Please note this is a 12-month fixed term contract to backfill a maternity leave

We are seeking a Data Engineer who is passionate about diving deep into data infrastructure, creating and enhancing data pipelines, and someone who thrives in a product focused environment.

This role is an important role for our Data Engineering team. The purpose of the Data Engineering team is to empower engineers, analysts, and data scientists with tools that enable and streamline data-driven decision making, analysis, and feature development

Coordinate with data scientists, data analysts, software engineers and product managers to design and evolve our existing architecture, improving the reliability and performance of our data infrastructure

Build, maintain and scale our ETL pipelines to help power data science, data products and analytical needs

Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as but not limited to AWS DMS, HBase, EMR, Redshift, S3, Kafka, Airflow while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security

Write new tools, services, and platforms in Python

Research new technologies to solve tomorrow’s data infrastructure needs

Advocate for the adoption of tools in the data engineering team

Benefits

Full health benefits





Career development & Mentorship opportunities

RRSP matching

Generous parental Leave top-up

Flexible schedule

Regular hackathons

Healthy snacks & drinks

Your choice of hardware

Monthly work-from-home allowance

Beautiful offices in Toronto and Halifax

Easy access to transit

Deep understanding of two or more of these technologies: Spark, Airflow, AWS EMR, AWS Glue, Sagemaker and RedshiftStrong understanding of database fundamentals and software engineering principlesA critical thinker and possess creative problem solving skills4+ years of data engineering experienceExposure and/or strong interest in Kafka or other queuing technologiesQuantitative skills, ability to think analytically, and strong attention to detailsStrong understanding of Data Contracts, microservices principles, and treating datasets/platforms as API-driven productsAbility to write high-quality code in Python and PySparkExperience with batch processing and streaming systemsA desire to contribute to the broader development communityDon’t meet all the requirements? Studies show women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs if they do not meet all the qualifications.

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📌 Data Engineer (Maternity Cover) (Ontario)
🏢 Wattpad
📍 Ontario