Senior Snowflake Data Engineer - Montreal

BMR; Boucherville; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

BMR is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Montreal to lead scalable Snowflake-based data solutions, migrating data domains to the cloud, and optimizing data workflows. The role focuses on data integrity, governance, and governance integration with data science tools.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years of experience in Snowflake data environments, strong SQL and Python skills, and a proven ability to work in distributed systems. Advanced degree preferred but not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, MIS or related field required (Master’s degree preferred).
• 7–10 years’ experience in data analysis, data objects development and modeling in Snowflake data store.
• Snowflake REST API experience.
• Informatica ETL and Talend ETL experience.
• Efficient SQL queries development and Python scripts development experience.
• Proven ability to work in distributed systems.
• Proficiency with relational databases (such as DB2) querying and focus on data transformations.
• Strong data modeling concepts and schema design on relational data store and on cloud data store.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written; capable of collaborating across IT and Business groups.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, managing scalable data solutions using Snowflake environment for optimized data storage and processing.
• Migrate existing data domains/flows from relational data store to cloud data store (Snowflake).
• Identify and optimize new/existing data workflows.
• Identify and implement data integrity practices.
• Integrate data governance and data science tools with Snowflake ecosystem as per practice.
• Support the development of data models and ETL processes to ensure high quality data ingestion in cloud data store.
• Collaborate with team members to design and implement effective data workflows and transformations.
• Assist in the maintenance and optimization of Snowflake environments to improve performance and reduce costs.
• Contribute to proof of concept, documentation and best practices for data management and governance within the Snowflake ecosystem.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve team deliverables quality.
• Design and develop data ingestion pipeline using Talend/Informatica using industry best practices.
• Writing efficient SQL and Python scripts for large dataset analysis and building end to end automation process on a set schedule.
• Design, implement data distribution layer using Snowflake REST API.
• Development of Semantic Model in Snowflake and PowerBI is a plus.

Skills

Snowflake REST API

SQL

Python

ETL development

Data modeling

Distributed systems

Communication skills

Tableau/PowerBI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/IT/MIS

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Snowflake

Informatica

Talend

Tableau

Power BI

DB2

Job description

BMR is seeking a Senior Data Engineer in Montreal to lead scalable Snowflake-based data solutions, migrating data domains to the cloud, and optimizing data workflows. The role focuses on data integrity, governance, and governance integration with data science tools.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years of experience in Snowflake data environments, strong SQL and Python skills, and a proven ability to work in distributed systems. Advanced degree preferred but not required.