[Hiring] Director, AI & Data Platform Engineer @Premier Dentist Partners

Role Description

ENFRA is building a Modern Data and AI platform as the gravitational center of its transformation into an AI native enterprise. To lead this effort, we are establishing a Director, AI & Data Platform Engineer reporting directly to the VP, AI & Data Platform Engineer. This role owns the architectural patterns and operating model that move data reliably from landing through curation, governance, and consumption.

This is a senior strategic technical leadership role with direct reports. It is designed as a player coach position that combines deep hands-on platform architecture with enterprise influence and people leadership. The Principal Architect owns the delivery of ENFRA’s modern data and AI platform from foundational architecture through production readiness and business enablement.

Success is measured by whether the platform is usable, trusted, and actively accelerating business outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of overall experience, including 4+ years in enterprise cloud data platform architecture.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience (may run concurrently).
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Deep experience architecting and delivering enterprise-scale modern data platforms.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Snowflake architecture, security, governance, and cost/performance optimization.
• Experience with Azure-based lakehouse landing patterns, including Microsoft Fabric and OneLake.
• Proven experience designing layered data architectures (bronze/silver/gold) with clear promotion criteria.
• Demonstrated ability to take data platforms from strategy through production and business enablement.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, semantic modeling, analytics consumption, and AI integration.
• Experience operating in environments with evolving data foundations.
• Strong executive communication skills and ability to influence without relying solely on authority.

Requirements

• Master’s degree.
• Cloud or data platform certifications (Azure, Snowflake).
• Experience enabling generative AI or agent-based workloads at the platform level.
• Background building data platforms serving multiple business units.
• Familiarity with Microsoft-first enterprise architectures and governance models.
• Experience balancing speed, security, and cost in cloud data platforms.

Benefits

• Travel required: 0–10%.

Physical/Work Environment Requirements

• Ability to remain in a stationary position, standing or sitting, for prolonged periods.
• Ability to assess the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of work.
• Repetitive motions involving wrists, hands, and fingers.
• Quiet work environment.
• Light physical work, including adjusting or moving objects up to 20 pounds.