Senior Data Engineer

The Wissen team continues to expand its footprint in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, and India. More openings to come as we continue to grow the team!

Please read below for a brilliant career opportunity.

Title: AVP/VP

Location: Montreal, QC (day 1 onboarding onsite / in-office presence required 3x/week)

Mode of Work: 3 days/week onsite required

Required Experience: 6-12 years

Who You Are

• Want to be part of cutting edge, high visibility projects and are motivated by delivering world-class solutions on an aggressive schedule
• Someone who is not intimidated by challenges; thrives under pressure; is passionate about their craft and focused on delivering exceptional results
• Enjoy learning new technologies and raise the bar on your team
• Enjoy working with technical and non-technical stakeholders for delivery of software systems
• Enjoy working with and managing junior developers

What’s the Role

• Collaborating and leading part of a cross-functional Agile team to create and enhance software for data ingestion and entity resolution platform
• Expertise in application, data and infrastructure architecture disciplines
• Working with large, complex data sets from a variety of sources
• Participate in the rapid development of user-driven prototypes to identify technical options and inform multiple architectural approaches
• Building efficient storage and search functions over structured and unstructured data
• Utilizing programming languages Python, Java, Scala, Relational and NoSQL databases
• Learning newer technologies for entity resolution such as Quantexa platform

Basic Qualifications

• Proven track record of a minimum of 6 years in management, in a space with strong focus on large scale data processing and instrumentation
• Strong coding background, ideally in Java/ Python / Scala
• Experience in at least one big data product: Databricks, Elasticsearch, Snowflake
• Experience building batch / real time data pipelines for production systems
• Experience with Relational and Non-Relational DBs like DB2, MongoDB
• Experience with various data formats: Parquet, CSV, JSON, XML, Relational Data
• Strong familiarity with Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, Iceberg, Airflow, Data Modeling, relational databases, columnar databases
• Previous working experience in large scale distributed systems
• Strong familiarity with software engineering principles, including object-oriented and functional programming paradigms, design patterns, and code quality practices
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Rest based applications
• Experience with Databricks/ Delta Lake
• Experience with client reference data sourcing from vendors
• Healthcare insurance for you and your family (medical, dental, vision).
• Short / Long term disability insurance.
• Life Insurance.
• Accidental death & disability Insurance.
• 3 weeks of Paid Time Off.
• Support and fee coverage for immigration needs.
• Remote office set up stipend.
• Support for industry certifications.
• Additional cash incentives.
• Re-skilling opportunities to transition between technologies.

Schedule: Monday to Friday

Work Mode: Hybrid

Job Type: Full-time

We are: A high end technical consulting firm built and run by highly qualified technologists. Our workforce consists of 5000+ highly skilled professionals, with leadership from Wharton, MIT, IITs, IIMs, and NITs and decades of experience at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, MSCI, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Verizon, British Telecom, ISRO etc. Without any external funding or investments, Wissen Technology has grown its revenues by 100% every other year since it started as a subsidiary of Wissen Group in 2015. We have a global presence with offices in the US, India, UK, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.

You are: A true tech or domain ninja. Or both. Comfortable working in a quickly growing profitable startup, have a “can do” attitude and are willing to take on any task thrown your way.

You will:

• Develop and promote the company’s culture of engineering excellence.
• Define, develop and deliver solutions at a top tier investment bank or another esteemed client.
• Perform other duties as needed

Your Education and Experience:

• We value candidates who can execute on our vision and help us build an industry-leading organization.
• Graduate-level degree in computer science, engineering, or related technical field
• Wissen embraces diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We believe that the more inclusive our team is, the better our work will be. All qualified applicants, including but not limited to LGBTQ+, Minorities, Females, the Disabled, and Veterans, are encouraged to apply.

The Wissen Group was founded in the year 2000. Wissen Technology, a part of Wissen Group, was established in the year 2015. Wissen Technology is a specialized technology company that delivers high-end consulting for diverse industries, including Banking, E-commerce, Telecom, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and Energy. We help clients build world-class products. We have offices in the US, India (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune), UK, Australia, Mexico, Vietnam, and Canada.

We empower businesses with a dynamic portfolio of services and accelerators tailored to today’s digital demands and based on future ready technology stack. Our services include Industry Leading Custom Software Development, AI-Driven Software Engineering, Generative AI & Machine Learning, Real-Time Data Analytics & Insights, Interactive Data Visualization & Decision Intelligence, Intelligent Process Automation, Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Strategies, Cross-Platform Mobile Experiences, CI/CD-Powered Agile DevOps, Automated Quality Engineering, and cutting-edge integrations.

Certified as a Great Place to Work® for five consecutive years (2020-2025) and recognized as a Top 20 AI/ML vendor by CIO Insider, Wissen Group has delivered multimillion-dollar projects for over 20 Fortune 500 companies. Wissen Technology delivers exceptional value on mission-critical projects through thought leadership, ownership, and reliable, high-quality, on-time delivery.

Our industry-leading technical expertise stem from the talented professionals we attract. Committed to fostering their growth and providing top-tier career opportunities, Wissen ensures an outstanding experience and value for our clients and employees.

We Value:

• Perfection: Pursuit of excellence through continuous improvement.
• Curiosity: Fostering continuous learning and exploration.
• Respect: Valuing diversity and mutual respect.
• Integrity: Commitment to ethical conduct and transparency.
• Transparency: Open communication and trust.

Wissen Thought leadership: https://www.wissen.com/articles/

Employee Speak:

https://www.wissen.com/blog/we-work-on-highly-complex-technology-projects-here-is-how-it-changes-whom-we-hire/

Wissen: A Great Place to Work

https://www.wissen.com/blog/here-is-what-ownership-and-commitment-mean-to-wissenites/

A technology consultancy that drives digital innovation by connecting strategy and execution, helping global clients to strengthen their core technology.