Senior Data Engineer (Secret II Clearance)

Our Quantexa Delivery team is all about contextualizing data. As a senior data engineer, you bring it all together. Working within a fast-paced team, you'll implement Quantexa’s innovative technology for an ever-expanding list of domains including banking, insurance, government, healthcare. From building an end-to-end data pipeline that uses our award-winning software, to configuring our decision-making platform to detect key insights, there’s always a new challenge around the corner.

Responsibilities

Writing defensive, fault tolerant and efficient code for production level data processing systems; Configuring and deploying Quantexa software using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Scala, Elasticsearch, with our platform being hosted on both private and public virtual clouds, such as Google cloud, Microsoft Azure and Amazon; Acting as a trusted source of knowledge for clients and articulating technical concepts to a non-technical audience so they can make key decisions; Collaborating with our solution architects and R&D engineers to champion solutions and standards for complex big data challenges; Proactively promoting knowledge sharing and ensuring best practice is followed

Requirements

Background in hands-on technical development, with at least three years of industry experience in a data engineering role or equivalent; Proficiency in Scala, Java, Python, or a programming language associated with data engineering; Expert in building and deploying production level data processing batch systems; Experience with a variety of modern development tooling (e.g. Git, Gradle, Nexus) and technologies supporting automation and DevOps (e.g. Jenkins, Docker and Bash scripting); Strong technical communication ability with demonstrable experience of working in rapidly changing client environments; Knowledge of testing libraries of common programming languages (such as ScalaTest or equivalent) and knowledge of the difference between varying test types (unit test, integration test) with specific examples of what they have written themselves

Nice to have

Preferably at least four years of software industry experience; Some experience supporting or mentoring a graduate or junior engineer within a team to help them grow; The desire to grow with our business and your role – over time, you might get the opportunity to lead on projects

Benefits

Competitive salary & Company bonus; 100% RRSP match up to 5%; Competitive annual leave, plus your birthday off, parental leave, PTO, and observed holidays; Comprehensive benefits coverage, including mental health support, fitness reimbursements, and financial well-being; Tax-advantageous benefits, such as commuter benefits, healthcare, and dependent care; Regularly bench-marked salary rates; Well-being days; Volunteer Day off; Work from Home Equipment; Free Subscription to a meditation, relaxation and sleep app; Continuous Training and Development; Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy; Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials