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# Director of Data at Yotpo

- **Company:** Yotpo
- **Location:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Posted:** 2026-08-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-04
- **Apply:** https://www.yotpo.com/careers/gid-8143530?gh_jid=8143530

## Job description

Yotpo is leading the next era of trust and loyalty in eCommerce. With AI-powered Reviews and Loyalty solutions, we help brands turn browsers into customers and customers into advocates. Through deep integrations across the eCommerce ecosystem and the trust of over 30,000 global brands, Yotpo delivers seamless omnichannel experiences that increase conversion, strengthen customer relationships, and drive profitable, long-term growth.

At Yotpo, we're on a mission to help brands deepen their relationships with customers through data-driven experiences, AI-powered solutions, and world-class commerce technology. As we continue to scale, data plays a critical role in powering our products, enabling smarter decisions, and driving operational excellence across the company.

We're looking for a Director of Data to lead our evolving Data organization. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced technical leader who thrives at the intersection of leadership and execution. In this role, you'll shape the future of Yotpo's data platform and infrastructure while remaining closely connected to the technology, architecture, and innovation that drive our business forward.

## Why Join Us

- Lead a strategically important Data organization during a transformative phase of growth and evolution.
- Shape the technical vision, operating model, and future direction of Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure at Yotpo.
- Work hands-on with modern data technologies, AI-driven workflows, and emerging platforms while operating at a senior leadership level.
- Influence critical company-wide initiatives and partner closely with leaders across R&D, Product, Finance, Support, and GTM.
- Join a culture that values ownership, technical excellence, continuous learning, and meaningful impact.

## Key Responsibilities

- Lead Yotpo's Data organization in its next phase, driving a lean, high-performing, and highly technical operating model.
- Own the technical vision, architecture, and execution across Data Engineering and Data Infrastructure.
- Directly manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team, fostering growth, accountability, and engineering excellence.
- Provide strong hands-on technical leadership, guiding architectural decisions, reviewing designs, and driving execution on critical initiatives.
- Partner with stakeholders across the organization to deliver scalable data products and platforms that support business and product needs.
- Drive modernization of Yotpo's data ecosystem, balancing proven data technologies with emerging approaches in AI, automation, and modern data platforms.
- Lead strategic initiatives involving critical infrastructure, platforms, and investments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
- Champion best practices in data engineering, platform reliability, observability, and operational excellence.

Required Skills

- 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform, Data Infrastructure, or related technical domains.
- 3+ years of engineering leadership experience, including direct people management and ownership of strategic technical initiatives.
- Strong hands-on expertise designing, building, and operating large-scale data platforms and distributed systems.
- Deep understanding of modern data architectures, including data warehouses, data lakes, data pipelines, orchestration frameworks, and cloud-based platforms.
- Proven ability to lead technical direction while remaining actively involved in architecture and implementation discussions.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams across Data Engineering, Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or related functions.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience partnering across technical and business organizations.
- Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes in complex environments.
- A passion for innovation and continuous learning, with a strong interest in AI, automation, and the future of data platforms.

## Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

- Experience leveraging AI, GenAI, LLM-based tools, or AI-assisted development workflows in engineering organizations.
- Experience leading organizational or operational transformations within data teams.
- Background in high-growth B2B SaaS companies.
- Hands-on experience with technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow, Kafka, dbt, or similar modern data tools.
- Familiarity with DataOps, platform engineering, infrastructure automation, and observability practices.
- Experience supporting business domains such as Finance, Customer Support, Revenue Operations, GTM, or Business Intelligence.
- Strong understanding of emerging trends in AI-native engineering and next-generation data platforms.

At Yotpo, we're committed to building diverse teams and creating an inclusive environment where everyone can do their best work. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.

#LI-Hybrid

## About Yotpo

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Yotpo is an eCommerce retention marketing platform that helps brands build trust and loyalty through AI-powered reviews, loyalty programs, referrals, and AI visibility tools.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series F, last raised $230M in 2021 at a $1.4B valuation)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Tomer Tagrin and Omri Cohen

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: eCommerce marketing platform, customer retention, user-generated content, loyalty management
- **Target customers**: B2B – direct-to-consumer brands, retailers, and eCommerce merchants of all sizes (SMB to enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “We help brands earn trust, build loyalty, and grow with confidence. Yotpo turns customer voice into proof, and everyday moments into long‑term relationships.”

## Products & Services
- **Reviews & UGC**: AI-driven review collection, display, and moderation; includes smart review prompts, multi-language support, and AI summaries of common themes.
- **Loyalty & Referrals**: Points-based and tiered loyalty programs, referral campaigns, and rewards to drive repeat purchases and advocacy.
- **AI Visibility (Yotpo Discover)**: Helps brands control how their products appear in AI engines (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) by optimizing on-site and off-site signals, tracking AI rankings, and surfacing recommendations.
- **SMS & Email Marketing**: Tools for sending personalized messages, milestone celebrations, and urgency campaigns integrated with the loyalty and reviews data.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $1.4 billion (March 2021, Series F) per Forbes; no recent public valuation update.
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of approximately $100M (LinkedIn estimate as of 2025); total funding reported as $406M (Forbes) or $451M (LinkedIn) – conflicting reports.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Bessemer Venture Partners (led Series F), Blumberg Capital, Marker, Access Industries. 180+ integrations with platforms like Shopify, Salesforce, Klaviyo, and Adobe Commerce.
- **Growth Signals**: Named to Forbes Cloud 100 (2023); powers tens of thousands of brands globally; expanded to 6 office locations across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Israel; recently launched AI Visibility product to address AI-driven commerce trends.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Platform approach**: Integrates reviews, loyalty, referrals, and AI visibility into a single retention marketing platform, reducing the need for multiple point solutions.
- **Deep integration ecosystem**: 180+ pre-built integrations with leading eCommerce, marketing, and CRM tools.
- **AI-native capabilities**: From AI review summaries to controlling product rankings in AI engines, Yotpo positions itself as a leader for the AI era of eCommerce.
- **Proven scale**: Trusted by tens of thousands of ambitious brands including Steve Madden, Away, Rothy’s, Princess Polly, Brooklinen, and Moroccanoil.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Doubling down on AI-powered features (Yotpo Discover, AI summaries) to help brands maintain visibility and trust in an AI-driven shopping landscape; expanding global reach with local offices; strengthening platform integrations.
- **Direction for growth**: Becoming the central retention engine for eCommerce brands navigating the shift toward personalized, AI-influenced customer experiences.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlights**: Described as a “community of builders, operators, and creatives” focused on solving real problems for brands. Forbes ranked Yotpo among America’s Best Startup Employers (2021).
- **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Global presence with offices in New York, Tel Aviv, London, Sydney, Sofia (Bulgaria), and Toronto. Roles span multiple locations; specific remote/hybrid policies vary by role and are not publicly detailed.
- **Notable perks or engineering culture**: Significant engineering presence (19% of workforce in technical roles) working on modern stacks (full-stack, backend, DevOps, platform). Recent job postings include Senior Full-Stack Engineer, DevSecOps Engineer, and Frontend Team Leader. Employee reviews on LinkedIn rate culture 3.5/5, work-life 3.5/5, compensation 3.1/5.

## Sources
1. [yotpo.com](https://www.yotpo.com/careers/) – Careers & Jobs page
2. [yotpo.com](https://www.yotpo.com/about/) – About Us page
3. [forbes.com](https://www.forbes.com/companies/yotpo/) – Forbes Company Overview & News (valuation, funding, employee count)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/yotpo) – LinkedIn Company Page (revenue, funding, headcount, employee breakdown, reviews)

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