Senior Data Engineer: Architect Scalable Cloud Data Lakes

Bits In Glass Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bits In Glass Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead design of modern data architectures across cloud platforms for data-driven decision making. You will partner with business and analytics teams to deliver scalable data ecosystems and ensure integration, performance, and governance.

You will drive end-to-end data pipelines, mentor engineers, and guide clients on data modernization strategies, including adherence to security and privacy standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or analytics solution design.
• Hands-on with data lakes/warehouses (Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, Synapse).
• Strong SQL and programming (Python/SQL/Scala) for complex transforms.
• Knowledge of data governance, security and privacy best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end data architectures including lakes, warehouses and analytics platforms.
• Define data integration/ETL strategies ensuring scalability and security.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Develop data models and ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
• Provide leadership to data engineers and enforce best practices in governance.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and privacy standards across platforms.
• Optimize architectures for performance and reliability.
• Stay current with cloud data services and technologies like Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift.
• Advise clients on architecture decisions and data modernization best practices.

Skills

Data architecture

Databricks

Snowflake

ETL/ELT design

SQL

Python

Spark

Cloud platforms

Data governance

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Redshift

Synapse

Azure

AWS

Job description

Bits In Glass Inc. is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead design of modern data architectures across cloud platforms for data-driven decision making. You will partner with business and analytics teams to deliver scalable data ecosystems and ensure integration, performance, and governance.

You will drive end-to-end data pipelines, mentor engineers, and guide clients on data modernization strategies, including adherence to security and privacy standards.