Data Engineer

Thinkoutsidethevalley; Kitchener; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic tech firm in the Region of Waterloo is seeking a Data Engineer to contribute to product development. You'll work with large datasets, analyze customer behavior, and develop models that inform product improvements. The role offers competitive pay and benefits, including eCommerce credits and health benefits in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Health benefits

Top-notch equipment

Monthly eCommerce credit

Transportation credit

Social events

Qualifications

• Strong experience with data modeling and aggregation.
• Ability to manage large datasets effectively.
• Experience in building predictive models.

Responsibilities

• Develop models to measure the health of merchants individual rewards programs.
• Aggregate customer data to track and manage important actions.
• Explore and segment customer behaviour to uncover opportunities.

Skills

Apache Hive

S3

Hadoop

Redshift

Spark

AWS

Apache Pig

NoSQL

Big Data

Data Warehouse

Kafka

Scala

Job description

Data Engineer

We are looking for a Data Engineer who can become a critical contributor to our product development & thought‑leadership efforts. You will be part of a team that builds new products that will help online businesses reward their customers with roughly 12,000 rewards programs.

About the Job

Responsibilities of the Data Engineer are:

• Develop models to measure the health of merchants individual rewards programs
• Determine important customer actions and aggregate customer data to track and manage them
• Find opportunities for improvement or development of features in products
• Use large datasets of reward programs & customer behaviour to generate industry‑leading reports and research publications
• Work with the Product Team and support their efforts in recommending new rewards programs and improvements to the largest clients in our business.

Youll be working with Rails, Postgresql, and Redis on the backend and the saviour that is on the front‑end – all hosted on Heroku so we can focus on shipping a great product. We use Github, Slack, and CircleCI to communicate efficiently and ship code every day.

Requirements

About You

You love writing code, crunching data, and using a data‑oriented approach to solving problems in business. You love a challenge and aren't afraid to tackle big messy projects. You enjoy collaborating with other developers and get excited about the experiences we give to thousands of people.

You have experience in

• Determining what data to gather to inform problem definition, problem solving, and opportunity discovery
• Approaching open‑ended situation sets of requirements and coming up with a plan of action
• Working with large data sets and choosing the best tools to do so
• Building models to simulate, predict, and evaluate simple & complex systems at scale
• Exploring and segmenting customer behaviour data to uncover problems and opportunities (nice‑to‑have)

Benefits

The Team

Join a team of ambitious self‑starters who think pragmatically yet efficiently about solving unique problems in the industry. Take part in a high‑growth environment where you will be pushed to improve upon the necessary to create more value.

Social

We create opportunities for fun – there are plenty of interesting social events on the horizon.

Compensation, Perks, and Benefits

We offer competitive pay & health benefits while also providing you with top‑notch equipment to make sure you’re doing the best work you’re capable of. We also have a monthly eCommerce credit as well as a transportation credit.

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. As an equal opportunity employer we welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Contact us at for more information

Key Skills

• Apache Hive
• S3
• Hadoop
• Redshift
• Spark
• AWS
• Apache Pig
• NoSQL
• Big Data
• Data Warehouse
• Kafka
• Scala

Employment Type: Full‑Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1