Data/Backend Engineer Lead - Canada

Knotch, Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading content intelligence company in Toronto seeks a Data/Backend Engineer Lead to drive critical data projects and ensure high performance. You'll optimize existing applications, mentor engineers, and shape technical direction. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and experience with AWS and Snowflake. Join us to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience in data or backend engineering.
• At least 2 years in a leadership or lead-level role.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python for data manipulation.
• Experience with AWS services and Snowflake.

Responsibilities

• Drive project success by collaborating cross-functionally.
• Maintain and improve existing data applications for performance.
• Own the data integrity and quality for your assigned domains.
• Lead end-to-end data projects with expert guidance.

Skills

Data engineering

Backend engineering

API development

SQL

Python

AWS

Snowflake

Team leadership

Communication

Job description

About Knotch

Knotch is a Content Intelligence Platform that enables brands to drive business growth through content. We build products for people who use content to drive performance. We also offer Strategic Consulting services which enable brands to achieve new levels of efficiency and effectiveness through ongoing and ad hoc support. Used by companies like Bank of America, Deloitte, Zillow, Square and Dropbox, Knotch gives marketers a holistic view of content’s performance and provides insights and actions that drive performance and increase efficiency.

About the Role

As a Data/Backend Engineer Lead at Knotch, you'll be at the forefront of our data initiatives. You'll take ownership of critical data projects, ensuring their reliability, performance, accuracy, and quality. This means not only building robust solutions but also proactively identifying and resolving data inconsistencies. Beyond technical ownership, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our engineering team by providing technical direction, conducting thorough reviews, and mentoring other engineers.

How You'll Add Value at Knotch

• Drive Project Success: Collaborate cross-functionally to define requirements, gain technical alignment, and ensure the successful delivery of complex data projects from conception to deployment.
• Optimize & Enhance: Maintain and significantly improve our existing data applications, focusing on optimal performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Strategic Partnership: Build strong relationships across various teams to deeply understand their data needs and deliver impactful, tailored solutions that drive business outcomes.
• Data Stewardship: Own the integrity and quality of critical data sets, serving as the go-to subject matter expert for your assigned business domains.
• Technical Leadership: Lead data projects from end-to-end, providing expert technical guidance, performing rigorous code and design reviews, and actively mentoring junior and mid-level engineers.

What You'll Bring to the Team

• Experience: 8+ years of professional experience in data or backend engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership or lead-level role.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead, mentor, and guide a team of data/backend engineers, fostering growth and high performance.
• Technical Depth: Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python, demonstrating a strong command of data manipulation, analysis, and scripting.
• Backend Expertise: Solid knowledge and hands-on experience in backend engineering principles and robust API development.
• Cloud & Data Platforms: Practical experience with AWS services and Snowflake for data warehousing.
• Communication: Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Knotch is a US based equal opportunity employer. We strive to provide equal opportunities in all of our processes, including our hiring and employee experience.mWe pride ourselves on our three values: transparency, relentlessness, and inclusiveness.

We commit to daily work towards leading with empathy, reducing bias through periodic training, and engaging with and uplifting communities of marginalized groups. We condemn all forms of racism and discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy or parenthood status, veteran status, disability status or any other identifier. We encourage all employees, clients, investors, candidates, vendors, and friends of Knotch to deliver honest feedback directly or anonymously so that we may always seek to improve as an organization that is dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.