Staff Engineer, Data Platform

GlossGenius; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech and SMB software company in Canada is seeking a Staff Engineer for their Data Platform team. This critical role involves designing core data models and pipelines while leading technical initiatives across the data ecosystem. Ideal candidates have 5+ years in data engineering, extensive knowledge of Snowflake and Clickhouse, and skills in SQL and Python/Scala. The position offers competitive benefits and a commitment to an inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Flexible PTO

Health and dental insurance

Generous parental leave

Retirement Savings Plan

Professional Development stipend

Home office support

Team bonding opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Deep expertise in modern lakehouse technologies.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and influence decisions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core data models and pipelines.
• Architect a scalable lakehouse foundation.
• Define best practices for data quality and governance.

Skills

Data architecture

Data modeling

Distributed data systems

SQL

Python

Scala

Tools

Snowflake

Clickhouse

Job description

GlossGenius is building an ecosystem enabling entrepreneurs to succeed. We empower small business owners to focus on being creators, not admins, by offering a range of business management tools including booking and scheduling, marketing, analytics, payment processing and much more.

Over 100,000 small business owners have chosen to rely on GlossGenius every day to run their entire set of business operations. Joining its powerful, intuitive platform with its vibrant, distinguished brand, GlossGenius is the ideal combination of a fintech, SMB software, and consumer company all in one.

About the Role

As we continue to scale, we’re strengthening our Data Engineering team. The primary focus of this role is to reimagine the data infrastructure to support our AI platform. This transformation will be critical to the success of our future products, and vital in delivering value to our 100,000+ business owners.

What You’ll Do

As a Staff Engineer, Data Platform, you'll be both a hands‑on technical expert and a strategic leader. You'll drive the design of core data models and pipelines in our Snowflake and Clickhouse lakehouse, setting the standards for quality, reliability, and scalability across the platform. You'll own end‑to‑end solutions—from architecture and implementation to operations and optimization—while helping guide the long‑term direction of GlossGenius' data ecosystem. You'll collaborate across teams to turn complex business problems into robust data solutions, mentor engineers to help them grow, and help the team evolve toward a fully governed lakehouse with fine‑grained access controls and consistent lineage.

• Design and implement core data models and pipelines that power analytics, ML, and product experiences
• Implement modern data lake orchestration patterns, including medallion architectures
• Architect and evolve a scalable, cost‑efficient, and reliable lakehouse foundation using Snowflake, Clickhouse, and orchestration tools
• Define best practices and technical standards that improve data quality, governance, and performance across teams
• Mentor engineers and foster a culture of ownership, operational excellence, and continuous learning
• Shape the long‑term technical vision and roadmap for GlossGenius' data platform

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a strong background in data architecture, data modeling, and distributed data systems
• Deep expertise in modern lakehouse technologies such as Snowflake and Clickhouse
• Experience implementing modern data orchestration patterns for big data use‑cases, including batch and streaming workloads
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python or Scala, including performance optimization and large‑scale ETL design
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, set standards, and influence decisions across teams
• Comfort owning systems end‑to‑end, including monitoring, reliability, and cost management
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical trade‑offs to both engineers and non‑technical stakeholders

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Competitive health & dental insurance options, with premiums covered by GG
• Generous, fully‑paid parental leave policy
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Professional Development – employees receive a yearly stipend for approved learning and educational‑related expenses
• Home office support
• Team Bonding opportunities – as a distributed team, being able to build meaningful bonds both virtually and in person is incredibly important to us! We are constantly evaluating how we accomplish this and currently, teams are given opportunities to gather in person throughout the year

At GlossGenius, we celebrate our differences and are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel supported and empowered to do their best work. We believe this benefits not only our employees but our product, customers, and community as well. GlossGenius is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Agency Submissions: If a resume or applicant is submitted to GlossGenius by a third party without a signed search agreement in place, it will become the property of GlossGenius and no fee will be paid, irrespective of whether the candidate is hired.