Senior Data Engineer

About This Role

Senior Data Engineer – Tech Lead

If you’ve taken a plane to any destination in the world, chances are, your pilot was trained by CAE. With its strong customer focus, the Digital Accelerator team is dedicated to elevating the training experience to make pilots the best they can be.

Here are few reasons why folks love working at CAE!

• Meaningful work that drives professional development
• Ability to enter and grow within the technology industry
• Work in a collaborative environment
• Be part of a high-performance team

Your Mission

As a member of the Data Engineering team, your mission is to actively participate in CAE’s Data Strategy and its evolution. Your work will allow CAE to offer better services and develop new products based on data.

Your Role & Main Responsibilities

Be a key contributor to the Data Strategy

• Design and implement optimal and scalable data pipeline architecture.
• Define and deploy data engineering best practices & standards.
• Provide guidance to ssemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.
• Provide guidance to build complex infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources and ‘big data’ technologies.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability.
• Technical Leading : Team of Data Engineers ( 5-7) that

• build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency and other key business performance metrics.

• Keep data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers.

Be an active member of the business transformation

• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, CX, Design and Dev teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
• Be a force of proposal on new ideas & improvements on Data & AI  products and delivery processes

Be an inspirational and motivational colleague

• Be an inspirational and motivational colleague
• Share knowledge with team members & participate in various learning-sharing activities
• Contribute to the collaborative and stimulating work environment
• Be a change agent & Agile mindset promoter
• Be connected to the industry to know tendencies and suggest innovative ideas

Your Qualifications

Softskills

• Willingness to participate in all levels of project work when necessary.
• Excellent English and French written and verbal communication skills.
• Join the engine that is changing CAE, pointing towards the next horizon of growth through digital innovations to support our customers in their success.

Technical skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. A Master’s is a plus.
• A minimum of 8 years industry experience working with data, coding and scripting (Python/Java/Scala/SQL/JS/Bash), design and testing.
• A minimum of 4 years experience of leading development team of data engineers
• Solid knowledge of CS fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka.
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including SQL Server and CosmosDb.
• Experience with automated data pipeline and workflow management tools: DevOps, ARM, Data Factory, Airflow.
• Experience with Microsoft cloud services: Azure, Databricks.
• Experience with stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming.

What we have to offer

• Benefits: fully flexible for you to choose what is important
• Retirement: Defined Benefits Retirement Plan & Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
• Financial Perks: Employee Stock Purchase Plan & numerous corporate discounts
• Personal and Family Programs: Physical Wellness Plan & Supplementary Maternity Plan
• Work-Life Balance: Flextime & California Fridays all year
• Fun at work: social and community events all-year round!

Join the engine that is changing CAE, pointing towards the next horizon of growth through digital innovations to support our customers in their success.

Position Type                       

CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

CAE is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As "One CAE," we take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, Veteran status, age, or other legally protected characteristics.  

If you don't see yourself fully reflected in every job requirement listed in the job posting, we still encourage you to reach out and apply. At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please get in touch with us at rh-hr@cae.com.