Senior Data Developer

Socket.dev; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Downtown Vancouver office

All Hands in Vancouver

Health and wellness benefits

Stock options / bonus

Generous PTO

Job summary

Visier is building the centralized data and control plane that powers our internal AI transformation. As the Data Developer, you will own the data layer from the ground up, designing, building, and scaling high‑throughput ingestion pipelines, warehouse schemas, and the vector‑based context engines that let AI agents query live organizational data.

You will apply modern data tooling (Snowflake, Databricks, dbt, Airflow) and DataOps best practices to deliver secure, scalable data platforms with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional data engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in CS, Data Science, or related field preferred.
• Strong Python and scripting skills with Git/CI/CD experience.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks).
• Familiarity with vector stores and RAG infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Architect foundational data architecture across relational, columnar, document, and vector stores.
• Build scalable ingestion pipelines and star schemas across multiple data domains.
• Own RAG-based context engine data layer, embedding pipelines and indexing.
• Develop data transformation and entity resolution to ensure accuracy.
• Embed DataOps practices: CI/CD, tests, schema drift detection, observability.
• Incorporate RBAC, retention policies, and security into the architecture.

Skills

5+ years data engineering

Python

Git & CI/CD

Data modeling

AI security awareness

DataOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

dbt

Airflow

Airbyte

Fivetran

pgvector/Pinecone/Weaviate

Iceberg

Job description

Visier is the global leader in Workforce Intelligence that powers every people decision. We bring Workforce AI to life for HR departments through our award-winning, agentic AI technology by surfacing the insights leaders need to plan, decide, and act with confidence in the moments that matter most. As the market leader in people analytics, workforce planning, organizational design, and manager effectiveness solutions, we fuel smarter decision-making for organizations across the globe. Our mission is to help businesses lead with insight at scale as they continuously transform.Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, we have over 85,000 customers in 75 countries—including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Domino’s Pizza, Experian, Amgen, eBay, and Ford Motor Company.

Position Overview

Visier is building the centralized data and control plane—the infrastructure, pipelines, and governance layer—that powers our internal AI transformation across project delivery, customer success, and internal knowledge. As the Data Developer on this initiative, you will own the technical direction of the entire data layer from the ground up. You will design, build, and scale high-throughput ingestion pipelines, continuous warehouse schemas, and the vector-based context engines that allow AI agents to reliably query and act on live organizational data.

In this role, you will leverage your deep data engineering expertise across relational, columnar, and vector data stores to architect secure, production-grade DataOps platforms. You will apply advanced pipeline patterns, open table formats, and AI-native data capabilities to transform fragmented enterprise data into trusted context for enterprise AI systems.

What You’ll Deliver:

• Architectural Ownership: Define and evolve the foundational data architecture across relational, columnar, document, and vector stores, setting technical standards for storage, schema design, and data flows.
• Unified Data Ingestion & Warehouse Design: Build scalable pipelines and star schemas to consolidate multi-system enterprise data (Salesforce, Gong, ServiceNow, Gainsight) across project delivery, knowledge assets, and customer intelligence domains.
• RAG Context Engine: Own the data layer for the RAG-based knowledge base engine by designing embedding pipelines, chunking strategies, metadata schemas, and index update mechanisms to ensure reliable, context-rich retrieval for AI agents.
• Data Transformation & Entity Resolution: Build robust transformation and aggregation jobs that clean, deduplicate, and resolve entities across disparate source systems to ensure downstream consumption is highly accurate.
• DataOps & Pipeline Reliability: Embed software engineering discipline into data workflows by implementing automated testing, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), schema drift detection, and end-to-end observability.
• Data Governance & AI Security: Integrate role-based access controls, retention policies, and data security standards directly into the architecture to safeguard retrieval layers against AI-specific security risks.

What You’ll Bring to the Table

• Education & Experience: 5+ years of professional data engineering experience with a proven track record of independently owning enterprise data architecture decisions end-to-end; a Bachelor's degree in CS, Data Science, or related field is preferred.
• Modern Data Stack Mastery: Deep hands-on experience with cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks), modern ETL/ELT frameworks (dbt, Airflow, Airbyte, Fivetran), and advanced SQL optimization techniques.
• Vector Stores & RAG Infrastructure: Production experience with vector databases (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate) and building end-to-end embedding pipelines (chunking strategies, indexing, similarity search).
• Data Modeling & Storage Breadth: Expertise in dimensional modeling (star schema, normalization) alongside hands-on command of relational, NoSQL, and columnar storage, including open table formats like Apache Iceberg.
• Software Developing Discipline: Proficient in Python and scripting languages, with strong Git and CI/CD habits (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) applied to DataOps practices.
• AI Security & Integration Awareness: Practical understanding of how LLM-based agents consume data, alongside knowledge of securing AI-connected data layers against risks like prompt injection and unauthorized data access.

Most importantly, you share our values…

• You roll up your sleeves
• You make it easy
• You are proud
• You never stop learning
• You play to win

How we work & what we offer...

• Fixed hybrid work model: 3 days a week in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
• Modern, pet-friendly downtown office spaces with collaborative areas and an on-site gym
• Centrally located, modern office with quick access to public transit
• Annual company All Hands in Vancouver, our entire organization travels to our Vancouver HQ for a week of team building, learning and breakout sessions
• Competitive salary, and top-tier health and wellness benefits
• Stock options and/or bonus based on your role, location, and employment type
• Generous paid time off, including volunteering days and extra days over the December holidays

The base pay range for this position in Canada is $110k - 140k / year + bonus.

Benefits and working arrangements may vary depending on your seniority, location and employment type. The compensation offered will be determined by factors such as relevant qualifications, experience, knowledge and skills. Many of our positions are eligible for additional types of compensation (e.g., commission plans, bonus, etc.) which our Talent Acquisition team will share with you if you interview for the role.

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