Data Engineering Jobs in Canada
There are 1,331 open Data Engineering jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 555 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are sql, python and data-engineering.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | year | CA$110,000 | CA$138,000 | CA$170,000 | 146 |
| CAD | hour | CA$61 | CA$72 | CA$92 | 20 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- sql 67%
- python 64%
- data-engineering 63%
- cloud 60%
- analytics 57%
- data-pipelines 52%
- ai 48%
- etl 44%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 247 · 19%
- Remote 129 · 10%
- Onsite 36 · 3%
Visa sponsorship offered in 20% of the 41 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 496
- Lead 97
- Staff 67
- C-level 24
- Principal 20
- Middle 19
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 141
- 501-1000 employees 25
- 51-200 employees 7
- 201-500 employees 6
- 11-50 employees 3
- 1-10 employees 1
Google Big Data Platform Engineer II
Onsite platform engineer at TD Bank's internal tech team, building and automating a Google BigQuery big-data platform: writing Python/Terraform/GitHub Actions orchestration, automated security tests, IAM compliance, and cloud networking support across GCP and Azure in an Agile DevOps setup.
Google Big Data Platform Engineer II
Platform engineer on TD's internal cloud team building and automating the Google BigQuery platform across GCP and Azure: writing orchestration code in Python and Terraform, CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, automated security tests, and self-service automation while handling IAM, networking, and compliance.
Senior Data Platform Engineer & AI Lead
Lead the design and build of a new data engineering platform for Tangerine (Scotiabank's banking brand), supporting analytics and production ML workloads on modern cloud platforms. Day to day: architect secure, scalable data pipelines, mentor engineers, and partner with data scientists and product teams.
Staff Data Engineering Technical Lead
Staff-level data engineering lead at Capital One's Toronto team: owns technical design for fault-tolerant, multi-platform enterprise applications, applying data modeling and architecture expertise in Python on AWS, while supporting machine learning and conversational AI initiatives in a regulated financial-services environment.
Staff Engineer - Data Engineering Staff
Capital One is hiring a Staff Data Engineer in Toronto to act as a tech lead, owning technical design and development of cross-functional, multi-platform, fault-tolerant data systems for banking. Core stack: 6+ years with Python/Java/Go, AWS (preferred) or Azure/GCP, plus data design, modelling and architecture.
Senior Manager Software Data Engineering
Leads software and data engineering teams at Scotiabank in Toronto, delivering APIs, integrations, data platforms, and analytics for finance, risk, and regulatory reporting while driving cloud modernization, DevOps, and CI/CD across enterprise systems.
Senior Databricks Data Platform Engineer
Senior platform engineer who owns and automates Databricks environments end to end in Montreal — Unity Catalog governance, compute strategy, CI/CD with Terraform and Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, FinOps cost optimization, Delta Lake performance tuning, plus AI-agent-driven operations built on Databricks Mosaic AI and MCP.
Staff Data Platform Engineer
Hands-on staff-level technical lead on Loblaw's Retail Media Platform team in Toronto, designing large-scale batch, streaming, and analytical data pipelines on cloud platforms using SQL plus Python, Scala, or Java, while mentoring engineers and leading cross-team design reviews.
Senior Data Engineer — Hybrid Toronto with Equity
Senior Data Engineer at Clutch Canada (hybrid in Toronto) owning the data platform end-to-end: designing scalable warehouses, pipelines, and data models that power pricing, funnel insights, and financing decisions. Core stack is Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Python, and AWS, working closely with analysts and data scientists.
Staff Data Engineer - Retail Media Platform
Staff Data Engineer on Loblaw's Retail Media Platform team, leading hands-on design of large-scale data platforms, pipelines, and backend services powering measurement, reporting, analytics, and AI features. Core stack includes SQL, Python/Scala/Java, cloud data platforms (GCP: BigQuery, Dataproc, Airflow), Spark, and Kafka.
Senior Data Engineer: Governance, AI Readiness & Platform
Senior Data Engineer at CarePartners who leads governance, architecture, and integration of the enterprise data environment — designing scalable data pipelines and models across clinical, operational, and financial data to enable analytics and AI, while ensuring data quality, security, and regulatory compliance.
Senior Data Engineer — Snowflake, dbt & Dagster Expert
Senior Data Engineer designing scalable Snowflake data models and robust ELT/ETL pipelines for a Canadian financial-sector client, building modular dbt pipelines, orchestrating workflows with Dagster or Airflow, and writing Python for data functions and monitoring.
Lead Cloud Data Platform Engineer
Lead data platform engineer at Ipsos in Vancouver, expanding the Ipsos DataHub by architecting and delivering production-grade cloud data pipelines on GCP using Python, SQL, BigQuery, and GCS, with CI/CD, infrastructure as code, incident response, and mentoring of data engineers.
Senior Power Systems Data Engineer
Senior engineer/analyst on AESO's Grid Analytics team in Calgary, combining data engineering, business intelligence, and Python development to build BI platforms, visualizations, and market simulation tools supporting Alberta's power grid operations, planning, and reliability.
Senior Cloud Data Engineer
Senior data engineer building and optimizing cloud-based data pipelines and cost-efficient warehouses on Google Cloud (BigQuery, GCS) for Ipsos DataHub, using Python and SQL, plus serverless design, production migration, and AI/LLM-based tooling.
Senior Data Engineer (Modern Data Stack) [Only Canada]
Tekton Labs, a technology outsourcing company, is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to collaborate with a Canadian financial-sector client. Day to day: designing Snowflake data models, building dbt ELT pipelines and Dagster/Airflow orchestration, writing Python/SQL, and managing AWS/Azure infra with Terraform and GitHub Actions CI/CD.
Director of Data Engineering
Director-level leader who owns Alpaca's data engineering strategy and roadmap on-site in Canada, managing leads and delivering data platforms for Finance, Sales, Product, Compliance, and Customer Success, while staying hands-on with Python, SQL, dbt, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered analytics in financial systems.
Principal Data Engineer
Principal Data Engineer at Tangerine (Scotiabank's digital bank) in Toronto: leads the design and hands-on build of a new data engineering platform enabling business analytics and production AI/ML. Core focus on data pipelines, warehousing, and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure), plus technical leadership and mentoring.
Senior Data Engineer Toronto
Senior Data Engineer owning Clutch's end-to-end data platform at Canada's largest online used-car retailer — building reliable ELT pipelines, warehouse models, and DevOps/observability practices with Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Python, and AWS to power analytics, pricing, and financial services. Hybrid role, three days a week in downtown Toronto.
Senior Azure Data Engineer
Senior Associate Azure Data Engineer at PwC in Toronto: designs and builds scalable data ingestion, transformation, and curation pipelines on Azure using Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse. Applies SQL, Python, and ETL/ELT expertise, with data quality checks, monitoring, and collaboration with scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders.