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Our analytics team is consuming data, and our AI roadmap depends on clean, structured, trustworthy data to deliver. What we are missing is the technical owner who makes the data actually work.\nThis is not a hands-off leadership role. The Director of Data Engineering will be a player-coach: leading and growing a team of 2-5 engineers while remaining a hands-on contributor who can architect solutions, write pipelines, and set the technical bar. You will own the Fabric platform end-to-end, connect our source systems into a reliable data foundation, and serve as the linchpin between raw data and every downstream initiative that depends on it.\nWhy This Role Matters\nEvery AI project on our roadmap requires clean, well-structured, trustworthy data. The Fabric platform is in place. This role makes it useful. 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