Director of Technology & Data Engineering

Momentous•Park City, UT

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Technology & Data Engineering owns Momentous’ enterprise technology, IT operations, data infrastructure, and systems strategy. The role builds a scalable, secure, and reliable foundation to support company growth and AI-driven innovation, and serves as the company’s technology leader overseeing company-wide IT, cloud data infrastructure, enterprise systems, data integrations, governance, and emerging AI capabilities. Reporting to the CFO, this role creates a unified, trusted data ecosystem across eCommerce, subscription, Amazon, retail, financial, and operational platforms. It partners with Finance’s Data Analytics Center of Excellence: Analytics defines the metrics, while Technology builds and operates the platform that delivers them to people and AI tools. This is a highly hands-on, cross-functional player-coach position combining deep technical expertise with strategic leadership. The Director is expected to design and operate modern data platforms, make pragmatic technology investment decisions, and serve as a senior technical leader in a lean, high-growth environment. The role is hybrid and based at Momentous’ Park City headquarters.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in data engineering, cloud infrastructure, enterprise technology, or related technical disciplines, including meaningful hands-on engineering experience.
Demonstrated experience designing, building, and operating modern cloud data platforms, preferably using GCP and BigQuery.
Experience owning enterprise IT systems and managing external technology vendors, implementation partners, and SLAs.
Experience integrating business systems and data sources, ideally across eCommerce, subscriptions, ERP, Amazon, and omnichannel commerce.
Experience in lean, high-growth environments where strategic leadership and hands-on technical execution are equally important.
Deep technical expertise in cloud architecture and data engineering; fluency in SQL and Python, with experience in pipeline orchestration and infrastructure-as-code.
Strong working knowledge of GCP, BigQuery, data pipelines, identity and access management, environment separation, and cloud cost optimization.
Experience with data transformation and semantic layer technologies such as dbt, MetricFlow, or equivalent solutions.
Understanding of Shopify, Recharge, ERP platforms such as Fulfil, and omnichannel commerce integrations.
Hands-on experience building with LLMs and AI-native architecture, including MCP servers, AI agents, secure data access, and workflow automation.
Knowledge of enterprise IT administration, SaaS management, information security, customer privacy, vendor risk, and SOC-style control frameworks.
Excellent communication, prioritization, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Comfort serving as a senior technical leader in a lean organization without extensive resources or established processes.
Strong collaboration skills and ability to build trust across technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery.
Experience integrating Shopify, Recharge, Fulfil ERP, Amazon, retail systems, and syndicated data sources.
Experience with dbt, MetricFlow, or equivalent semantic layer technologies.
Experience with MCP servers and AI agents.
Passion for health, wellness, fitness, and human performance.

Responsibilities

Own the architecture, development, and operation of the cloud data platform, preferably using Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery.
Design, build, and maintain scalable data ingestion, transformation, and integration pipelines across business systems.
Establish development and production environments, access controls, monitoring, and engineering standards.
Maintain data reliability, freshness, and cost efficiency through monitoring, optimization, and hands-on problem-solving.
Own integrations across core platforms, including Shopify, Recharge, Fulfil ERP, Amazon, retail systems, and syndicated data sources.
Ensure accurate, timely data flows across eCommerce, subscriptions, Finance, Operations, and omnichannel systems.
Manage external technology and data vendors, setting service-level expectations and accountability for performance.
Identify opportunities to simplify systems, automate processes, and improve operational efficiency.
Build and maintain a governed data foundation and semantic layer using dbt, MetricFlow, or equivalent technologies.
Implement and enforce Finance and Data Analytics Center of Excellence metric definitions across revenue, channel, product, customer, and subscription data, with automated tests to prevent metric drift.
Partner with Finance and the Data Analytics Manager to support data integrity, financial reconciliation, and reliable reporting.
Develop scalable, AI-ready architecture for secure automation, agent workflows, and data-driven applications.
Design and implement integrations between enterprise data and AI tools, including MCP servers and related technologies, with suitable access controls and audit trails.
Partner with business leaders to identify and implement high-impact AI use cases.
Set governance for AI tools, including system and data access, usage logging, and review of outputs.
Own enterprise technology security, data privacy, and IT risk management across systems and infrastructure.
Establish security standards for customer PII, sensitive business data, identity and access management, and least-privilege access.
Manage vendor security risk and implement SOC-style controls and documentation to maintain audit readiness.
Maintain business continuity, system recovery, and risk mitigation practices across critical platforms.
Own the company-wide technology strategy and roadmap, balancing speed, cost, security, and long-term business objectives.
Oversee employee technology, device management, SaaS administration, and IT support, primarily through an external IT partner.
Evaluate technology investments and make pragmatic build-versus-buy decisions.
Partner with Finance, Analytics, eCommerce, Marketing, Operations, and People to translate business needs into scalable solutions.
Lead as a player-coach, combining direct technical execution with leadership of external partners and a team that grows over time.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities through evolving experiences.
Competitive cash compensation plus employee stock options.
Health, vision, dental, life, pet, accident, disability, and critical illness coverage.
Fertility benefits, caregiver concierge, and financial planning benefits.
401(k) match.
Unlimited PTO.
Parental leave.
Finish Line Fridays, with work ending at 3:00 every Friday.
18 days of office closure for observed holidays in 2026.
$1,000 annual perks program to support a high-performance lifestyle.
Team workouts and lunches.
Access to Momentous products and merchandise.