Senior Staff Data Engineer - Platform Data and Analytics (Kitchener)
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Faire
📍 kitchener, region of waterloo, Canada
Job Description
Overview
We are looking for a highly experienced technical leader in the data space to help build and operate a secure, reliable, cost‑efficient platform for data ingestion, storage, compute, orchestration, and governance. The role spans multiple Platform and Product groups, influencing teams across Product Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, Strategy, Analytics, and Finance.
Responsibilities
- Plan and execute technology projects that scale with Faire’s growth; lead architecture development with a focus on data integrity, security, performance, scale, reliability, monitoring/alerting.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship on challenging open‑ended problems, including cost‑efficient compute and storage, ETL and ELT pipelines, data ingest and warehousing, monitoring, alerting, and cost tracking for workloads.
- Engage with team planning and prioritization, balancing urgent and near‑term needs with long‑term goals.