Director - Real-Time Data Services Engineering

What you'll do

• Own and drive the real-time data services roadmap aligned to key fashion retail business priorities.
• Implement active stewardship of streaming data assets including schema registries and event topic governance.
• Partner with merchandising technology teams to replace batch processes with streaming solutions for faster decisions.
• Collaborate with digital product teams to deliver real-time customer behavioral signals for personalization engines.
• Lead enterprise alignment on streaming data standards and API-first delivery patterns across brands.
• Drive investment strategy for streaming infrastructure supporting peak retail periods like holiday launches.

What we're looking for

• Significant experience in real-time data infrastructure for retail environments.
• Expertise in stream processing technologies like Apache Kafka and Flink.
• Hands-on experience with operational data stores and change data capture.
• Proven ability to operationalize data quality and pipeline observability.
• Strong background in cloud-native data stacks for real-time consumption.
• Experience integrating real-time data platforms with retail-specific systems.
• Demonstrated ability to translate streaming infrastructure into business outcomes.