Platform Engineering – Data Infrastructure III

Peoples Group; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Profit sharing

RRSP matching

Benefits from day one

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Peoples Group is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design and operate a robust data platform across Canada. You will build infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and secure, observable systems that support data engineers and business partners.

The role emphasizes reliability, cost awareness, and collaboration with security and engineering teams. The ideal candidate has 6+ years in platform roles, strong Terraform and Kubernetes experience, and a track record of production-grade

Qualifications

• 6+ years in Platform, DevOps, or SRE roles with greenfield platform build.
• Teems with Terraform at scale, including module design and drift control.
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes including RBAC and upgrades.
• Proven CI/CD pipelines as a shared platform (GitLab CI, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions).
• Strong cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) with storage, serverless, databases, IAM.
• Observability with meaningful SLOs, alerting and dashboards.
• Security-focused design for platforms handling sensitive data.
• Strong scripting in Python or Go.
• Experience with data tooling like Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, Kafka is a plus.
• Knowledge of policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) is a plus.
• Cost management on consumption-based clouds a plus.
• Experience in financial institutions or regulated environments a plus.
• AWS/Azure certs are assets.
• Postmortems that changed team operations.
• Clear written and verbal trade-off explanations for engineers and non-tech stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and run the data platform, with IaC and reusable modules.
• Build CI/CD golden paths so data engineers ship safely.
• Automate provisioning, access management, and platform changes.
• Own platform availability, HA, DR, and capacity planning.
• Define SLOs, monitoring, and alerting across storage/compute.
• Participate in on-call rotation and lead blameless postmortems.
• Secure platforms with access control, encryption, and data masking.
• Make data teams faster by reducing friction and improving developer experience.
• Review designs and provide platform reliability input.

Skills

Terraform at scale

Platform design

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud-native services

AWS

Azure

GCP

Observability

SLOs & alerting

Security by design

Access management

Python/Go scripting

Data platform tooling

Cost optimization

Postmortems

Trade-off communication

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Terragrunt or equivalent

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Snowflake Horizon

Purview

Unity Catalog

OPA

Sentinel

Snowflake

Kafka

dbt

Airflow

Snowflake

Job description

We are hiring for this position out of our Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary offices. Successful candidates who apply outside of these areas will be expected to relocate and reside in a location that is within a commutable distance.

About The Role

As an experienced platform engineer, you build and run the infrastructure that other engineers depend on, and you measure your success by how fast and safely they can ship. Here, your customers are our data teams, and the platform you build powers products used by merchants and service providers across Canada. You have designed a platform from the ground up, lived with the consequences, and can explain what you would do differently. You know the difference between a proof of concept and a production-grade system, and you treat security, reliability, and cost as design inputs rather than afterthoughts. You are hands-on, you own what you build, and you work comfortably with engineering, security, and business partners to get the right solution into production.

About The Day-to-day

• Build and evolve the data platform
  • Design and maintain platform infrastructure as code, with reusable modules and consistent environments
  • Build CI/CD golden paths that let data engineers ship safely and independently
  • Automate provisioning, access management, and platform changes to eliminate manual toil
• Run it reliably
  • Own platform availability, high availability, disaster recovery, and capacity planning
  • Define and maintain SLOs, monitoring, and alerting across storage, compute, and orchestration
  • Participate in the on-call rotation and lead blameless postmortems
• Secure it by design
  • Implement access control, secrets management, encryption, and data masking in partnership with Security
  • Keep the platform audit-ready through automated, policy-driven controls
• Make data teams faster
  • Treat data engineers as your customers by reducing friction and improving developer experience
  • Contribute to solution design and peer code reviews with a platform and reliability lens
  • Evaluate new technologies and take the successful ones from proof of concept to production

About The Qualifications

• 6+ years in Platform, DevOps, or SRE roles, including at least one greenfield platform build you can speak to end-to-end (architecture decisions, trade-offs, and what you would do differently)
• Deep, hands-on expertise with Terraform at scale, including module design, state management, and drift control across many environments (Terragrunt or equivalent patterns)
• Production experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including upgrades, networking, RBAC, and incident response
• Proven experience designing CI/CD pipelines as a shared platform for engineering teams (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or equivalent)
• Strong experience with cloud-native services on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including object storage, serverless compute, managed databases, and IAM
• Experience building observability with meaningful SLOs, actionable alerting, and dashboards (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana or equivalent)
• Experience securing platforms that handle sensitive data and PII, including access control, secrets management, encryption, and working in partnership with security teams
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python or Go
• Experience operating data platforms or tooling (Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, Kafka) an asset
• Experience with data governance, cataloging, or masking policies (Snowflake Horizon, Purview, Unity Catalog) an asset
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) an asset
• Experience managing cost on consumption-based cloud platforms an asset
• Experience in a financial institution or regulated environment (PCI DSS, OSFI) an asset
• AWS and Azure certifications are assets
• You have written a postmortem that changed how your team operates
• You explain technical trade-offs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders, in writing and verbally

About Us

Peoples Group is a trusted financial services company for the innovators at the forefront of Canada’s economic future. With offices in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, we are driving change by working alongside challenger banks, fintechs, brokers, and merchants to foster a dynamic and competitive financial ecosystem.

Our culture is built on four core behaviors: Grit to Grow, Connect to Collaborate, Putting Clients First, and Owning the Outcome. We believe people do not simply choose a company to work for—they choose a company that makes a positive impact in the lives of Canadians. Above all, we value people, build meaningful relationships, focus on individual strengths, and approach our work with passion.

About The Work Environment

Peoples Group offers a flexible and hybrid work environment. In this role you will work a combination of in-office and remotely from home. Typically, you’ll be working regular business hours, Monday to Friday between 8:00am and 4:30pm with flexibility around start/end times.

We Offer

• A hybrid work environment, enabling you to balance your personal and professional life seamlessly.
• Competitive salaries, profit sharing, RRSP matching and benefits from day one.
• Generous paid time off to help achieve a healthy work-life balance.
• A commitment to your well-being in five key areas: Financial, Physical, Social, Career, and Community.

Hiring Process

If your application is selected, you will be invited for a first interview with one of our Talent Acquisition Business Partners. Depending on the role, interviews may be conducted virtually or in-person. The hiring team will communicate any in-person requirements throughout the process.

Compensation

The expected salary for this role is approximately $130,000.00 - $140,000.00 annually. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and qualifications.

NOTE: This job posting is for an existing vacancy. Peoples Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest; however, only those applicants under consideration will be contacted.

We value and celebrate individuality while fostering an inclusive workplace for everyone. If there's any way we can support or accommodate you during the selection process, please don't hesitate to let us know.