Data Engineer/Developer

Data Engineer/Developer
Location Address: WFH (Toronto)
Contract Duration: 4 months
Extension: Yes
FTE: Possible
Number of Positions: 1
Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday

Story Behind the Need
• Business group: Emerging Technology & Platform Engineering is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/Developer for a Regulatory Project that is starting from scratch and involves setting data ingestion framework and pipelines.
• Project: The main function of a Developer is to design, develop, and implement applications using general languages and technologies to support business requirements.
• Reason for request: Backfill for previous contractor.

Candidate Value Proposition
• The successful candidate will have the possibility to work on other various projects afterwards.

Typical Day in Role
• Create framework that can be adopted for multiple projects
• Setting up framework
• Following and setting best practices and standards
• Setting up reusable patterns
• Delegating tasks to other team members
• Ensuring data pipelines are delivered

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:
• 3+ years of working experience as Data Engineer
• Big Data – 3+ years of hands on experience
• Relational database – 3+ years of hands on experience
• Java Programming – 3+ years of hands on experience
• Setting up data pipelines using Java or any open source tool (Nifi preferred) – 3+ years of
• Kafka – 2+ years of hands on experience
• Customizing DevOps Pipelines (setting up their own Dev platform, and configuring Git & Jenkins pipelines) 2+ years

Nice-To-Have Skills:
• Enterprise scheduler (AutoSys, etc.) – orchestrating pipelines
• FI/Banking experience
• Agile experience

Soft Skills:
• Hands on but leading the development (guide other team members, delegate)
• Strong communication skills – verbal & written (technical documentation)

Degrees or certifications:
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required

Candidate Review & Selection
• Structure and Format:
• 1 – Step Process: 1 Technical Interview with Hiring Manager + 2 other Team Members
• Interviews to take place ASAP

Additional Notes:
• Hands on experience with setting data ingestion framework and pipelines
• Looking for someone to stay long-term, someone who is committed
• Looking to hire urgently