Senior Data Engineer - Remote: Build Pipelines & Insights

Kake; Toronto; On-site; CAD 166,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay in USD

Fully Remote

Better Me Fund

Compassion is Badass

Job summary

Kake, a remote-first, people-first global community of senior engineers, is seeking Senior Data Engineers to turn raw data into reliable insights and scalable pipelines. It's a great fit for people who enjoy owning data problems end-to-end and collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to drive data-informed decisions.

You'll design and maintain data pipelines, build models, ensure data quality, and translate business questions into clear analyses.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Analysis, Data Science, or Data Engineering.
• Strong experience with SQL and working with relational and/or NoSQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with a programming language such as Python, R, or similar.
• Experience building or maintaining data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, or data warehouses.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, or similar.
• Ability to translate business questions into clear, data-driven analysis and recommendations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Ability to work independently in a remote, fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and workflows that support analytics, reporting, and modelling needs.
• Analyze large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights for the business.
• Build, validate, and maintain statistical or machine learning models to solve business problems.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity across sources and pipelines.
• Design and maintain data models, schemas, and warehouses that support scalable analytics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business questions into data solutions and clear reporting.
• Contribute to data best practices and continuous improvement initiatives across projects.
• Participate in requirement reviews and help identify data risks early in the development process.

Skills

Data Analysis

Data Science

Data Engineering

SQL

NoSQL

Python

R

ETL/ELT pipelines

Data Warehouses

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

Communication

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Snowflake

BigQuery

AWS

Job description

Kake, a remote-first, people-first global community of senior engineers, is seeking Senior Data Engineers to turn raw data into reliable insights and scalable pipelines. It's a great fit for people who enjoy owning data problems end-to-end and collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to drive data-informed decisions.

You'll design and maintain data pipelines, build models, ensure data quality, and translate business questions into clear analyses.