Senior Data Engineer

Location: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The HR/BMCC Innovation Data team serves as a horizontal function, delivering business systems analysis and product management expertise to HR/BMCC business and IT partners. The Senior Data Engineer plays a pivotal role in helping develop and build data-driven solutions to serve our clients better. We are creating a data platform product (data hub) for HR, and this role will contribute with other Data Engineers and leads for the planning, development, and deployment of the data hub.

What will you do?

• Engineer end-to-end data solutions on both on-prem and cloud infrastructure

• Define and build scalable ETL/ELT workflows for reporting and analytics

• Build solutions to scale, monitor, and operate data platforms for very high availability and performance

• Leverage best practices in continuous integration and delivery, with a strong commitment to leading with quality

• Consume and implement RESTful APIs and microservices to enable seamless data integration across enterprise systems

• Help identify and evaluate potential new tools/platforms that mature RBC's AIOps capabilities

• Mentor and guide junior engineers through code reviews, ensuring delivery of clean, well-tested, and performant software

• Collaborate effectively with Developers, functional leads, the product manager, and Business in a fast-paced agile environment to deliver high-quality solutions

• Translate complex technical requirements into practical, business-focused solutions with strategic thinking and attention to detail

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent; or diploma in related technical discipline

• 5-8 years with SDLC frameworks, database technologies, advanced SQL, data transformation, and data modeling principles

• Proficiency in Python and SQL with hands-on experience in ETL tools eg. DBT, Spark

• Experience with Snowflake for architecture design, warehouse development, schema optimization, security, and performance tuning

• 5+ years with cloud-based ETL platforms

• Expertise in dimensional, relational, and semantic modeling with data lineage documentation

• Cloud infrastructure knowledge (Azure, AWS, or GCP) including Kubernetes, Docker, and serverless computing

• Experience in DevOps (CI/CD) and version control (Git)

• RESTful API design and microservices architecture experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with exceptional strategic thinking

• Advanced communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate complex technical ideas into practical, business-focused solutions

• Exceptional attention to detail, organization, ability to multitask, and strong time management skills

Nice-to-have

• Experience in HR domain

• Knowledge of agentic AI systems using LLM frameworks, open-source tools, and cloud technologies for workflow automation and decision engines

• Experience with Databricks or advanced cloud data platforms

• Experience with LLM API calling, RAG, and VectorDB

• Full-stack development experience (Java) with small to large-scale applications

• Experience with R or Scala for data processing

What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Flexible work/life balance options

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

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Job Skills

Agile Software Development, Architecture Design Patterns, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence Technologies, Big Data Management, Cloud Computing, Data Analysis, Data Architecture Development, Database Development, Data Lineage, Data Mining, Data Modeling, Data Pipelines, Data Science, Data Warehousing (DW), ETL Pipelines, ETL Processing, ETL Workflows, Kubernetes, Requirements Analysis, Software Product Management

Additional Job Details

20 KING ST W:TORONTOTorontoCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2026-06-052026-07-31

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

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