Python Developer for Data Engineering

Factors Group is a leading wellness company committed to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making and drive innovation. We are a large manufacturing company seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our team and contribute to the modernization and development of our data infrastructure.

As a Data Engineer at Factors Group, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support our growing data needs. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will have the freedom to experiment to see which tools suit our needs best to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and accessibility of our data.

Permanent Full-time (40 hours)

Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm (flexible)

Hybrid in the office in Coquitlam

Salary: $100,000 - $110,000

Key Responsibilities:

• We are currently moving from on-prem to the cloud. This is a leading role in this migration, you be a critical decision maker
• Primarily using Python, you will build, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to ingest, transform, and store structured and unstructured data from various sources.
• Optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness
• Collaborate with Data Analysts to understand data requirements and implement solutions to enable advanced analytics and machine learning.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and address data pipeline issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in data engineering, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance our data infrastructure and processes.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation.

You have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science preferred
• 5+ years of experience with Python, preferably in a fast-paced, data-intensive environment.
• Experience in building data pipelines using frameworks like Spark and PySpark.
• Strong SQL skills
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or Fabric, and related services like Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory an asset
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic team environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

You get:

• Great healthcare benefits (including health and personal spending accounts)
• Company provided RRSP
• Vacation and wellness days - 5 weeks in total
• Employee appreciation events and wellness sessions
• $300 per year to spend on company products plus discounts on our products
• Free onsite parking and bus pass reimbursement
• Discounts on local and sustainable companies
• Tuition reimbursement

Why us?

• We’re much bigger than you think, 30+ natural health brands loved across North America
• Proudly Canadian owned & operated and a Certified B Corp company

Learn more about us here: https://ca.naturalfactors.com/pages/our-nature

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This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Only electronic applications can be accepted. This position will close when a competitive candidate pool has been identified. We thank you all for your applications and a member of our team will contact you soon. All the best!

All Internal applicants will be given priority for consideration for the first five business days that this position is posted. After that five days, Internal applicants will be considered along with all other applicants; however, are guaranteed at minimum a call from the Talent Acquisition team.