Principal Data Engineer (Security Cleared)

What we’re all about.

It isn’t often you get to be part of a tech company that, since 2016, has been innovating the data analytics market in ways no-one else can. Our technology started out in FinTech, helping tackle serious criminal activity. Now, its potential is virtually limitless. Working at Quantexa isn't just intellectually stimulating. We’re a real team, collaborating and constantly engineering better solutions. We’re ambitious, we think things through and we’re on a mission to discover just how far we can go. Nearly half of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We’re made up of people from 47 nationalities who speak over 20 languages. As a diverse mix of individuals, we make one big unstoppable team. If our incredible culture sounds like you, we’d love you to join us.

The opportunity.

Our Quantexa Delivery team is all about bringing context to data. Principal Data Engineers are drivers within our fast-paced delivery teams, implementing Quantexa’s innovative technology for an ever-expanding list of domains including banking, insurance, government, and healthcare. We are problem solvers, delivering sophisticated end-to-end big data solutions to our internal and external client stakeholders. As a central part of our team, you will experience opportunities beyond that of an engineer. You will be the key technical decision maker for our delivery projects, balancing competing demands with technical complexity. You enjoy leading by example, guiding and mentoring data engineers to solve complex technical problems, sharing success with the team, and taking pride in achieving milestones together. You will balance your time engaging with our business teams and clients to break down requirements into technical tasks, working hands-on as a programmer, and supporting the work of other engineers within a collaborative environment.

The work you do here will be impactful. The challenges we tackle are big, but they're also incredibly rewarding. Your leadership in managing, transforming, and cleansing high volume data helps our clients solve business problems across a wide range of areas including fraud, financial crime, data management, risk, and customer intelligence.

What you’ll be doing.

• You will lead, support, and mentor a team of junior data engineers within an agile framework.
• You will set medium-term strategy for the technical delivery of projects, seeking to anticipate challenges, risks, and issues.
• You will operate with a high level of autonomy, seeking guidance and support from others as required.
• You will write defensive, fault-tolerant, and efficient code for production level data processing systems.
• You’ll configure and deploy Quantexa’s software using tools such as Spark, Hadoop, Scala, and Elasticsearch, with our platform being hosted on both private and public virtual clouds, such as Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon.
• You will be a trusted source of knowledge to your clients, articulating technical concepts to a non-technical audience to help them make big decisions.
• You will collaborate with both our solution architects and our R&D engineers to champion solutions and standards for complex big data challenges, proactively promoting knowledge sharing and ensuring best practices are followed.
• This role will require travel to client offices in Ottawa as needed.

What you’ll bring.

• You are an accomplished technical lead with a track record of delivering complex or mission-critical projects, with at least eight years of industry experience in a data engineering role or engineering equivalent, and at least five years of experience acting in a lead role within a data or software engineering team across a range of projects.
• Proficiency in Scala, Java, Python, or a programming language associated with data engineering. Our primary language is Scala, but strong engineering principles are universal and transferable.
• You’ll have expertise building and deploying production-level data processing batch systems maintained by application support teams. You’ll share an appreciation of what makes a high-quality, operationally stable system and how to streamline all areas of development, release, and operations to achieve this.
• Experience with a variety of modern development tooling (e.g., Git, Gradle, Nexus) and technologies supporting automation and DevOps (e.g., Jenkins, Docker, and a little bit of good old Bash scripting). You’ll be familiar with developing within a version-controlled process that regularly makes use of these tools and technologies.
• A strong technical communication ability with demonstrable experience of working in rapidly changing client environments.
• Knowledge of testing libraries of common programming languages (such as ScalaTest or equivalent). You know the difference between different test types (unit test, integration test) and can cite specific examples of what you have written yourself.
• A valid Secret-level government security clearance, either current or within the past year, is a mandatory requirement for this position.

Nice to haves.

• Experience growing and up-skilling team members as a career mentor, technical line manager, or acting in an equivalent guidance role.
• A passion for expanding the business and leading initiatives to do so.

Our perks and quirks.

What makes you Q will help you to realize your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognized and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.

We offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus
• 100% RRSP match up to 5%
• Competitive annual leave, plus your birthday off, parental leave, PTO, and observed holidays
• Comprehensive benefits coverage, including mental health support, fitness reimbursements, and financial well-being
• Tax-advantageous benefits, such as commuter benefits, healthcare, and dependent care
• Regularly benchmarked salary rates
• Well-being days
• Volunteer Day off
• Work from Home Equipment
• Free Calm App Subscription #1 app for meditation, relaxation, and sleep
• Continuous Training and Development, including access to Udemy Business
• Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy
• Employee Referral Program
• Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials

Our mission

We have one mission: to help businesses grow, to make data easier, and to make the world a better place. We’re not a start-up. Not anymore. But we’ve not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many, heading in one direction – the future.

It's all about you

Quantexa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, where everyone feels welcome, valued, and respected. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. Whoever you are, if you’re a curious, caring, and authentic human being who wants to help push the boundaries of what’s possible, we want to hear from you.

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