Senior Data Platform Engineer: Scale Data & Governance

Westland Insurance Group Ltd.; Surrey; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Training and development support

Job summary

Westland Insurance Group Ltd. in Surrey, BC, is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform & Operations, to design and deliver scalable data solutions across analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.

You’ll work with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL and Delta Lake to build trusted, governed data foundations and empower business decisions with data-driven insights.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering designing enterprise data platforms.
• Strong expertise in SQL, Spark, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and cloud data engineering practices.
• Experience designing data lakes, warehouses, lakehouse architectures, and analytics-ready datasets.
• Focus on scalable, reliable, and secure data solutions with governance and data quality.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview; knowledge of Power BI and Azure Synapse is a plus.
• Excellent communication and ability to mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data products that support reporting, analytics, AI initiatives, and enterprise decision-making.
• Build and optimize solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL, and Delta Lake while implementing modern data architectures and modelling practices.
• Deliver trusted, governed datasets by implementing data quality, lineage, security, and access controls that support enterprise data management standards.
• Partner with Data Products & Enablement, Data Business Partners, and technology teams to develop innovative solutions that address business challenges and opportunities.
• Monitor, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise data platforms through automation, alerting, troubleshooting, and performance optimization to ensure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Champion engineering excellence through CI/CD, testing, documentation, version control, and secure development practices.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship while driving continuous improvement across data platforms, processes, and technologies.

Skills

SQL

Apache Spark

PySpark

Azure Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Azure Synapse

Data governance

Data quality

Data pipelines

Power BI

Tools

Delta Lake

Purview

Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Azure Synapse

Job description

Westland Insurance Group Ltd. in Surrey, BC, is seeking a Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform & Operations, to design and deliver scalable data solutions across analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.

You’ll work with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks, Apache Spark (PySpark), SQL and Delta Lake to build trusted, governed data foundations and empower business decisions with data-driven insights.