Senior Data Engineer

JobCubby; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards Program

Bonuses and flexible benefits

Stock options

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to develop the Finance Data Platform, leveraging Airflow, Databricks, and Spark to manage data ingest, enrichment, reconciliation, analytics and reporting across positional, sub-ledger and general-ledger datasets.

You will work with cross-functional teams to design and implement technical solutions aligned to data architecture, ensure documentation, facilitate training, and mentor peers in a dynamic, finance-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with 3+ years in Spark.
• Proficient with Hadoop/Hive ETL/data-pipelines or similar big-data platforms (Cloudera).
• Strong SQL skills with Oracle/PL-SQL or ANSI SQL.
• Experience on Windows/Unix/Linux operating systems.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science/engineering or related field.
• Strong communication and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Owner/PM/Lead to align solutions with business requirements.
• Contribute to detailed design and development phases, tracking and resolving issues.
• Ensure solutions align with data/architecture strategy and document/train accordingly.
• Support application team in production issue troubleshooting.
• Coordinate with QA for testing and verification of changes.
• Mentor other team members and share knowledge.

Skills

Spark

Big Data

Databricks

Airflow

SQL

Operating Systems

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

Cloudera

Docker

Kubernetes

Red Hat OpenShift

Tableau/Power BI

Job description

What is the opportunity?

In this role as a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for development deliverables for the Finance Data Platform. The Platform, leverages Airflow and Databricks and serves as the central repository of finance related datasets, with capabilities including the ingestion of positional/trade, sub-ledger, general-ledger trial balances, and reference data; as well as data enrichment, adjustment, reconciliation, analytics and reporting functions.

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 at least 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.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• A world-class training program in financial services
• Flexible work/life balance options
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Opportunities to building close relationships with clients
• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

Job Skills

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

Additional Job Details

• Address: 745 THURLOW ST:VANCOUVERCity: VancouverCountry: Canada
• Work hours/week: 37.5
• Employment Type: Full time
• Platform: TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS
• Job Type: Regular
• Pay Type: Salaried
• Posted Date: 2026-07-27
• Application Deadline: 2026-11-29
• Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

About RBC

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.