Staff Data Engineer: Lead Scalable Data & AI Platform

Loblaw Companies Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training

Progressive career opportunities

Competitive benefits

Job summary

A leading Canadian retail company seeks a Staff Data Engineer in Toronto to architect and build high-scale data platforms and systems. You will lead design initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable next-generation data capabilities. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with PySpark, cloud data platforms, and strong SQL skills. This role offers a competitive salary range and opportunities for career advancement within a company committed to diversity and sustainability.

Qualifications

• Senior-level Data Engineer with experience in production-critical systems.
• Proven ability to design and build large-scale data pipelines.
• Understanding of data quality, validation, and monitoring practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead system-level design for scalable data platforms.
• Architect large-scale data pipelines using PySpark and GCP services.
• Contribute to backend services and APIs design.

Skills

Hands-on expertise with PySpark

Cloud data platforms experience

Strong SQL skills

Programming experience (Python, Scala, Java)

Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow)

Data modeling and storage formats understanding

Experience in Agile environments

Strong communication skills

Team player

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Dataproc

GCS

Airflow

Druid

Kafka

Job description

A leading Canadian retail company seeks a Staff Data Engineer in Toronto to architect and build high-scale data platforms and systems. You will lead design initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enable next-generation data capabilities. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with PySpark, cloud data platforms, and strong SQL skills. This role offers a competitive salary range and opportunities for career advancement within a company committed to diversity and sustainability.