Senior Data Engineer

Canadian Tire Corporation•Toronto, ON

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About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join the CTC Triangle Program - Loyalty Data Product Engineering team, reporting to the Engineering Manager. Leveraging a broad range of data technologies and advanced analytical techniques, this team designs, develops, and automates data pipelines and processes that are widely consumed across the organization both analytically and operationally. Made up of data engineers and analysts, the team is laser-focused on creating a portfolio of best-in-class products and services that fuel customer-focused analytics and enhance the customer and brand experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or a related field
3–5 years of professional experience in data engineering
Strong proficiency in PySpark and Airflow for pipeline development and orchestration
In-depth knowledge of database management systems (e.g., Hadoop & Hive, MySQL, Databricks etc.)
Ability to write and interpret complex queries, joins, subqueries and use SQL functions
In-depth Knowledge of delta tables, ETL pipeline and change data capture
Hands-on experience with Git for version control
Experience with Airflow (or equivalent orchestration tools) for pipeline management
Practical experience with Databricks, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud
Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
Proficiency in bash script and knowledge about the cloud SDKs for automation
Strong collaboration and communication skills; proven ability to work effectively in a team environment

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the retail sector, especially with POS (point-of-sale) data preferred
Familiarity with network security protocols (especially relevant for the Senior Data Engineer role) preferred
Experience with key management and authentication mechanisms preferred

Responsibilities

Work with IT and business stakeholders to influence decision making with data and data products
Enforce development best practices, combine automation and CI/CD with a culture of review and collaboration
Design and implement new data pipelines to monitor, validate model assumptions and performance adhering to best-in-class coding standards
Gather and translate stakeholders’ requirements to technical requirements to support work processes and strategic business objectives
Identify and troubleshoot technical issues as they arise with an entrepreneurial mindset, providing scalable resolutions with follow-through
Work on ad-hoc projects that leverage multiple internal and external sources of data such as point-of-sales, loyalty issuance, product hierarchy, customer data etc.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
Performance incentives
Continuing Education Programs
Other perks to support your well-being
Career growth opportunities
product discounts
store discounts
supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy
Canadian Tire Profit Sharing
retirement and savings programs for eligible employees
enhanced flex benefits program
mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families
total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees