About the job
Company Background:
TekRek is assisting our client partner to recruit an experienced Senior Data Engineer in Toronto. Our client is a growth stage business completing a major data migration project to Snowflake data warehouse. They require a specialist data engineering for a 6-month project engagement.
Job Description:
- As an Data Engineering leader you will be responsible for developing a clear and concise strategy that focused on data reliability, growing the data platform, and improving the clarity of data across multiple business units.
- Be a key leader in driving the data driven culture, using data to manage strategic business decisions and growth.
- You will be responsible for building complex ETL data pipelines dealing will millions of real time events.
- Previous experience in a production environment with a detailed knowledge of coding integrity, reliability, and cost. Ideally, a deep technical knowledge using a modern data pipeline tools including Snowflake, dbt and Fivetran.
Requirements:
- Bachelor or Masters degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or a similar discipline
- Several years experience in data engineering position building real time data pipelines.
- Strong understanding of Python programming language and a modern data stack including AWS cloud environment, dbt, and Snowflake
Preferred Qualifications:
- Pervious work experience in a consulting or in start-up environment
- Comes from a software engineering background with strong coding fundamentals.
How to Apply: