Data Engineering Jobs in Canada
There are 1,545 open Data Engineering jobs in Canada on freehire right now. 574 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are sql, python and cloud.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAD | year | CA$111,390 | CA$132,924 | CA$159,300 | 234 |
| CAD | hour | CA$65 | CA$72 | CA$92 | 36 |
| USD | year | $117,500 | $140,000 | $170,000 | 22 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- sql 63%
- python 62%
- cloud 59%
- data-engineering 57%
- analytics 55%
- data-pipelines 54%
- etl 48%
- ai 47%
How the work is done
- Hybrid 253 · 16%
- Remote 138 · 9%
- Onsite 16 · 1%
Visa sponsorship offered in 44% of the 111 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 553
- Lead 135
- Staff 49
- Principal 32
- Junior 29
- C-level 20
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 313
- 501-1000 employees 112
- 51-200 employees 35
- 11-50 employees 20
- 201-500 employees 16
- 1-10 employees 2
Senior Data Steward
Oversees data taxonomy, accuracy, and reporting for North America Commercial datasets at Kraft Heinz, aligning metrics with business teams and coordinating data engineers to implement solutions for sales, distribution, and pricing analytics.
Lead Data Engineer
Lead Data Engineer responsible for designing and delivering enterprise data platforms and pipelines, leading engineering teams, with expertise in SQL, Python, PySpark, ETL, and data services.
Senior Backend Software Engineer – Data Platform
Build and operate Kaseya’s scalable data platform, designing real-time pipelines and event-driven systems to power analytics, AI, and automation across millions of endpoints.
Senior Data Engineer (CAN)
Senior Data Engineer building greenfield ML data infrastructure—lakehouse architecture, training pipelines, feature stores, and pipeline observability—on GCP using Python, Spark, Kafka, and Airflow for a healthtech SaaS platform.
[Wattpad] Data Engineer - Maternity Cover
Designs and maintains data pipelines, infrastructure (AWS DMS, HBase, Kafka, Airflow, etc.), and tools to enable data-driven decisions for Wattpad’s storytelling platform.
Data Engineering Developer
Builds and maintains scalable data pipelines in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem (Fabric, Synapse, Data Factory) to solve complex data challenges for clients, while mentoring teams and setting engineering standards.
Senior Data Platform Admin: Fabric, Power BI & Azure SQL
Administers and optimizes Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and Azure SQL platforms, ensuring governance, security, performance, and compliance in a hybrid cloud environment with occasional on-site presence in Ottawa.
AI Data Governance Lead
Lead data governance and AI gateway strategy to ensure safe, trusted data usage in AI tools, defining AI-readiness for data assets and driving compliance across the platform.
Data Engineer
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Senior Data Engineer
Build and maintain a finance data platform using Databricks, Airflow, and Spark to ingest, process, and analyze financial datasets like trades, ledgers, and reference data.
Data Engineering Consultant with Azure Expertise
Acts as a Data Engineering Consultant developing, optimizing, and governing ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Databricks, managing data governance with Unity Catalog, and collaborating on data solutions.
Data Engineering Lead with Cloud Expertise
Data Engineering Lead focusing on developing scalable data platforms for analytics and AI solutions using SQL, Apache Spark, and cloud technologies like Azure or AWS.
Foundational Data Engineer Role at Jane
Join Jane as a Foundational Data Engineer to build customer data infrastructure from the ground up, leading architectural decisions and event pipelines. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and compliance, using SQL and data management tools.
Trade Data Engineer at RBC Capital Markets
Trade Data Engineer building data platforms and defining data strategy for RBC Capital Markets, leading cross-functional initiatives and governance in a capital markets environment using cloud, automation, and APIs.
Principal Data Engineer
Leads the technical roadmap for Xplore’s data platform, designing a scalable lakehouse architecture (bronze/silver/gold) to unify siloed data from on-prem systems, Salesforce, and telemetry for BI, AI, and analytics. Focuses on governance, security, compliance, and team mentorship.
Senior Data Platform Architect - Cloud Lakehouse & MLOps
Design and build scalable data platforms, pipelines, and lakehouse architectures in a cloud-first environment, mentor engineers, and lead DataOps best practices at BC Transit.