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Database Engineer

Database Engineer

HR à la carte • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24 days ago
Salary
CA$110,000.00 yearly
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Permanent
Job description

Position
Database Engineer

Location
Toronto ON (100% onsite)

Employment Type
New Full-Time Permanent position

Salary
$110000 - $125000 (depending on experience)plus incentive compensation

Hamilton ETFs is building a SaaS platforma suite of applications designed to power every aspect of our business including sales marketing data intelligence compliance reporting and AI-assisted workflows. Purpose-built for the unique needs of a Canadian asset manager this platform will be the foundation for how we operate and innovate.

This is not a maintenance-only Database Engineer role. Youll have the opportunity to design and build a modern cloud-native ML-ready data platform that supports transactional workloads analytics regulatory reporting and the next generation of AI capabilities including vector search and semantic retrieval.

If youre excited by the opportunity to architect a platform from the ground up and shape the future of data and AI at a growing investment firm wed love to hear from you.

Hamilton ETFs offers:
  • A competitive compensation package including comprehensive health and wellness benefits;
  • Ownership of the data foundation for a platform at its earliest most formative stage;
  • A direct line into technology strategy at a growing Canadian asset manager;
  • We value collaboration open-mindedness and service focused mindsets;
  • Diverse and inspiring colleagues and approachable leaders;
  • Opportunity to evolve in a growing firm.
Heres a bit about Hamilton ETFs:
Hamilton ETFs is one of Canadas fastest growing exchange traded fund (ETF) providers. Based in Torontos financial district and with $17 billion in ETF assets under management we are seeking a motivated individual to join our entrepreneurial team of experienced and talented professionals.

Heres what you will do as Database Engineer:
The Database Engineer is responsible for designing and evolving the shared data platform that powers Hamilton ETFs next-generation SaaS applications. Youll architect secure scalable and high-performing databases that support advisor intelligence CRM workflows compliance monitoring reporting analytics and future AI capabilities.
  • Design and manage the core relational database architecture that serves as the shared foundation for the platforms apps.
  • Design scalable data models supporting advisor intelligence CRM marketing compliance reporting and customer-facing applications.
  • Own database performance: indexing partitioning query optimization replication backups recovery and high availability.
  • Establish robust data governance practices including role-based access control audit logging encryption data lineage and retention policies aligned with Canadian regulatory requirements.
  • Support secure ingestion normalization and deduplication of large financial-industry datasets including the Canadian advisor database.
  • Design structures that support ML features such as lead scoring intent detection advisor similarity anomaly detection and natural-language reporting.
  • Work with the Full Stack Developer to define API-ready patterns stored procedures where appropriate and efficient service-layer access.
  • Ensure clean governed data flows into HubSpot as the commercial source of truth.
  • Help design future infrastructure: data warehouse event streaming vector database semantic search and analytics layers.
  • Document standards naming conventions backup procedures security controls and data lifecycle policies.
  • Other work or special projects assigned for the overall benefit of Hamilton ETFs.
Heres what youll need to be successful:
  • Strong understanding that the database is the foundation of the product and passionate about the performance security clean data models maintainability and future flexibility.
  • Has comfort in an early-stage environment (where the architecture is being built from the start) and is energized by creating a strong foundation.
  • Ability to work closely with application developers and product leadership with strong documentation and operational discipline.
  • Architectural mindset with the ability to design systems that will scale as products data volumes and AI capabilities evolve.
Minimum Education Experience and Skills
  • Post secondary diploma in computer science computer engineering or other relevant programs; Masters Degree an asset.
  • 5 years designing and supporting relational databases as a Database Engineer Data Engineer Database Developer or similar role.
  • Strong PostgreSQL experience: performance tuning indexing strategies schema design and database security.
  • Experience designing databases for SaaS CRM workflow reporting or financial services platforms.
  • Strong grasp of data privacy auditability role-based access control encryption backup and disaster recovery.
  • Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines data imports deduplication validation and large structured datasets.

Preferred Education Experience and Skills

  • PostgreSQL at scale: partitioning replication read replicas materialized views and query profiling.
  • Cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP.
  • Data warehouse or analytics tooling.
  • Vector databases such as pgvector Qdrant Pinecone Weaviate or similar.
  • Supporting ML workflows semantic search embeddings or LLM-backed applications.
  • Financial services wealth management asset management capital markets or regulated environments.
  • Familiarity with SOC 2 ISO 27001 audit controls data retention and compliance reporting.
  • Event-driven architectures message queues or streaming pipelines.

Interested in being a part of Hamilton ETFs We look forward to your application!
Hamilton ETFs is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of all applicants throughout the recruiting and selection process. Please let us know about any accommodation and/or support requirements. Please note only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Hamilton ETFs is working in partnership with HR à la carte for our recruitment efforts.

Please note: we are only accepting applications from those authorized to work in Canada and we are not currently sponsoring any temporary or permanent work visas.

Use of AI in Hiring:Some stages of our recruitment process may use AI-assisted tools to support recruitment efforts; however all applications are screened and assessed by human addition all final hiring decisions are made by humans.

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