Remote-First Senior Data Engineer — Scale Data Platforms

Assent; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote‑first culture

Hybrid in‑office days near Ottawa

Competitive base salary

Corporate bonus program

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Assent is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to advance our data platforms and engineering practices. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data solutions, collaborating with AI/ML, product, and software teams.

You will contribute to architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help implement best practices, governance, and data quality standards across the data stack. This role supports a remote‑first culture with in‑office presence as needed in North America.

Qualifications

• Degree in a related field.
• 7+ years of data engineering experience.
• Proficiency in AWS, dbt, Snowflake, Git, Python, SQL, SQL Server.
• Strong communication and project management skills.
• Experience in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to strategy and architectural design of scalable data solutions.
• Develop and maintain secure, robust, high‑performing data platforms.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in data engineering.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Education

Degree in a related field

Tools

AWS

dbt

Snowflake

Git

Python

SQL

SQL Server

Job description

Assent is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to advance our data platforms and engineering practices. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data solutions, collaborating with AI/ML, product, and software teams.

You will contribute to architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and help implement best practices, governance, and data quality standards across the data stack. This role supports a remote‑first culture with in‑office presence as needed in North America.