Senior Data Engineer

Coast Capital; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and operate a cloud-first Enterprise Analytics platform on AWS. This role requires 10+ years of data engineering experience, strong SQL skills, and expertise in building data pipelines. The ideal candidate will ensure data quality and governance while collaborating with various teams to support enterprise decision-making. A hybrid work model is offered on a competitive salary range from $95,900 to $124,700.

Benefits

Comprehensive customizable benefits

Defined contribution or benefit pension plan

Mortgage and auto financing benefits

Employee volunteer program

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data engineering with ownership of data platform builds.
• Strong SQL skills and performance tuning expertise.
• Experience with event/stream ingestion and CDC patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver reliable data ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Translate business requirements into robust data models.
• Operationalize data governance policies.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL

Kimball modeling

AWS

Collaboration

Communication

Tools

Informatica IDMC

AWS Redshift

Git

Job description

Location(s): Help Headquarters (Surrey, BC); Toronto, ON

Job Type: Full Time Regular

myWork Program: Hybrid

Starting Salary Range: $95,900.00-$124,700.00

Background Screening Requirement:

• Enhanced Criminal Record Check (every 5 years)
• Credit Check (every 5 years)
• Identity Verification (every 5 years)
• Employment Verification
• References

Job Purpose

The Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and operates our cloud-first Enterprise Analytics platform on AWS. You will partner with our Data Architect, Platform Engineering, DBAs, and Data Governance teams to ingest data from core banking and enterprise sources, transform it using repeatable, metadata‑driven patterns, and deliver curated data models that power self‑serve analytics, regulatory reporting, and enterprise decisioning. This role leads by example—establishing development standards, CI / CD practices, and data quality / governance controls across the engineering team—while ensuring all solutions meet CCS security, privacy, and regulatory expectations.

Accountabilities

Data Platform & Pipelines

Design and deliver reliable, scalable ingestion and transformation pipelines on AWS using Informatica IDMC (e.g., Cloud Data Integration, Mass Ingestion, Cloud Data Quality, Cloud Data Governance & Catalog).

Implement domain‑oriented, reusable data services and models optimized for analytics, regulatory reporting, and operational intelligence.

Engineer pipeline observability and automate testing within CI / CD.

Modeling & Analytics Enablement

Translate business and regulatory requirements into robust data models and marts.

Apply best‑practice dimensional modeling (Kimball) and pragmatic lakehouse design.

Governance, Quality & Security

Operationalize data governance policies with Informatica data governance and quality capabilities.

Embed privacy and security by design across pipelines.

Regulatory & Risk Alignment

Build data capabilities that support OSFI / FINTRAC / CDIC‑driven initiatives.

Partner with Risk, Finance, Compliance, and Internal Audit to ensure traceable data lineage and control evidence.

Ways of Working & Leadership

Set engineering standards and mentor engineers on cloud data engineering best practices.

Contribute to backlogs, estimations, and delivery plans.

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum Job-Related Experience

• 10+ years in data engineering with significant ownership of data warehouse / data platform builds and 3+ years on cloud (AWS preferred).
• Strong SQL and performance tuning.
• Expert in star schema / Kimball modeling.
• Proven track record building production pipelines (Preferably on AWS leveraging core data services including Redshift).
• Experience with event / stream ingestion, CDC patterns
• Experience operationalizing data quality, lineage, metadata management, and access controls.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Nice-to-have

• Hands‑on expertise with Informatica IDMC and Informatica Cloud Data Quality & Governance.
• CI / CD for data and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience building near‑real‑time analytics.
• Exposure to MDM, reference data management, and consent / privacy tooling.
• Background with the Microsoft BI stack to support legacy migrations.
• Demonstrated delivery in regulated financial services with familiarity across OSFI / FINTRAC / CDIC reporting.
• Familiarity with PCI DSS, PIPEDA / BC PIPA, data retention, and defensible deletion.

Tools & Environment

Cloud : AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM; Lake Formation / Athena; Redshift)

Integration & Quality : Informatica IDMC (Cloud Data Integration, Mass Ingestion, Cloud Data Quality), Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog

DevOps & Observability : Git‑based workflows, CI / CD for data, logging / metrics / alerting, data tests, lineage

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Coast Capital

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Coast Capital, we believe everyone has potential. We are committed to for everyone – including our employees. We see the potential in our employees to achieve amazing things and want to invest in your future. If you’re excited about this career opportunity and your experience may not perfectly align with every qualification in this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Coast Capital.

At Coast Capital, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black, and racialized persons, persons with disabilities, people of diverse sexual and gender identities and women. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences and expertise benefit of our employees, our members, and our community.

Coast Capital is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience. If you are a candidate with a disability and require accommodation(s) during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at or 778-391-5836. This contact is intended solely for inquiries or feedback related to accessibility barriers, accommodation requests or alternate format requests. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met. You will only receive a response to inquiries related to these topics.

Why join Coast Capital Savings?

• Purpose is our North Star. We look at everything through our purpose. It informs the advice we provide our members, the experiences and products we create, and the programs we build to support our employees and communities.
• Committed to inclusion and engagement. We have an ongoing focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion and routinely track how we’re doing, and what we need to do to keep improving. We foster a culture where everyone can feel safe to be who they really are and thrive.
• A career that grows with you. We believe in developing our people and promoting from within. Many employees have spent decades, and sometimes their entire careers, with Coast Capital and have progressed from the frontlines to senior leadership.
• Work where you’re most effective. In 2020 the world changed, and that includes how we work. In response to COVID-19 we launched myWork, which gives employees flexibility in where they work based on the nature of their role.
• Benefits that flex to the needs of you and your family. We offer comprehensive, customizable benefits for you and your family, so you can choose what fits best for you and your lifestyle.
• Retirement options. We also take care of our employees once they retire. That’s why we offer the choice of a defined contribution or defined benefit pension plan or RSP’s.
• Mortgage and auto financing benefits . Employees save thousands on their mortgages and auto loans with best-in-category benefits.
• Real Recognition . We recognize excellence throughout the year, through an online community that lets employees give kudos and thanks throughout the year. We’re human, which means we like to have fun with events, celebrations, and recognition throughout the year.
• An award winning culture . We’re a Platinum member of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and are regularly recognized by Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures and the BC Top Employers Awards.
• We reinvest 10% back into the community. When we do well, our communities do well. That’s why since 2000 we’ve invested over $90 million into our member’s communities.
• Double your impact. Through our employee volunteer program, Coast Capital donates $10 for every hour you volunteer to a Canadian charity or non-profit of your choice.