Senior Cloud Data Warehouse Engineer

LanceSoft Inc; Montreal; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Montreal is seeking a Senior Cloud Data Warehouse Engineer to enhance their data platform. The role involves developing a centralized data warehouse using Snowflake and Python, collaborating with various teams to implement data solutions and optimize performance. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in data development, strong analytical skills, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data development in complex environments.
• 5+ years of experience developing data solutions on Snowflake.
• 3+ years of experience with Python libraries for data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage Snowflake data warehouse.
• Establish best practices for Snowflake usage.
• Monitor performance of queries and data loads.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data Analysis

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Snowflake

Airflow

DBT

Spark

Job description

Job Title: Senior Cloud Data Warehouse Engineer
Location: Montreal (day 1 onboarding onsite /in-office presence required 3x/week)
12+ Months Contract with Extension

Job Description

Team Overview

The Controls Engineering, Measurement and Analytics (CEMA) department is responsible for Cyber Risk and Control assessment, management, monitoring, and reporting capabilities across Technology, resulting in risk reduction and better oversight of the technology risk landscape of the firm. Our work is always client focused, our engineers are problem-solvers and innovators. We seek exceptional technologists to help deliver solutions on our user-facing applications, data stores, and reporting and metric platforms while being cloud-centric, leveraging multi-tier architectures and aligned with our DevOps and Agile strategies. We are in the process of modernizing our technology stack across multiple platforms with the goal of building scalable, front-to-back assessment, measurement and monitoring systems using the latest cloud, web, and data technologies. We are looking for someone with a systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with a sense of ownership and drive. The successful candidate will be able to influence and collaborate globally. They should be a strong team-player, have an entrepreneurial approach, push innovative ideas while appropriately considering risk, and adapt in a fast-paced changing environment.

Role Summary

As a Senior Cloud Data Warehouse Engineer, you will be a member of the C3 Data Warehouse team with a focus on building our next-gen data platform used for sourcing and storing data from different technology systems across the firm into a centralized data platform that empowers various reporting and analytics solutions for the Technology Risk functions within ***. In this role you will be primarily responsible for contributing to the development of our Cloud Data Warehouse utilizing Snowflake and Python-based tooling. You will also be responsible for the design and development of our data warehouse utilizing Snowflake capabilities such as data sharing, time travel, Snow Park, workload optimization across analytic and AI use-cases, and the ingestion and storage of structured and unstructured data. You will work on the integration of our Snowflake data warehouse with existing internal platforms for data quality, data cataloging, data discovery, incident logging, and metric generation. You will be working closely with data warehousing leads, data analysts, ETL developers, infrastructure engineers, and data analytics teams to facilitate the implementation of this data platform and data pipeline framework.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• To design, develop, and manage our Snowflake data warehouse.
• To contribute towards the establishment of best practices for the optimal and efficient usage of Snowflake with tooling like Airflow, DBT and Spark.
• To assist with the testing and deployment of our data pipeline framework utilizing standard testing frameworks and CI/CD tooling.
• To monitor the performance of queries and data loads and perform tuning as necessary.
• To provide assistance and guidance during the QA & UAT phases to quickly confirm the validity of potential issues and to determine the root cause and best resolution of verified issues.

SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field required.
• At least 10 years of experience in data development and solutions in highly complex data environments with large data volumes.
• At least 7 years of SQL / PLSQL experience with the ability to write ad-hoc and complex queries to perform data analysis.
• At least 5 years of experience with developing data solutions on Snowflake.
• At least 3 years of data pipelines and data warehousing solutions using Python and libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, PySpark, etc.
• At least 3 years of experience developing solutions in a hybrid data environment (on-Prem and Cloud).
• Hands on experience with Python a must.
• Hands on experience with Airflow (or similar tools like Dagster) a must.
• Snowflake SnowPro Core a must.
• Snowflake SnowPro Advanced Architect and Advanced Data Engineer a plus.
• Hands on experience with DBT a plus.
• Experience with performance tuning SQL queries, Spark job, and stored procedures.
• An understanding of E-R data models (conceptual, logical, and physical).
• Understanding of advanced data warehouse concepts (Factless Fact Tables, Temporal Bi-Temporal models, etc.) a plus.
• Strong analytical skills, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business requirements and translate them into technical designs and solutions.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written. Capable of collaborating effectively across a variety of IT and Business groups, across regions, roles and able to interact effectively with all levels.
• Self-starter. Proven ability to manage multiple, concurrent projects with minimal supervision. Can manage a complex ever changing priority list and resolve conflicts to competing priorities.
• Strong problem-solving skills. Ability to identify where focus is needed and bring clarity to business objectives, requirements, and priorities.