet parents through the highs, lows, and everyday moments of the pet parenting journey with: • Pet food, treats, and daily essentials • Supplies for dogs, cats, fish, birds, reptiles, equine, and small pets • Pharmacy and veterinary services, including prescriptions and medications • Pet wellness and health products • Autoship for convenient recurring deliveries • Chewy+, our premium membership offering exclusive savings, faster delivery, and personalized pet care benefits • 24/7/365 customer support from knowledgeable, pet-loving experts What Makes Chewy Different Chewy is known for industry-leading service, deep personalization, and our customer-obsessed culture. We combine trust, convenience, and care, and pet parents come to us for: • Exceptional customer care • Human- and pet-centered product and experience design • Fast, dependable fulfillment across a nationwide operations network • A mission-driven culture built on empathy, trust, and passion for pets Our Culture Chewy’s culture is built for people who thrive on ownership, innovation, and impact. We value curiosity, creativity, and continuous improvement across all our teams. We empower Team Members—our Chewtopians—to learn, grow, and unleash their full potential in a collaborative, supportive, mission-driven environment. How We Work Chewy’s Operating Principles guide how we think, innovate, collaborate, and execute. These principles shape our character, decision-making, and approach to delivering results while connecting our people and culture in support of our mission. • Put Customers First • Act as an Owner • Deliver Results • Earn Trust • Debate Openly; Commit Fully • Operate in the Details • Shape the Future Where We Work Chewy headquarters: Plantation, FL, and Boston, MA Additional hubs: Bellevue, WA, and Minneapolis, MN
Why Work With Us
Why You Should Work at Chewy Chewy is a unique, fast-growing e-commerce and tech leader where builders, creators, and problem-solvers shape the future of pet care. Our teams drive innovation in a mission-driven culture that creates real impact for pets and the people who love them.
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