Senior Data Engineer

First Derivative
CA - Ontario - toronto
January 19, 2025

Are you a technologist who has a hunger to dig deep and get involved in providing first-class solutions to real-world problems?

First Derivative is a people-first company.
We are powered by our ever-growing teams of specialist problem-solvers and process-evolvers.
Our extensive capabilities offer agile solutions and exciting career opportunities - whether you're in the early stages of your career, looking for a new direction, or wanting to continue in a position of leadership.

Joining the world's largest Capital Markets dedicated consultancy, you will have the opportunity to gain exposure to a range of mission-critical projects, tech stacks, clients and a company that prides itself on career development, variety, and flexibility.

Senior/Lead Data Engineer

We are seeking a strong Python Data Engineer to join our FD Data team.
The ideal candidate will be a seasoned data engineer/lead with extensive experience in designing, developing, and optimising data pipelines and infrastructure.

Essential Requirements:

Proven track record of excellent coding and software development within high-performing data engineering teams, and successfully shipping data products.
Strong software development skills in Python adhering to best practices with a focus on low-level design documentation, readable, and well-documented code that is appropriately tested.
Good knowledge of AWS EMR and deploying EMR for building and maintaining data pipelines.
Experience working with open file formats (e.g., Parquet, Avro) and open table formats (e.g., Hudi, Iceberg).
Experience with deploying and managing Cloud Database Services (Snowflake preferred).
Experience with Cloud automation deployment (e.g., Terraform for SQL RDS)
Proficient knowledge of schema design and dimensional data modelling.
Solid experience with SQL and Spark.
Experience in ensuring data quality.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have):

Experience in the financial industry, particularly in investment banking.
Knowledge of additional data processing libraries and tools.
Expertise in one of the major real-time data processing frameworks, such as Apache Flink or Kafka Streams.
Experience in building event-driven and/or streaming data services.

Soft Skills:

Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

FD provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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