Role Overview
StackAdapt is hiring a Senior Big Data Engineer. This is a full-time role in CA. Part of StackAdapt's Performance Marketing hiring. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
StackAdapt is the leading technology company that empowers marketers to reach, engage, and convert audiences with precision. With 465 billion automated optimizations per second, the AI-powered StackAdapt Marketing Platform seamlessly connects brand and performance marketing to drive measurable results across the entire customer journey. The most forward-thinking marketers choose StackAdapt to orchestrate high-impact campaigns across programmatic advertising and marketing channels.
What You'll Be Doing:
This role will be responsible for all operational database administration duties, data engineering, and data operations within the Data Lake and Enterprise Data Warehouse (Snowflake) ecosystem including, but not limited, to the following:
- Take the lead on our daily database administration, ensuring our data environment stays healthy and reliable.
- Partner closely with our Staff EDW Architect to bring new visions to life, designing high-quality data artifacts that follow industry best practices.
- Turn business needs into smart, reusable ETL solutions that grow alongside our company.
- Design end-to-end pipelines using your expertise with data models and architecture diagrams to build automated ingestion and transformation pipelines that keep our data moving on schedule
- Analyze and produce artifacts such as Source-to-Target Mapping documents.
- Build pipelines that bring together data from everywhere—whether it’s RDBMS, APIs, JSON, or flat files—creating a seamless flow of information.
- Define the "Source of Truth" using tools like Python and ETL software to clean, integrate, and transform data into a single, reliable resource the whole company can trust.
- Provide day-to-day operational support for all the data pipelines by monitoring and investigating alerts, while troubleshooting and remediating production issues in a timely manner.
- Act as a player-coach for junior and intermediate data engineers and ETL developers as the EDO team grows.
What you’ll bring to the table:
- Deep experience performing ETL design and development via custom coding (SQL, Python, Spark, Java, etc.) as well as using ETL tools (e.g., Coalesce, Informatica, DataStage, Talend) and other tools such as Data Quality tools, Metadata Manager, etc.
- Extensive hands-on, professional, experience working with Snowflake as a Database Administrator (DBA) and clear understanding of Snowflake’s Access Control framework
- Comfortable with Cloud-hosted solutions, especially AWS with experience deploying Secrets Manager, KMS, S3, EC2, Linux, Cross-Account Access, etc in a scaled environment
- Innate curiosity to fundamentally understand and solve problems. You’re not satisfied until you can clearly explain how and why and error occurred, and you are driven to ensure it never happens again
- Understanding of data warehousing architecture fundamentals (e.g., Kimball vs. Inmon, Medallion Architecture, 3NF data models, reference data models, dimensional models, conformed dimensions, SCDs, etc.).
- Experience in orchestrating data operations via tools such as Apache Airflow, Cron, Astronomer etc.
The compensation range listed for this role reflects the expected base salary for candidates located in Ontario, Canada. It is informed by market data and the approved budget for this position. StackAdapt maintains different compensation ranges for roles across other countries and regions, and final offers will be aligned to the candidate’s current location.
This range represents base salary only. Depending on the role, candidates may also be eligible for additional compensation such as annual bonuses, commissions, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Factors Influencing Final Compensation:
- The final compensation offer will be determined by a variety of factors, which may include, but are not limited to: the candidate's specific experience, technical skills, knowledge, abilities, and relevant education, licensure, and certifications.
- Other business factors, such as organizational needs and budget alignment, may also be considered in the final offer.
Ontario Residents Only
$100,000 - $125,000 CAD
The compensation range listed for this role reflects the expected hourly rate for candidates located in Ontario, Canada. It is informed by market data and the approved budget for this position. StackAdapt maintains different compensation ranges for roles across other countries and
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Senior Big Data Engineer position at StackAdapt?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to StackAdapt. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Senior Big Data Engineer position at StackAdapt located?
This position is based in CA. StackAdapt has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Senior Big Data Engineer at StackAdapt earn?
StackAdapt has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Senior Big Data Engineer role at StackAdapt posted?
This role was posted on March 22, 2026 (77 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
How much experience does the Senior Big Data Engineer role at StackAdapt require?
This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. StackAdapt lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.
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