Top Data Engineer Jobs in Ottawa

Designs and maintains reliable data pipelines and computed tables using SparkSQL and PySpark. Integrates IoT, product, customer, external, unstructured, and ML-related data into scalable data models supporting analytics, causal inference, model training, and dashboards. The role requires ETL development, data orchestration, API integration, strong data quality and uptime, and collaboration with Data Science, AI/ML, Analytics, and engineering teams. This is a remote position for candidates residing in Canada.

Develop and maintain large-scale data and machine learning applications using Scala, Python, Spark, AWS, and modern DevOps practices. Responsibilities include designing data pipelines, deploying and monitoring machine learning models, optimizing distributed systems, supporting the full software lifecycle, documenting processes, and collaborating with data science, Data Ops, DevOps, and product teams in an Agile environment.

Own and deliver highly available, low-latency backend identity systems supporting consumer onboarding, authentication, and verification. Lead quarterly team goals, guide engineers through complex problems, collaborate with product and design stakeholders, improve technical and code quality standards, monitor system availability, support on-call operations, and mentor team members.

Build a high-performance frontend data platform for exploring and analyzing hardware telemetry. Develop React and TypeScript applications, interactive time-series visualizations, data visualization plugins, complex application state management, and LLM-assisted analysis workflows. Collaborate directly with hardware engineers and customers to define interfaces, prototype workflows, demonstrate features, and incorporate feedback into product development.

Architect and own marketing data infrastructure, including Databricks pipelines, Gold Layer tables, semantic models, and trusted analytics foundations. Lead cross-functional data initiatives, translate ambiguous business needs into scalable solutions, improve reliability and quality, and mentor engineers. Build and monitor production LLM and agent systems, automate workflows with AI, and deliver high-quality Python and SQL while validating AI-generated code. Partner with Marketing, Sales, BI, Data Science, and R&D teams.

Designs, builds, automates, and optimizes enterprise cloud data pipelines and platforms. Responsibilities include ETL/ELT, DataOps, CI/CD, data migration, data modeling, data warehousing, lakehouse architecture, database administration, performance tuning, and production support. The role uses Databricks, Azure services, PySpark, SQL, and multiple cloud platforms to deliver scalable structured and unstructured data solutions.

Build and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, data integrations, and analytical datasets for Ericsson’s CRAnE platform. Improve data quality, lineage, reliability, and automation while translating stakeholder needs into robust data solutions. Contribute to platform modernization, proofs of concept, and production delivery supporting Radio and Compute product development.

Build and maintain FinOps data pipelines, BigQuery and dbt models, cost attribution systems, forecasting and anomaly detection models, and cost-versus-revenue analytics. Identify and implement AWS and GCP savings opportunities, automate governance with Python, Terraform, and Lambda, and partner with Engineering, Finance, Product, and leadership on cloud costs, forecasting, reporting, and architecture decisions.

Lead product data engineering across architecture, data modeling, pipelines, monitoring, lineage, and data quality. Build reliable analytical datasets, support experimentation and machine learning use cases, and resolve business-critical pipeline issues. Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to translate business needs into automated data solutions. The role requires ownership of end-to-end data engineering projects, on-call participation, and development of AI-assisted monitoring and automation.

Lead product data engineering initiatives by designing data models, owning critical pipelines, building data quality and lineage monitoring, and supporting experimentation and ML-ready datasets. Translate business needs into automated data solutions, maintain pipeline SLAs through on-call support, and develop AI-assisted tools for issue detection and resolution. Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Applied AI teams across Block’s products.

Develop and maintain ETL processes, SQL Server databases, SSAS data models, SSRS reports, and Power BI dashboards. Build unified data models across ERP systems, improve BI performance, establish development standards, and translate cross-functional business requirements into scalable data and integration solutions. The role also supports modernization of Sofina’s data environment and strategic reporting for finance, sales, supply chain, and other stakeholders.

Lead Cohere’s Data Foundation pillar, managing a team responsible for the full data lifecycle. Own the roadmap, BigQuery warehouse, Airflow and Cloud Run orchestration, dbt modeling, Looker and API serving, Terraform infrastructure, governance, access controls, reliability, incident response, and data freshness SLAs. Lead development of an agentic analytics platform and evaluation framework, establish company-wide analytics standards, and partner with product, engineering, security, legal, and business teams.

Design and maintain data architecture and pipelines to support compliance and risk teams. Build and optimize data models, standardize metrics, and create data dictionaries. Implement data quality, lineage monitoring, AI-driven agents for false-positive reduction and automation, and participate in on-call rotations to ensure SLAs are met.

Lead design and optimization of data models and pipelines for compliance and risk; standardize metrics and documentation; build data quality, lineage, and monitoring (including AI agents for automation); manage ETL scheduling, on-call pipeline support, and collaborate with product and non-technical partners to translate business needs into automated, production-ready data solutions.

Lead the architecture and delivery of GitLab’s data products, including near-real-time data ingestion, knowledge graph integrations, data marketplaces, observability, and data-sharing APIs. Translate ambiguous 0-to-1 initiatives into roadmaps, resolve cross-team dependencies, ensure operational readiness across deployment surfaces, and mentor engineers. The role requires deep full-stack expertise, technical leadership, and experience with AI-powered orchestration and multi-tenant SaaS systems.

Designs and demonstrates secure, scalable Azure database and analytics solutions for enterprise customers. Leads technical sales engagements, proofs of concept, hackathons, architecture workshops, migrations, and production deployments. Advises platform leaders, resolves technical blockers, collaborates with engineering, and develops expertise across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databases, Databricks, Purview, on-premises data warehouses, Hadoop, and competing analytics platforms.

Partner with sales teams to win strategic data security opportunities. Deliver technical presentations, gather customer requirements, lead product evaluations, configure solutions, and design test plans. The role requires extensive pre-sales experience, security and networking expertise, data protection knowledge, AI fluency, and collaboration across matrixed go-to-market and partner teams.

Own and evolve WorkOS’s internal data platform, including ingestion, orchestration, Snowflake, dbt models, data governance, reverse ETL, semantic views, and AI-enabled data workflows. Ensure pipeline reliability, freshness, security, and scalability while partnering with Product, Finance, RevOps, GTM, Engineering, and Security. Build monitoring, runbooks, CI/CD gates, access controls, masking policies, and infrastructure automation across AWS and Kubernetes.

Build and manage Palantir Foundry data pipelines, ontology components, applications, and AIP-powered agentic AI workflows. Lead solutions from prototype through production, guide architecture and code reviews, coach engineers, resolve technical blockers, and communicate design decisions and delivery risks to clients. Integrate AI with enterprise data, APIs, and business systems while owning technical delivery.

Design, build, and scale backend data services, APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and high-volume data pipelines. Optimize PostgreSQL and Oracle databases, improve reliability and performance across regions, diagnose complex production issues, and mentor engineers. Partner with DBA and SRE teams while providing hands-on technical leadership and owning services end to end.

Leads the enterprise data engineering capability, including architecture, integration patterns, cloud data platforms, scalable pipelines, APIs, data governance, and real-time processing. Establishes standards and roadmaps across Azure, Snowflake, and MuleSoft while enabling business intelligence, automation, machine learning, RAG, vector search, and AI initiatives. Collaborates with stakeholders and technical teams to deliver governed, observable, high-quality enterprise data solutions.

Leads enterprise data engineering and AI platform strategy, including Azure, Snowflake, and MuleSoft architectures; scalable pipelines, APIs, data lakes, warehouses, governance, integration, real-time processing, and AI capabilities such as RAG and vector search. Partners with stakeholders to deliver trusted data products supporting analytics, automation, reporting, machine learning, and enterprise AI initiatives.

Design, build, and support production data feeds and integration pipelines using Python, SQL Server, Snowflake, REST APIs, SFTP, Docker, and AWS ECS. Develop incremental-loading workflows, apply Data Vault modeling, troubleshoot end-to-end data pipelines, and implement validation, monitoring, logging, error handling, and retries. Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders while maintaining pipeline and operational documentation.

Develop and optimize secure networking software for Ribbon’s next-generation products across cloud, server, and custom hardware platforms. Responsibilities include data-plane acceleration using network processors, debugging customer issues, collaborating with system testing, and measuring product performance. The role requires strong C and embedded programming experience, networking expertise, Linux and kernel knowledge, and familiarity with technologies such as DPDK, VPP, SmartNICs, Kubernetes networking interfaces, tunneling, and eBPF.

Designs, builds, and maintains scalable batch and streaming data pipelines across AWS and GCP. Develops ETL/ELT workflows using Python, PySpark, and advanced SQL; optimizes performance, storage, and query execution; implements data quality and governance controls; and supports data lakes, warehouses, and ML workflows. Collaborates with data scientists and ML engineers on MLOps automation and production deployments while maintaining CI/CD, Docker, infrastructure standards, and technical documentation.