Senior Data Engineer

Vantage; Toronto; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to enhance their data infrastructure. In this fully remote role, you will design and optimize data systems, manage big data platforms, and ensure data quality. Join a collaborative team that values creativity and diversity, while pushing the boundaries of data technology. This role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge tools and contribute to a market-leading platform in a rapidly evolving industry. If you're passionate about data and eager to make an impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee Share Ownership

Flexible Work/Life Balance

Great Health Benefits

Career Development Allowance

Mac Laptop & Equipment

Team Building Activities

Generous Vacation

Paid Holidays

Maternity/Parental Leave Benefits

Well-Being Programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in data engineering, big data, or distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Python, SQL, and ETL/ELT pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize data pipelines and workflows for analytics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for seamless data integration.

Skills

Data Engineering

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT

Data Modelling

Privacy Compliance

Big Data

Distributed Systems

Tools

Apache Airflow

Kafka

Kinesis

Pub/Sub

Job description

Senior Data Engineer

Vantage is growing again and we are looking for Sr Data Engineer to join our team. We are a fully remote team, but are primarily based in southern Ontario, and get together in person at least once a month for planning, team building and group work. We foster a positive team environment focused on collaboration and the ability to make decisions in a fast-paced environment.

As a Data Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in designing and scaling our data infrastructure that is used to collect, process and analyze our massive data set. Using a wide variety of cutting edge technologies, we continue to push the boundaries of what's possible and we are excited for you to come and share your knowledge.

What you will do?

1. Build Scalable Data Systems - Design, develop, and optimize data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and data warehouses to support large-scale retail media analytics.

2. Manage Big Data & Streaming Platforms - handle real-time and batch processing at scale.

3. Collaborate Cross-Functionally – Work closely with data scientists, analysts, software engineers, and product teams to ensure seamless data integration and access.

4. Ensure Data Quality & Governance – Implement robust monitoring, validation, and security controls to maintain high data reliability.

What We’re Looking For:

1. 5+ years of experience in data engineering, big data, or distributed systems.

2. Strong expertise in Python, SQL (or equivalent big data processing frameworks).

3. Proficiency in ETL/ELT pipelines using Apache Airflow, or similar orchestration tools.

4. Experience working with real-time streaming data (Kafka, Kinesis, or Pub/Sub).

5. Strong understanding of data modelling, data warehousing, and distributed systems.

6. Familiarity with privacy-compliant data processing (GDPR, CCPA) for advertising/retail media use cases.

7. Bonus: Experience with data lakes, ML pipelines, or advertising technology (AdTech/MarTech).

What we offer:

1. Competitive compensation.

2. Employee share ownership – because Vantage wants you to truly share the success.

3. Flexible work/life, remote-first philosophy.

4. Great health benefits from Day 1.

5. Career development / continuing education allowance – we all want to stay sharp.

6. Mac laptop & other Apple equipment (we’ll give you a budget to build your perfect work-from-home environment because ergonomics matter).

7. Team building activities to keep things fun: wonderland days, cottage trips (COVID permitting), virtual games & escape rooms, team lunches, and weekly nacho breaks on Fridays.

About Vantage

Vantage plays in a $250BN addressable market in North America that is seeing significant disruption. Retailers are transforming their digital marketing practices to drive customer acquisition and are looking for new profit centers in retail media networks.

Vantage is uniquely positioned in this space, having established a technology platform that is custom built for retail media. We offer the only turnkey platform for integrated retail media networks. We significantly out-perform online media benchmarks by leveraging automation, machine learning, and AI. Ours is the market-leading platform and we have real traction with some of the biggest names in retail.

We are excited to expand the team and take the company to the next level. You would have the opportunity to get in early and obviously that comes with great possible financial upside, but it also comes with an opportunity to shape the culture of the team. So, we’re picky about the people we invite to join the journey. We’re looking for true team players, not lone wolves, or temporary hired guns. We are professionals with a passion for doing great work and driving real success for Vantage and our clients.

Headquartered in Toronto but working fully remotely, the Vantage team is diverse, creative and fun. Our belief is that our strong commitment to diversity & inclusion enables Vantage to be better. We also believe that people are happiest and can accomplish the most amazing things when they have the freedom and flexibility to customize their work and life environments, and can take on huge, stimulating challenges with fantastic colleagues.

In addition to your compensation, enjoy the rewards of an organization that puts our heart into building a team. Vantage offers a full range of medical, dental, and vision benefits. All employees are also owners, as everyone is enrolled into the Vantage Employee Stock Option Plan. Vantage provides strong maternity / parental leave benefits in all jurisdictions. Vantage also offers numerous well-being programs, education assistance, development courses, and discount programs with participating partners. As for time off, Vantage employees enjoy generous vacation, as well as paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Number of paid holidays, sick time, and other time off are provided consistent with relevant jurisdictions and company policies.

Reasonable accommodations are available to job applicants on request and throughout the application process.

We thank all applicants in advance for their interest in this position; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.