Engineer, Data - Independent Purchasing Cooperative

At Independent Purchasing Cooperative ( IPC ), we are more than just a supply chain services provider—we're the strategic sourcing partner behind one of the world’s most recognized brands:
Subway®. As a member-owned organization, we are driven by our commitment to serve the franchisees who own and operate Subway® restaurants across North America, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Headquartered in Miami, FL, we were founded in 1996 with a mission to help franchisees be more profitable and competitive by delivering exceptional value through supply chain solutions, contract negotiation, technology initiatives, and industry expertise.

At IPC, you'll find a supportive and inclusive environment that fosters personal growth, professional development, and a healthy work-life balance. Whether you're a seasoned supply chain professional or just beginning your career journey, IPC offers opportunities to make a meaningful impact!

IPC is seeking a highly motivated Staff Data Engineer to be responsible for for bringing agentic and AI-assisted workflows into IPC’s data engineering practice, and for the hands‑on design, delivery, and support of the data platforms behind supply chain operations serving approximately 21,000 Subway restaurants throughout Canada, the United States, and Latin America. This role designs, evaluates, and product ionizes AI-assisted workflows across the data lifecycle, establishes the guardrails and evaluation standards that govern their use, and raises the capability of the wider data engineering team so those practices become a durable part of how work gets done.

The role also carries hands‑on delivery across two strategic platform initiatives, Microsoft Fabric and Palantir Foundry, and defines how data, lineage, and governance move consistently between them. In this role, you are expected to operate as a technical leader, influencing outcomes through design, code review, mentorship, and enablement across the data engineering team, reporting to the Director of Information and Data Services.

The essential duties and responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below are required to be successful in this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

• Design, prototype, and product ionize agentic and AI-assisted workflows that improve data engineering throughput, quality, and cycle time.
• Establish evaluation methods and success criteria for AI-assisted workflows, so their impact can be measured.
• Define technical guardrails for AI tooling that touches organizational data, including human review checkpoints, access boundaries, audit logging, and rollback paths.
• Serve as the technical authority and internal enablement lead for applied AI within the data engineering team.