Senior Data Platform Engineer — Snowflake, AI & Multi-Cloud

RBC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Flexible benefits

Stock options where applicable

Job summary

RBC is seeking a Staff Data Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the Cloud Data Lake Platform (Snowflake) for a large enterprise data platform in a multi-cloud AWS/Azure environment.

You will enable Snowflake AI capabilities securely, lead platform engineering, implement robust security controls (OAuth, JWT, Vault, AKV), drive CI/CD and observability, and mentor engineers while partnering with Compliance, Model Risk, and security teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in platform engineering, data engineering, cloud engineering, or SRE roles.
• 3+ years working with Snowflake or comparable enterprise data platforms at scale.
• Experience operating in regulated environments (financial services, healthcare, or government).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain the Snowflake Control Plane.
• Enable Snowflake new features with governance controls, access policies, and compliance guardrails.
• Collaborate with Model Risk and Compliance teams on AI governance frameworks and responsible AI adoption.
• Implement and maintain security controls — OAuth/SSO integrations, JWT validation, secret management, and credential lifecycle automation.
• Drive compliance with enterprise security standards and OSFI guidelines for AI/ML workloads.
• Build self-service workflows and automation for user onboarding, resource provisioning, and platform management.
• Operate and improve CI/CD pipelines with progressive deployment, security scanning, and code quality gates.
• Create technical documentation and contribute to platform observability and monitoring.
• Lead architectural decisions and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Python

Snowflake

AWS

Azure

OAuth/OIDC

RBAC

CI/CD

DevOps

Security

AI Governance

Communication

Technical Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

GitHub Actions

Docker

OpenShift/Kubernetes

HashiCorp Vault

Azure Key Vault

Dynatrace

Datadog

Job description

RBC is seeking a Staff Data Platform Engineer to design, build, and operate the Cloud Data Lake Platform (Snowflake) for a large enterprise data platform in a multi-cloud AWS/Azure environment.

You will enable Snowflake AI capabilities securely, lead platform engineering, implement robust security controls (OAuth, JWT, Vault, AKV), drive CI/CD and observability, and mentor engineers while partnering with Compliance, Model Risk, and security teams.