DATA ENGINEER - 2025-ENC-ST-000392

Rimutee; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Data Engineer in Ottawa, Ontario, who is passionate about building scalable data solutions in the cloud. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience with data lakes, strong programming skills in Python or Java, and expertise in modern data tools including ETL/ELT pipeline development and real-time data processing. Join us to develop high-quality metrics and processing systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing and building scalable data lakes in cloud environments.
• Expertise in DBT and data warehouse modeling for metrics development.

Skills

Programming in Python

Programming in Java

ETL/ELT pipeline development

Data warehouse modeling

Real-time data streaming

Big data processing

Advanced SQL skills

Tools

Apache Airflow

Kafka

Google Pub/Sub

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Overview

Are you passionate about building scalable data solutions in the cloud? We’re looking for a Data Engineer with strong programming skills and hands-on experience with modern data tools to help us develop high-quality metrics, pipelines, and real-time processing systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in designing and building scalable data lakes in cloud environments.
• Advanced programming skills in Python or Java.
• Proven experience in ETL/ELT pipeline development, ideally with Airflow.
• Expertise in DBT and data warehouse modeling for metrics development.
• Solid experience working with real-time data streaming tools like Kafka or Google Pub/Sub.
• Hands-on experience with big data processing tools, such as Hadoop, Spark, or their GCP equivalents (e.g., Dataproc, Dataflow).
• Advanced SQL skills – you know how to write and optimize complex queries across large datasets.