Questrade Financial Group (QFG) of Companies is committed to helping Canadians become much more financially successful and secure. We are everything a traditional financial institution is not. Our vision is to revolutionize financial services for the benefit of Canadians by providing the most innovative and cost efficient financial services online.
That’s why we empower our employees to continuously grow their professional careers with QFG. We believe in having a diverse, inclusive place to work and our flexible working arrangements brings that to life so you can unleash your creativity. Our values are a part of our DNA, and we care deeply about our people helping us fulfill our mission and become an important part of our community. We are always looking for like-minded professionals to join our team. Come grow with us.
What’s it like working as a Data Engineer at Questrade?
Our Data Engineer needs to be able to gather and understand data requirements, present it to software engineers, and work in the team to achieve high quality data ingestion goals. This Engineer will need a passion for complex problems, and enjoy the challenge of operating complex and mission critical systems under extreme loads. Do you think you are up to the challenge? Would you like to learn more and stretch your skills and career?
In this role, you will be a technical expert with significant scope and impact. You will work closely with a group of Software Engineers, Product Managers, Data Scientists, and Business Intelligence Engineers to create the data pipelines necessary to drive Marketing initiatives.
Successful candidates should come from a strong data engineering background. You need to have experience with structured and unstructured data, and being able to analyze/transform the data using various tools. Often, the pace of innovation and change implies a need to move to new data sources, and our Data Engineers get to participate in deep diving business data in order to understand/measure sources of disparity. Your analytical skills and knowledge of schema metadata will be essential.
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- GCP data engineering experience working with Dataflow, Airflow, Pub/Sub, Kafka, BigQuery and CloudSQL Functions .
- Create and maintain optimal data pipelines..
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
- Optimally extract, transform, and load data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Google Cloud data technologies .
- Collaborate with the team to decide on which tools and strategies to use within specific data integration scenarios.
- Work with stakeholders to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
- Develop and maintain code and documentation for ETL and other data integration projects and procedures.
- Monitor and anticipate trends in data engineering, and propose changes in alignment with organizational goals and needs.
- Share knowledge with other teams on various data engineering or project related topics.
So are YOU our next Data Engineer? You are if…
- Service-oriented and a willingness to assist the team in any way to ensure project success.
- Loves to learn and demonstrates interest in learning Questrade’s business and ongoing professional development.
- Proactive, takes ownership of tasks and drives projects through to completion.
- Good critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Flexible to work in different settings (individually/ with team/in a fast paced environment).
- Flexible to take on varied responsibilities.
- Calm and patient under pressure.
- Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with team-mates.
- Positive energy and ability to energize others.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent English, both written and verbal.
Brownie points if…
- Knowledge of the Financial industry (Banking/Insurance/Mortgages
- Experience building applications using SparkML and TensorFlow
Sounds like you? Click below to apply!
At Questrade Financial Group of Companies, with multiple office locations around the world, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible work environment. We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings, and believe that when our teams feel supported and motivated, their creativity becomes a source of innovation. We are also committed to creating and sustaining a collegial work environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect and also one which reflects the diversity of the communities we serve and operate in to help us revolutionize financial services for the benefit of all of our customers. Candidates selected for an interview will be contacted directly. If you require accommodation during the recruitment/selection process, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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