AWS Data Engineer

Apptoza Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptoza Inc. is seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer to build and support scalable data pipelines and cloud data platforms for banking and financial services applications in a hybrid Toronto setting.

You will work with Python, PySpark, SQL, and AWS services like Redshift, Athena, and EMR to transform and validate data while ensuring security and governance standards.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or data platforms.
• Hands-on experience with AWS data services and cloud pipelines.
• Strong SQL and Python-based data processing skills.

Responsibilities

• Build data processing solutions using Python, PySpark, and SQL.
• Work with Redshift, Athena, and EMR for storage and analytics.
• Perform data transformation, validation, and quality checks.
• Optimize pipelines and troubleshoot production issues.
• Implement CI/CD and infrastructure automation with Git, Jenkins, Terraform/CFN.
• Collaborate with data architects, developers, and business teams.
• Adhere to banking security, compliance, and data governance standards.

Skills

AWS

S3

Glue

Redshift

Athena

EMR

Lambda

Python

PySpark

SQL

ETL/ELT

Data Warehousing

Git

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

MWAA

Job description

Location: Toronto, ON Hybrid

Contract: Long Term | Experience: 8+ Years

Job Summary

Seeking an experienced AWS Data Engineer to build and support scalable data pipelines and cloud data platforms for banking and financial services applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Build data processing solutions using Python, PySpark, and SQL.
• Work with Redshift, Athena, and EMR for data storage and analytics.
• Perform data transformation, validation, reconciliation, and quality checks.
• Optimize data pipelines and troubleshoot production issues.
• Implement CI/CD and infrastructure automation using Git, Jenkins, Terraform/CloudFormation.
• Collaborate with data architects, developers, and business teams.
• Follow banking security, compliance, and data governance standards.

Must-Have Skills

AWS | S3 | Glue | Redshift | Athena | EMR | Lambda | Python | PySpark | SQL | ETL/ELT | Data Warehousing | Git | CI/CD

Preferred

• Kafka/Kinesis, Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow/MWAA, Terraform.
• Experience with financial, customer, transaction, or regulatory data.