Do you want to empower organizations to build smarter compensation strategies while ensuring fair pay for all employees? Syndio is a Series C technology company leveraging advanced technology and responsible AI to accelerate decision‑making, streamline compliance, and democratize insights for consistent, equitable compensation practices at scale. Backed by $83M in investments from Bessemer Venture Partners, Voyager Capital, and Emerson Collective, we are expanding our team and products to help companies align their rewards strategies with their business goals. Our customers are our greatest asset. Syndio partners with many of the world’s most recognized and respected enterprises, helping them implement leading‑edge compensation solutions with expert guidance. We analyze pay for over 10 million employees across dozens of countries, ensuring fair, defensible rewards that drive better business outcomes. Join us in our mission to help companies make smarter pay decisions they can trust!About The RoleWe’re looking for a Staff Data Engineer to define the architecture and long‑term evolution of Syndio’s data platform as we scale into AI‑driven products. This role owns the technical direction for how data is structured, standardized, modeled, and activated across the company, with a particular focus on enabling LLM‑powered systems and decisioning workflows. You will design, architect, and build data pipelines that produce the data products powering analytics, product experiences, and Syndio’s LLM‑powered systems. Your work will shape how data is used across the company and enable the development of Syndio’s decision graph and AI capabilities. This includes solving complex challenges such as multi‑tenant schema standardization, automated field mapping, retrieval‑ready data modeling, and data pipelines for AI evaluation and feedback loops. You will operate across pipeline architecture, platform design, and cross‑functional data strategy, partnering closely with product, data science, and engineering leadership.Why This Job is ExcitingDefine the data architecture behind AI for Pay Decisions and future decisioning systemsBuild the data foundation that powers LLM‑based features, including the pipelines that feed retrieval, context generation, and evaluation workflowsOwn high‑leverage problems like automated schema mapping and multi‑tenant data standardizationEstablish standards for data contracts, modeling,



and pipeline architecture across teamsDesign data governance into the platform through policy tagging, PII handling, and lineage trackingBuild pipelines that support both batch analytics and the event‑driven data flows behind AI workflowsShape how data is structured, delivered, and made reliable for stakeholders across Syndio, from analytics and product teams to the teams training and evaluating AI systemsAbout YouDeep experience in data engineering, data platform, or distributed systems rolesProven track record designing and scaling data pipelines across teams or organizationsExperience solving ambiguous, high‑impact platform problems and building systems widely adopted across teamsStrong ability to operate at both architectural and hands‑on levelsCross‑functional leadership and ability to influence technical directionRequired Areas of Deep ExpertiseData modeling and schema designPipeline architecture and orchestrationData warehouse and storage systemsTechnical ExperienceStrong proficiency in Python and SQLExperience with data patterns for AI/LLM systems: retrieval‑ready data modeling, vector storage, embedding pipelines, and evaluation datasetsCloud platforms: GCP (preferred), AWS, or AzureCloud data warehouses: BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift, or similarData transformation: dbt or equivalent modern transformation frameworksRelational databases: Postgres, MySQL, or similarStreaming and CDC ingestion patterns (Datastream, Debezium, Kafka, or similar)Data governance and lineage toolingNice to HaveExperience building AI‑native data platforms or developer toolingExperience with event‑driven or streaming architecturesBackground in high‑scale systems or large multi‑tenant SaaS platformsFamiliarity with compensation or HR data domainsHow We WorkWe believe in starting simple, soon — progress over perfection. We value architectural clarity and execution speed. You’ll be joining a small, ambitious team committed to high trust, low ego collaboration. It’s a dynamic environment where teams embrace ambiguity, adapt quickly to change,



and move fast to seize prospect. As such, we empower engineers to make bold moves and back it up with a culture that supports learning through iteration.Applicants must currently reside within commuting distance of Calgary, Alberta, Canada for consideration. Relocation is not currently offered.Kindly note, you must also be eligible to work in Canada legally, as we are NOT able to provide visa support or transfer at this time.Why You’ll Love It HereCompetitive Compensation. For this role our base salary is targeted at $180-195k CAD. Final offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience and expertise. We take a geo neutral approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location.Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio’s success.20 days annually. We encourage our team to recharge when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave, and voting leave.Pension ContributionRemote-First with opportunities for local meet‑ups in CalgaryRole ProgressionBy the 3rd Month, you will have a working knowledge of Syndio’s data domain and existing pipeline architecture. You’ll be making hands‑on contributions to the data layer codebase, building familiarity with the systems you’ll eventually evolve.By your 6th Month, you will take technical ownership of the AI data infrastructure, defining the architectural direction for how data is modeled and served to AI systems. You’ll establish company‑wide standards for data contracts and pipeline architecture, and lead solutions for our hardest data standardization challenges.By 9 months in, you will set the long‑term technical direction for Syndio’s data platform and AI‑driven systems, with a focus on governance, PII handling, and lineage. As the SME, you’ll mentor other engineers and break down complex platform initiatives for the team to execute.The Interview Overview30 min – Phone call with a member of our Talent Team45 min – Zoom interview with the Hiring ManagerTechnical Evaluation – Take‑home1.5 hrs – Meet the Team30 min – Final InterviewSyndio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are building an inclusive and collaborative workplace as we grow, and we welcome team members regardless of gender/identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, physical disability and age.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Staff Data Engineer - C$180,000 - C$195,000 A Year (Winnipeg)
🏢 Syndio
📍 Winnipeg