Senior Data Developer

Plusgrade; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP Matching

Comprehensive Health Plans

Flexible Paid Time Off

Travel Experience Perk

Annual Wellness Perk

Commuter Perk

Tenure-Based Work From AnywhereProgram

Parental Leave Top Up

Adventure Pass

Learning Allowance

Job summary

Plusgrade’s data platform powers decisions and machine learning models for the world’s leading travel brands. You will own the evolution of this high-scale infrastructure, designing resilient batch and streaming pipelines and translating architecture into actionable engineering solutions.

You will mentor engineers, optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost, and collaborate with data scientists and product teams to ensure scalable, trusted data flows end to end.

Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern data warehouses like Snowflake.
• Track record of building production-grade pipelines using Airflow or Dagster.
• Deep hands-on experience with real-time streaming architectures.
• Strong software engineering foundation: testing, version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement resilient batch and streaming data pipelines.
• Translate high-level architecture into actionable engineering solutions.
• Mentor intermediate engineers across the team.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency.
• Collaborate with data scientists and product teams to keep data flows scalable and trusted end to end.

Skills

Python

SQL

Snowflake

Airflow

Dagster

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

Kafka

Kinesis

S3

Glue

Lambda

EMR

ECS

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Snowflake

Python

SQL

Job description

Employment Type: Permanent

Job Description: Plusgrade's data platform powers decisions and machine learning models for the biggest travel brands in the world, and we need someone ready to own the evolution of this high-scale infrastructure.

What You'll Be Doing

You will design and implement resilient batch and streaming data pipelines, translating high-level architecture into actionable engineering solutions. You will optimize cloud infrastructure for performance and cost efficiency while mentoring intermediate engineers across the team. Our delivery model actively integrates advanced automation, so you will help restructure how our pipelines and tools are built, reviewed, and delivered around intelligent systems. Working closely with data scientists and product teams, you will ensure our mission-critical data flows remain scalable and trusted end to end.

The Stack

• Snowflake
• Python
• SQL
• Java
• Scala
• Airflow
• Dagster
• Kafka
• Kinesis
• S3
• Glue
• Lambda
• EMR
• ECS
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• Docker
• Kubernetes

What You Bring

You have advanced proficiency in Python, SQL, and modern data warehouses like Snowflake, along with a track record of building production-grade pipelines using tools like Airflow or Dagster.

You have structurally changed how your team works around AI, building shared systems others depend on and raising the technical bar for the developers around you.

You bring deep hands-on experience with real-time streaming architectures and have successfully scaled automated monitoring and data quality frameworks for critical pipelines.

You possess a strong software engineering foundation, applying robust testing, version control, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code to everything you build.

You are a natural technical mentor who collaborates effectively across functional teams to translate complex architecture into high-leverage business outcomes.

Why Plusgrade Travel is about the moments that make a journey feel personal.

At Plusgrade, we build the technology that makes those moments possible, from upgrade offers and loyalty experiences to revenue tools used by 575+ airline, hospitality, cruise, rail, and financial services partners worldwide.

The work is global, complex, and rewarding. You will solve meaningful problems, take ownership from idea to outcome, and work alongside people who are smart, curious, and committed to doing great work.

We also give our teams access to AI tools and the encouragement to use them thoughtfully, to move faster, explore ideas, and build better ways of working.

We trust our teams to do their best work. That means autonomy, flexibility, and room to grow.

Come help us shape the future of travel.

What You'll Love About Us

• RRSP Matching
• Comprehensive Health Plans
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Travel Experience Perk
• Annual Wellness Perk
• Commuter Perk
• Tenure-Based Work From Anywhere Program
• Parental Leave Top Up
• Adventure Pass
• Learning Allowance

Our Process We believe every candidate deserves a fair, transparent experience, so regardless of outcome, everyone gets feedback. Our process: Recruiter call to Hiring Manager interview to Final interview.

Plusgrade is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to accessible recruitment. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of gender identity or expression, race, ethnic origin, creed, place of origin, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. Accommodation is available upon request.

We may use AI-assisted tools to help screen and assess applicants for this role. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Plusgrade powers the global travel industry with its portfolio of leading ancillary revenue solutions. Over 575 airline, hospitality, cruise, passenger rail, and financial services companies trust Plusgrade to create new, meaningful revenue streams through incredible customer experiences. As an ancillary revenue powerhouse, Plusgrade has generated billions of dollars in new revenue opportunities across its platform for its partners, while creating enhanced travel experiences for millions of their passengers and guests. Plusgrade was founded in 2009 with headquarters in Montreal and offices around the world.