Airswift is seeking a Data Engineer to work a 12-month contract with one of our major clients in Calgary, AB.

Key Responsibilities

- Design, build, and optimize ETL/ELT workflows using KNIME Analytics Platform

- Integrate data from relational databases, APIs, and cloud storage

- Automate and productionize workflows using KNIME Business Hub

- Develop and scale data pipelines using Databricks (Apache Spark)

- Implement data quality checks, anonymization, and governance controls

- Document workflows, data pipelines, and operational processes

- Lead the design and delivery of scalable Databricks data pipelines using Spark, Delta Lake, and PySpark

- Drive Lakehouse architecture across ingestion, transformation, and curated data layers

- Define technical standards and best practices for batch and streaming data engineering

- Optimize performance and cost efficiency of Spark workloads

- Implement enterprise-grade data governance, security, and monitoring (e.g., access controls, catalogs)

- Act as a senior technical leader and mentor within the data engineering team

What You Bring





- Post-secondary degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience

- 7+ years of hands-on experience in data engineering

- Robust experience with Databricks, Spark, and Lakehouse architectures

- Advanced proficiency in PySpark, Python, and SQL

- Advanced experience with KNIME Analytics Platform (nodes, components, workflow control)

- Solid understanding of data modeling and ETL/ELT best practices

- Experience building and supporting production-grade data pipelines at scale

- Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS acceptable)

- Familiarity with DevOps / CI/CD practices for data workloads

Nice to Have

- Experience with MLOps and deploying machine learning workloads in Databricks

- Familiarity with data integration tools (e.g., Azure Data Factory, HVR, or similar)

- Experience working in regulated or large enterprise environments

- Exposure to streaming data architectures (Kafka, Structured Streaming)

📌 Data Engineer (Calgary)
🏢 Airswift
📍 Calgary