Data Engineer

Tech Talent International (SI) supplies technical talent to a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100/500/1000 companies to small and mid-sized organizations in Canada/US and Europe.

We currently have a role as a Data Engineer with our large consulting client on a long term project with a major manufacturing client in the Montreal area.

Role: Data Engineer

Type: Contract 37.5 hrs/week

Location: Montreal area, but can be remote

Duration: 6 months initially until fiscal year end, then 6-12 month extension

Rate: $80-85/hr C2C

Position Overview

Our client is looking for a Data Engineer to join our team and bring the analytics practice to the next level. They are looking for a motivated person who thrives in a dynamic and challenging environment, who loves working with tools on the edge, who has no problem switching between multiple programming languages, and who is able to find out-of-the-box solutions to solve complex problems.

In this role, you will be at the heart of the definition and implementation of world-class analytics solutions, and you will contribute to set data as a strategic advantage for the manufacturing client.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, implement and support robust ETL/ELT/Data Pipelining solutions

Coordinate with multiple development teams to achieve delivery objectives

Provide support in requirements definition, estimation, development and delivery of robust and scalable solutions

Development and support of real-time data ingestion processes from various data sources

Development and support of data models optimized for business intelligence usage

Build integrations with APIs from external providers such as Google, Facebook, Salesforce, SAP and others

Adhering to industry standards and laws such as GDPR and SOX

Be a leader in best-practices definition and creative thinking

Required Skills

Master Degree in Computer Science, Business Intelligence or equivalent

Solid and demonstrated experience on following technologies:

Snowflake

DBT

Microsoft SQL Server

Power BI

Git

Fluent in various programming languages such as:

SQL

Python

Understands and puts into practice data modeling, design and development of solid ETL/ELT data pipelines

Fluent in writing, executing and optimizing complex SQL queries

Experience implementing API Service architectures ( REST)

Develop clean and maintainable code in a CI-CD Environment

Experience in using cloud BI technologies such as Azure or similar

Experience in translating business requirements into advanced data models able to fulfill analysts and data scientists requirements

Experience in data profiling

Experience in working within an agile team to build big data / analytics solutions

Strong interpersonal relations, motivated and loves to work on multiple challenging projects

Strong communication skills, both speaking or writing

Fluent in English. French or Portuguese is a great asset

Open-minded and able to adapt to new ways of working (data vault, event-driven architecture, unstructured data, self-service analytics, etc..)

Well organized and able to self-prioritize, sometimes with conflictual deadlines

Strong communication skills, both speaking or writing, ideally in both french and english

Continuously seeks for improvements and craves to put hands on new technologies