Senior Data Engineer
Job Description
At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong.
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be working within the Retail Media Platform team to build a best-in-class Ad tech solution that will allow internal and external users to create, manage and report on advertising campaigns. You will be analyzing data to uncover patterns or issues, building data pipelines and queries that will aggregate the reporting metrics needed in the Retail Media Platform.
Responsibilities:
· Work with stakeholders to develop solutions that support various data consumers
· Help automating reporting pipelines, and build real-time streaming dashboard
· Build and implement robust data models and semantic layers
· Develop pipelines using Java, Scala, Python, Data proc, DBT, Airflow, and other GCP technologies
· Build testing and data validations strategies to ensure reporting integrity
· Optimize data queries in different parts of the pipeline
· Support reporting and analytics needs from all areas of the business. For example: Developers, Product Managers, Product Designers, Merchandizers, Marketers, and Operations Analysts
· Help us in our mission to be a hypotheses-driven product development organization which means data is at the center of everything we do
Requirements:
· BA/BS in math, computer science, engineering, or related field
· 5+ yrs of experience as a data engineer and proven ownership of large-scale pipelines / systems
· Own end-to-end design of data pipelines
· Drive architecture decisions across ingestion, processing and serving
· Lead design reviews and mentor other engineers
· Hands-on experience with non-relational databases such as Bigtable and Druid, as well as experience with BigQuery for data warehousing and analytics.
· Experience designing analytics/serving layers (Druid or similar) and working with large-scale aggregations, query performance, cost trade-offs
· Ability to write complex SQL queries and perform analysis
· Experience in data processing using Python, Scala or Java
· Experience with large-scale data (TBs+)
· Working experience with Git
· Exposure to cloud technology (GCP, AWS, Azure)
· Understanding of data warehouse concept
· Strong oral and written communication skills
· Solid stakeholder management skills
· Proven team player that will work well in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
· Experience working in an agile environment
· Experience in advertising is a plus
· Strong desire to learn and to push the boundaries of what can be done to better empower our business with data
How you’ll succeed:
At Loblaw Digital, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. We’re able to keep innovating because our colleagues are passionate about their work and excited about the future of eCommerce. You will get to work with some of the best digital minds and will have the support of world class technologies to craft products our customers will love! If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team. We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates, and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary, or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.