Senior Data Engineer

BC Ferries

$105K — $131K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline (master's preferred)
  • 5-8 years of hands-on experience with enterprise data platforms
  • Proficiency in SQL, Python, and PySpark for scalable data pipelines
  • Experience with cloud-based data platforms and modern architectures
  • Strong knowledge of dimensional data modeling and warehousing
  • Familiarity with implementing data governance and security controls
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain complex, production-grade data pipelines
  • Develop robust Data Lakehouse data models for standardized analytics-ready data
  • Build and deliver reusable Gold-layer data products
  • Implement data governance and quality controls for enterprise data
  • Optimize data models and pipelines for performance and cost efficiency
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop high-performing data solutions
  • Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex data issues

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in beautiful locations like Victoria or Vancouver
  • Engagement with a team committed to enterprise optimization and data insights
  • Collaborative cross-departmental work enriching professional experience
  • Prospects for career development within a growing organization
Full Job Description
Job Description

SENIOR DATA ENGINEER  

Information Technology  

Victoria or Vancouver Lower Mainland 

 

The Role 

Reporting to the Executive Director, Enterprise Optimization, Data & Insights, you will lead the following key areas: 

  • Designing, building, and maintaining complex, production-grade data pipelines and transformations across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers, ensuring reliable integration, monitoring, performance optimization, and reusable enterprise data products; 
  • Designing and maintaining robust Data Lakehouse data models, dimensional models, and transformation patterns that prepare standardized, analytics-ready data for reporting, enterprise data products, and semantic consumption; 
  • Building and delivering trusted, reusable Gold-layer data products aligned with enterprise data standards, governance requirements, reporting needs, and approved business use cases; 
  • Implementing and maintaining data governance, data quality controls, validation rules, reconciliation processes, and conformance checks to ensure enterprise data is accurate, reliable, secure, and auditable; 
  • Optimizing data models, pipelines, transformations, and processing patterns to maximize performance, scalability, operational reliability, security, and cloud cost efficiency (FinOps); 
  • Designing and implementing secure data models and transformation processes that embed enterprise access controls, data classifications, governance policies, lineage, and auditability requirements; 
  • Collaborating with Platform Data Engineers, Analytics Engineers, Data Governance partners, and business stakeholders to develop scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions that meet business and technical requirements; 
  • Leading the troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex pipeline failures, transformation issues, data quality concerns, and production support incidents; 
  • Maintaining technical metadata, data lineage, documentation, source-to-target mappings, coding standards, and reusable engineering practices to ensure enterprise data assets remain understandable, discoverable, and maintainable; 
  • Applying software engineering best practices, including version control, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, release management, platform modernization, and technical debt reduction to continuously improve the enterprise data platform. 

 

What you bring to the team 

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, Data Analytics, Business Technology, or a related discipline (a master's degree is an asset) 
  • A minimum of 5-8 years of hands-on experience designing, developing, and supporting enterprise data platforms and modern data solutions 
  • Strong expertise developing scalable data pipelines using SQL, Python, and PySpark 
  • Experience with cloud-based data platforms, modern data architectures, and enterprise data engineering practices 
  • Strong knowledge of dimensional data modelling, data warehousing, and data transformation techniques 
  • Experience implementing data governance, security, lineage, and data quality controls; 
  • Familiarity with software engineering practices including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews 
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams 

 

Join us! 

If this sounds like your next great career move, please submit your cover letter and resume by August 30, 2026 at 11:59pm.  

 

Additional information 

The target salary range: $105,200 - $131,500 per annum.  The starting salary is determined based on the successful candidate’s knowledge, experience and internal equity.  

 

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