Big data engineer Jobs in Surrey, BC

Location(s) : Help Headquarters (Surrey, BC); Toronto, ON

Job Type :  Full Time Regular

myWork Program : Hybrid

Starting Salary Range :  $95,900.00 - $124,700.00

Background Screening Requirement :

• Enhanced Criminal Record Check (every 5 years)
• Credit Check (every 5 years)
• Identity Verification (every 5 years)
• Employment Verification
• References

Job Purpose

The Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and operates our cloud-first Enterprise Analytics platform on AWS. You will partner with our Data Architect, Platform Engineering, DBAs, and Data Governance teams to ingest data from core banking and enterprise sources, transform it using repeatable, metadata‑driven patterns, and deliver curated data models that power self‑serve analytics, regulatory reporting, and enterprise decisioning. This role leads by example—establishing development standards, CI / CD practices, and data quality / governance controls across the engineering team—while ensuring all solutions meet CCS security, privacy, and regulatory expectations.

Accountabilities

Data Platform & Pipelines

Design and deliver reliable, scalable ingestion and transformation pipelines on AWS using Informatica IDMC (e.g., Cloud Data Integration, Mass Ingestion, Cloud Data Quality, Cloud Data Governance & Catalog).

Implement domain‑oriented, reusable data services and models optimized for analytics, regulatory reporting, and operational intelligence.

Engineer pipeline observability and automate testing within CI / CD.

Modeling & Analytics Enablement

Translate business and regulatory requirements into robust data models and marts.

Apply best‑practice dimensional modeling (Kimball) and pragmatic lakehouse design.

Governance, Quality & Security

Operationalize data governance policies with Informatica data governance and quality capabilities.

Embed privacy and security by design across pipelines.

Regulatory & Risk Alignment

Build data capabilities that support OSFI / FINTRAC / CDIC‑driven initiatives.

Partner with Risk, Finance, Compliance, and Internal Audit to ensure traceable data lineage and control evidence.

Ways of Working & Leadership

Set engineering standards and mentor engineers on cloud data engineering best practices.

Contribute to backlogs, estimations, and delivery plans.

Skills & Qualifications

Minimum Job-Related Experience

10+ years in data engineering with significant ownership of data warehouse / data platform builds and 3+ years on cloud (AWS preferred).

Strong SQL and performance tuning.

Expert in star schema / Kimball modeling.

Proven track record building production pipelines (Preferably on AWS leveraging core data services including Redshift).

Experience with event / stream ingestion, CDC patterns

Experience operationalizing data quality, lineage, metadata management, and access controls.

Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

Nice-to-have

Hands‑on expertise with Informatica IDMC and Informatica Cloud Data Quality & Governance.

CI / CD for data and Infrastructure as Code.

Experience building near‑real‑time analytics.

Exposure to MDM, reference data management, and consent / privacy tooling.

Background with the Microsoft BI stack to support legacy migrations.

Demonstrated delivery in regulated financial services with familiarity across OSFI / FINTRAC / CDIC reporting.

Familiarity with PCI DSS, PIPEDA / BC PIPA, data retention, and defensible deletion.

Tools & Environment

Cloud : AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, IAM; Lake Formation / Athena; Redshift)

Integration & Quality : Informatica IDMC (Cloud Data Integration, Mass Ingestion, Cloud Data Quality), Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog

DevOps & Observability : Git‑based workflows, CI / CD for data, logging / metrics / alerting, data tests, lineage

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Coast Capital

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Coast Capital, we believe everyone has potential. We are committed to for everyone – including our employees. We see the potential in our employees to achieve amazing things and want to invest in your future. If you’re excited about this career opportunity and your experience may not perfectly align with every qualification in this job posting, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Coast Capital.

At Coast Capital, we are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black, and racialized persons, persons with disabilities, people of diverse sexual and gender identities and women. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences and expertise benefit of our employees, our members, and our community.

Coast Capital is committed to providing an accessible recruitment experience. If you are a candidate with a disability and require accommodation(s) during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at or 778-391-5836. This contact is intended solely for inquiries or feedback related to accessibility barriers, accommodation requests or alternate format requests. We will work with you to ensure your needs are met. You will only receive a response to inquiries related to these topics.

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