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We foster a culture built on five core values:
Generosity First, Always: We lead with kindness. Our best work happens when we act in service of others.
Constant Curiosity: We are eager to learn, grow, and explore beyond the obvious.
Act with Agility: We welcome change; it's the only constant. We embrace, adjust, adapt.
Passion for Positivity: We greet each day with warmth and possibility.
Collective Ambition: We have high aspirations that are achieved when we work together with a shared purpose.
Lead Data Engineer - Operations
The Lead Data Engineer - Operations will play a critical role in ensuring CAVA's ability to deliver insights and data products to both internal and external customers. We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to oversee our data operations team and ensure the smooth functioning of our data infrastructure. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a team of contractors, optimizing data pipelines, and maintaining data quality. You will ensure timely delivery of key data assets that enable our business and allow us to delight our customers.
What You'll Do:
Serve as the leader and provide oversight of a team of contractors, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management.
Manage and optimize data operations data pipelines, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and timely delivery.
Monitor and maintain data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, and cloud platforms.
Troubleshoot data-related issues and implement solutions that triage immediate short term fixes and long term solutions that to prevent recurrence.
Identify opportunities to improve data operations efficiency and effectiveness allowing stakeholders and business to maximize the information.
Work closely with data analysts, data engineers, and business stakeholders to meet their data needs and communicate data impacts in a timely and effective manner
Stay current as well as seek new data solutions, tools, platforms, technologies and evaluate effectiveness
Lead teams to accomplish priorities and initiatives with the impact for the guest in mind
Effectively communicate goals, priorities, and action items to direct reports; actively give feedback on progress updates
Conduct impactful and meaningful DE&I conversations within team and organization
Create opportunities for Team Members to grow in their roles and progress into higher roles in the organization
Execute effective decision-making skills to led team to succeed
Oversee innovative solutions proposed by direct reports
Maintain emotional stability in stressful situations; lead by example for how our team should handle adversity
Abide by policies and procedures that support the service mindset
Manage timeline expectations within and across teams, deliver on our responsibilities accordingly
Earn the trust of Team Members and Managers by consistently embracing CAVA's values
Show discipline in bringing consistent performance, communication, and attitude to the job every day
Actively contribute to your department in order to complete tasks and meet company goals
Recognize the emotional stake each Team Member has in personal and organizational success of this business
The Qualifications:
5 years of experience in data engineering, with a strong focus on data operations.
Multiple years leading teams, providing guidance and effectively executing deliverables
Expertise in SQL, Python, and data warehousing technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift).
Expertise as a lead on creating, defining and driving the data engineering solutions for operations
Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Experience with data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes - Boomi Experience is a plus
Experience with managing data workflows at scale - Apache Airflow is a plus
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
Effectively be able to scale data solutions
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Physical Requirements:
Ability to maintain stationary position to be able to operate a computer and other office equipment
Must be able to identify, analyze and assess details
For certain positions, must be able to occasionally move or transport items up to 50 pounds
Ability to communicate with others and exchange information accurately and effectively
Constantly positions self and move about to support ordinary restaurant or food production support or office operations, as applicable
Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner
What we offer:
Competitive salary, plus bonus and long-term incentives*
Early Wage Access! *
Unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, plus paid opportunities to give back to the community
Health, Dental, Vision, Telemedicine, Pet Insurance plus more!
401k enrollment with CAVA contribution
Company-paid STD, LTD, Life and AD&D coverage for salaried positions*
Free CAVA food
Casual work environment
The opportunity to be on the ground floor of a rapidly growing brand
All exempt and nonexempt employees are eligible for benefits. Benefits are effective the 1st of the month following 30 days of service and you have until the day before the effective date to enroll. A new hire can enroll in our benefit program by selecting a link that is emailed directly to the new hire at their personal email address once hired.
Please note that visa sponsorship is not available.
The compensation range posted includes total cash.
*Indicates qualifying eligible positions only
CAVA - Joining "A culture, not a concept"
This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all the duties and responsibilities of the position and such duties and responsibilities may change without notice. As an equal opportunity employer, CAVA considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, age, height, weight, marital status, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or any other characteristic or protected classes as defined by federal, state, or local law.
