Senior Data Engineer

Synechron Canada_CANADA Company; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital consulting firm based in Toronto is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their dynamic team. The role focuses on developing and implementing robust data processing pipelines and working with advanced data platforms. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in big data technologies and data engineering practices, along with strong collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment. Additional benefits, including flexible workplace arrangements and a comprehensive insurance plan, highlight the company’s commitment to employee well-being.

Benefits

Paid annual leave plus personal leave

Comprehensive insurance plan

Higher education certification policy

On-demand online training courses

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience building batch and real-time data pipelines.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language like Python or Scala.
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust ETL processes for data integration.
• Optimize data integration workflows for performance and reliability.
• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery.

Skills

SQL

Data Processing

Big Data

Data Pipeline Development

Machine Learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spark

Hadoop

Kafka

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

At Synechron we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industryleading digital solutions. Synechrons progressive technologies and optimization strategies span endtoend Artificial Intelligence Consulting Digital Cloud & DevOps Data and Software Engineering servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models Digital Underwriting mobilefirst applications and more. Over the last 20 years our company has been honored with multiple employer awards recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about Synechron has a global workforce of 14500 and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

We are seeking a handson highly skilled and motivated individual to join our dynamic team as a Senior Data Engineer. As a key member of our data engineering team candidate will play a crucial role in the development and implementation of GAMs Data Platform. As the successful candidate will partner with key business stakeholders understand the business drivers and focus on designing implementing and maintaining robust data processing pipelines to support the organizations data needs and advance our capabilities pertaining to data engineering BI Machine Learning and AI.

Additional Information

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law the base salary for this role if filled within Toronto ON is CAD $120k CAD $125K / year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities :

• Work with business stakeholders and crossfunctional teams to understand data requirements and deliver scalable data solutions.
• Design develop and maintain robust ETL processes to extract transform and load data from various sources into our data platform.
• Build largescale batch and eventdriven data pipelines using cloud and onpremises hybrid data platform topology.
• Work closely with data architects to review solutions and data models and ensure adherence to data platform architecture guidelines and engineering best practices.
• Take ownership of endtoend deliverables and ensures high quality software development while fulfilling all operational and functional requirements in a timely manner.
• Implement and enforce data quality standards and best practices while collaborating with data governance teams to ensure compliance with data policies and regulations.
• Optimize data integration workflows for performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data integration and data processing issues.
• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery using DataOps pipelines.
• Apply designthinking and agile mindset in working with other engineers and business stakeholders to continuously experiment iterate and deliver on new initiatives.
• Stay informed about emerging technologies and trends in data engineering domain.
• Lead mentor and inspire a team of data engineers to achieve high performance levels.

Requirements :

• 57 years of experience building batch and realtime data pipelines leveraging big data technologies and distributed data processing using Spark Hadoop Airflow NiFi and Kafka.
• Proficiency in writing and optimizing SQL queries and at least one programming languages like Python and / or Scala.
• Experience with cloudbased data platforms (Snowflakes Databricks AWS Azure GCP).
• Expertise using CI / CD tools and working with docker and Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience with following DevOps and agile best practices.
• Experience with data modelling tools and methodologies.

Preferred but not required :

• Experience with OpenShift S3 Trino Ranger and Hive.
• Knowledge of machine learning and data science concepts and tools.
• Knowledge with BI & Analytics tools such as Tableau and Superset.

We offer :

• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad .
• 15 days 3 weeks) of paid annual leave plus an additional 10 days of personal leave (floating days and sick days).
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical dental vision life insurance and longterm disability.
• Flexible hybrid policy.
• RRSP with employers contribution up to 4 .
• A higher education certification policy .
• Ondemand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses .
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups .
• Cutting edge projects at the worlds leading tierone banks financial institutions and insurance firms .
• A truly diverse funloving and global work culture .

S YNECHRONS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference is committed to fostering an inclusive culture promoting equality diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds race ethnicities religion age marital status gender sexual orientations or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements mentoring internal mobility learning and development programs and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to the applicants gender gender identity sexual orientation race ethnicity disabled or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law .

Candidate Application Notice

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

Apache Hive,S3,Hadoop,Redshift,Spark,AWS,Apache Pig,NoSQL,Big Data,Data Warehouse,Kafka,Scala

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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