Data Engineer - Canada or INTL INDIA

Insight Global; Burnaby; Remote; CAD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing and recruiting firm is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to work remotely in Canada or India. The role involves creating ETL/ELT pipelines, ensuring smooth operations in Airflow, and troubleshooting CI/CD processes for a major gaming initiative. Candidates should have experience with big data, Snowflake, SQL, and Python. This position offers a contract for 6 months with opportunities for growth in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement account access with employer matching

Paid sick leave and other paid time off

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years experience as a Data Engineer working with best practices for big data.
• Experience with cloud data warehousing solutions and API-based integrations.
• Strong communication skills and ability to navigate complex situations.

Responsibilities

• Create data engineering ETL / ELT pipelines for a gaming company's project.
• Ensure tags in Airflow are running and troubleshoot CI / CD issues.

Skills

Data engineering best practices

SQL querying

Python programming

Collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Airflow

Job description

Who Can Apply

• Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a skilled Data Engineer remote Canada (EST preferred) or remote India for a large AAA gaming company on a contract for 6 months. You will be assisting the Data and Analytics team on their Player Security initiatives for one of the company's largest game titles set to launch this fall. Your day-to-day will be creating data engineering ETL / ELT pipelines, making sure tags in Airflow are running, and basic troubleshooting in CI / CD and DevOps. Experience working with big data in an enterprise environment is a necessity for this position. The environment and tools are Snowflake, Databricks, and Airflow. Your languages are SQL, Python and Rust. Someone who is proficient and confident in data engineering best practices as well as takes initiative, works well with others cross-functionally, and can navigate complex situations and decision-making will be successful in this role.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and / or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy :

Required Skills & Experience

3-5+ years experience as a Data Engineer working with best practices for big data, data modelling, and with both structured and unstructured data

Experienced with Snowflake or Databricks data platform (or both) – preference for Snowflake

3+ years experience working with SQL querying for cloud data warehousing solutions

3+ years experience programming in Python language to extract data and put into the warehouse

1-2 years experience with API-based integration

3+ years experience with Airflow

Experience with CI / CD deployments and basic DevOps troubleshooting

Highly collaborative, takes initiative, great communication, and can navigate complex situations

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience with Rust

Exposure to security ( user security)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and / or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.