Senior Data Engineer

JobCubby; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RBC is seeking an experienced Senior Big Data Engineer in Vancouver to drive complex data solutions and collaborate with cross‑functional teams. You will design, implement, and optimize data pipelines, implement best practices in data governance, and mentor junior engineers.

You will work with Spark, Hadoop/Hive, Airflow, and BI tools while coordinating with QA and operations to ensure reliable production systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Spark (Scala/Python) and Big Data platforms.
• Experience with Hadoop/Hive ETL or Cloudera is required.
• Strong SQL/Oracle/ANSI SQL experience.
• Experience on Windows/Unix/Linux OS.
• Undergraduate degree in CS/engineering or related field.
• Strong communication and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Owner/PM/Tech Lead to determine optimal development solutions.
• Drive detailed design and development phases, track issues and resolutions.
• Ensure alignment with data/architecture strategy and documentation.
• Support application operations and troubleshoot production issues.
• Coordinate with QA for testing and verification of changes.
• Mentor teammates and share knowledge across the team.

Skills

Big Data

Cloud Computing

Database Development

Data Mining

Data Warehousing

ETL Processing

Group Problem Solving

Quality Management

Requirements Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

JIRA

Confluence

Airflow

Docker

Kubernetes

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

What will you do?

• Work with the Product Owner, Product Manager, and Development Lead to understand and determine best mix of development and technical solutions to meet business requirements and project objectives.
• Work on detailed design and development phases of project initiatives; identifying, tracking and resolving technical issues.
• Ensure design/development solutions are aligned to the data/architecture strategy.
• Ensure adequate technical/reference documentation and training is in place.
• Provide assistance to the application support team in troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
• Coordinate with the Quality Engineering team on all aspects of testing and verification, ensuring quality assurance testing is performed for all changes.
• Impart knowledge, benefit of experience, and mentoring to other members of the team.

Must-have:

• Total Experience 5+ years’ , with atleast 2-3 years experience with Spark (Scala/Python) , Big Data ,Databricks, Airflow ,DBT
• Solid experience (as evidenced by resume) with Apache Hadoop/Hive ETL/data-pipelines or other big-data platform technology/tools Cloudera
• Solid experience (as evidenced by resume) with SQL, Oracle/PL-SQL or any ANSI-compliant RDBMS platform preferred.
• Experience on Windows/Unix/Linux OS.
• Undergraduate degree/diploma in computer science/engineering or related technology discipline.
• Solid communication and time management skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Demonstrable experience with DevOps tools/technologies, including continuous integration/delivery tools and technologies such as GitHub, Jenkins, Synk, JIRA, Confluence, Airflow
• Demonstrable experience with containerization tools and technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Redhat OpenShift Container Platform (OCP).
• Experience with Capital Markets or other financial technology services’ middle/back office environments.
• Experience with/exposure to cloud technology platforms such as PCF (on-prem), AWS. Azure (off-prem).
• Experience with/exposure to Business Intelligence (BI)/Analytics/Reporting tools, such as Tableau, Datameer, Power BI, Presto, Snowflake, Apache Superset, etc.
• Experience with/exposure with Test driven development (TDD) and automated unit testing.

Job Skills

Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Database Development, Data Mining, Data Warehousing (DW), ETL Processing, Group Problem Solving, Quality Management, Requirements Analysis

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

Additional Job Details

Address:

745 THURLOW ST:VANCOUVERCity:

VancouverCountry:

CanadaWork hours/week:

37.5Employment Type:

Full timePlatform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSJob Type:

RegularPay Type:

SalariedPosted Date:

2026-07-27Application Deadline:

2026-11-29Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above