Director, Data Analytics Engineering (AI)

Location: Chicago, Illinois, or Irving, Texas, United States

Salary: $189,080–$283,630 per year

Company

hirify.global develops heavy machinery and connected digital solutions, with CAT Digital focused on technology, data, and AI-enabled products.

What you will do

• Define and lead the enterprise strategy for data foundation and readiness across analytics and AI solutions.
• Establish standards and operating practices for data quality, lineage, observability, validation, certification, and stewardship.
• Build reusable frameworks, data products, feature pipelines, semantic layers, and engineering patterns.
• Enable faster experimentation and production delivery for AI and analytics teams through trusted, reusable data assets.
• Lead organizational transformation, architecture modernization, and cross-functional collaboration with data, AI/ML, product, and platform teams.
• Lead, coach, and develop analytics engineering managers and their organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, software engineering, analytics platforms, or related technical disciplines.
• 5+ years of experience leading managers and large technical teams.
• Experience building and scaling enterprise data platforms and analytics capabilities.
• Deep expertise in data quality, governance, observability, lifecycle management, cloud data platforms, and modern data architectures.
• Experience supporting AI/ML ecosystems and influencing senior executive stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Analytics, or a related field.
• Experience with data contracts, cataloging, lineage, observability platforms, MLOps, AI platforms, feature stores, and production AI solutions.
• Familiarity with product operating models, agile delivery, platform engineering, and large-scale enterprise modernization.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid vacation, holidays, volunteer time, parental leave, and adoption benefits.
• 401(k), HSA, FSA, disability, and life insurance benefits.
• Career development, tuition reimbursement, health lifestyle programs, and employee discounts.
• Incentive bonus and employee assistance program.