Data Engineer

Post Date

Oct 04, 2024

Location

North Vancouver,
British Columbia

ZIP/Postal Code

V7H1A8
Canada
Oct 05, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

VAN-739247

Pay Rate

$46 - $58 (hourly estimate)

Who Can Apply

  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Data Engineer to join a large retail client based in Vancouver. As a Data Engineer, you'll join a large retail client on their Data and Analytics team which play a key role in developing reporting and analytics for key business units. The data engineer will join the Data Platform Squad which is currently supporting the generation of a large data lake to host guest data. This data lake will store guest data from various sources such as Salesforce, social media campaigns on Facebook, tik tok, etc, and clickstream data from their website.

On the day to day, the Data Engineer will take data from various sources, clean and ingest it to get onto the Azure data platforms in order to produce data models for the business stakeholders. They will work closely with data architects to transform requirements into code and prepare database structures needed for reporting, analytics, and visualizations. They will also create recommendations to advise on optimal data strategies for data ingestion, integration, and visualization to improve code performance and query optimization to meet demanding data analytics and visualization needs.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.

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Required Skills & Experience

- 3+ years experience working with Databricks
- Strong experience using Python
- Strong experience using Azure data factory
- Experience as a data engineer in a retail environment
- Strong communication with a proactive and diligent approach to their work

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Experience working with digital customer data such as clickstream data (aka did that click lead to a purchase did it not), social media data (aka did that campaign engagement lead to a purchase or did it not), - Located in Vancouver to go onsite for monthly meetings

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.