Senior Privacy & ML Data Engineer

Ateko, backed by Bell Canada; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Ateko is seeking a senior data/privacy engineer in Ottawa to design and implement Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and scalable data analytics solutions. You will work with Python-based data pipelines, ML libraries, and cloud-native tooling to transform complex datasets while ensuring privacy and compliance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy robust data governance, automate CI/CD for data science applications, and apply advanced analytics in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python development experience with data science libraries.
• 3+ years of DevOps experience for data science apps and CI/CD.
• Experience analyzing large datasets in regulated environments (public sector/financial services).
• Experience developing Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) such as anonymization, differential privacy, or federated learning.
• Knowledge of data structures and data relationships (structured to graph data).
• Experience with cloud-based analytics platforms and containerization (Azure, Docker).

Skills

Python development

Education

Master's/PhD in related field

Tools

NumPy

SciPy

Pandas

Polars

PySpark

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Matplotlib/Seaborn

Docker

Microsoft Azure

Azure Data Lake

Azure Databricks

Jupyter Notebooks

Job description

Ateko is seeking a senior data/privacy engineer in Ottawa to design and implement Privacy-Enhancing Technologies and scalable data analytics solutions. You will work with Python-based data pipelines, ML libraries, and cloud-native tooling to transform complex datasets while ensuring privacy and compliance.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy robust data governance, automate CI/CD for data science applications, and apply advanced analytics in regulated environments.