Canadian Tire Corporation is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the CTC Triangle Program — Loyalty Data Product Engineering team in Toronto, ON, reporting to the Engineering Manager.

This team designs, develops, and automates data pipelines and processes consumed across the organization both analytically and operationally. The team is focused on creating best-in-class products and services that fuel customer-focused analytics and enhance the customer and brand experience.

Responsibilities

Work with IT and business stakeholders to influence decision making with data and data products

Enforce development best practices, combine automation and CI/CD with a culture of review and collaboration

Design and implement new data pipelines to monitor, validate model assumptions and performance adhering to best-in-class coding standards

Gather and translate stakeholders' requirements to technical requirements to support work processes and strategic business objectives

Identify and troubleshoot technical issues as they arise with an entrepreneurial mindset, providing scalable resolutions with follow-through

Work on ad-hoc projects leveraging multiple internal and external sources of data such as point-of-sales, loyalty issuance, product hierarchy, customer data, etc.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or a related field

3–5 years of professional experience in data engineering

Solid proficiency in PySpark and Airflow for pipeline development and orchestration





In-depth knowledge of database management systems (e.g., Hadoop & Hive, MySQL, Databricks)

Ability to write and interpret complex queries, joins, subqueries and use SQL functions

In-depth knowledge of delta tables, ETL pipeline and change data capture

Hands-on experience with Git for version control

Practical experience with Databricks, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud

Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles

Proficiency in bash script and knowledge about the cloud SDKs for automation

Strong collaboration and communication skills

Experience working in the retail sector, especially with POS data preferred

Familiarity with network security protocols preferred

Experience with key management and authentication mechanisms preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $64,000 – $106,000 per year

Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs

Performance incentives and continuing education programs

Mental health benefits of $5,000 per year for eligible employees and families

Canadian Tire Profit Sharing and store discounts

Career growth opportunities

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or a related field; 3–5 years of professional experience in data engineering; strong proficiency in PySpark and Airflow; in-depth knowledge of Databricks, Azure, and Google Cloud; SQL expertise; experience with Git, delta tables, ETL pipelines, and change data capture

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📌 Senior Data Engineer (Ontario)
🏢 Canadian Tire Corporation
📍 Ontario