Top Benefits
About the role
Factors Group is a leading wellness company committed to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making and drive innovation. We are a large manufacturing company seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our team and contribute to the modernization and development of our data infrastructure.
As a Data Engineer at Factors Group, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support our growing data needs. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will have the freedom to experiment to see which tools suit our needs best to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and accessibility of our data.
Permanent Full-time (40 hours)
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm (flexible)
Hybrid in the office in Coquitlam
Key Responsibilities:
- We are currently moving from on-prem to the cloud. This is a leading role in this migration, you be a critical decision maker
- Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to ingest, transform, and store structured and unstructured data from various sources.
- Optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, utilizing best practices in data engineering and cloud computing.
- Collaborate with Data Analysts to understand data requirements and implement solutions to enable advanced analytics and machine learning.
- Develop and maintain data models, schemas, and metadata to ensure data integrity, consistency, and quality.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and address data pipeline issues and performance bottlenecks.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in data engineering, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance our data infrastructure and processes.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation.
You have:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or a similar role, preferably in a fast-paced, data-intensive environment.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, with experience in building data pipelines using frameworks like Apache Spark.
- Strong SQL skills
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or Fabric, and related services like Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic team environment.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
You get:
- Great healthcare benefits (including health and personal spending accounts)
- Company provided RRSP
- Vacation and wellness days - 5 weeks in total
- Employee appreciation events and wellness sessions
- $300 per year to spend on company products plus discounts on our products
- Free onsite parking and bus pass reimbursement
- Discounts on local and sustainable companies
- Tuition reimbursement
This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Only electronic applications can be accepted. This position will close when a competitive candidate pool has been identified. We thank you all for your applications and a member of our team will contact you soon. All the best!
All Internal applicants will be given priority for consideration for the first five business days that this position is posted. After that five days, Internal applicants will be considered along with all other applicants; however, are guaranteed at minimum a call from the Talent Acquisition team.
About Natural Factors
As a leading manufacturer of natural health formulas, Factors invests in people, science, and technology to facilitate the delivery of supplements which marry the wisdom of ancient herbal physicians and the science of modern clinical research to enhance the health of consumers worldwide.
Factors is a Canadian family-owned business with head office in British Columbia, operating for more than 50 years. From organic herbal farming in the Okanagan to state-of-the-art manufacturing operations in both British Columbia and Washington State (USA), we ensure reliable standards with extensive quality control testing in our laboratories that are among the finest in North America.
Our Mission statement: To enhance the wellbeing of our customers – through research, development, and delivery of effective nutritional supplements and other health-building products, and to contribute to the lives of our business partners including customers, employees, suppliers and the communities we serve in a cooperative a sustainable manner.
Many thrilling and innovative things are taking place at Factors such as new facilities, new equipment, new processes, and new members joining our team. Last year, we launched a new Core Values Rewards program for staff demonstrating our seven key Core Values: Hard Work/Balanced Life, Innovation & Imagination, Sustainability, Industry leading Quality & Service, Continuous Improvement, Integrity in Leadership, and Passion.
We are proud to have a core group of loyal long term staff as well as dynamic new hires joining our team. We are continuously working with employees to jointly create the type of environment that contributes to the employee experience being both positive and fulfilling.
Factors employees feel responsible for the products we produce and sell. We know we are helping people create better health and we take pride in our socially responsible and environmentally sustainable production practices.
Top Benefits
About the role
Factors Group is a leading wellness company committed to leveraging data-driven insights to enhance decision-making and drive innovation. We are a large manufacturing company seeking an experienced Data Engineer to join our team and contribute to the modernization and development of our data infrastructure.
As a Data Engineer at Factors Group, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support our growing data needs. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will have the freedom to experiment to see which tools suit our needs best to ensure the reliability, efficiency, and accessibility of our data.
Permanent Full-time (40 hours)
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 4:30pm (flexible)
Hybrid in the office in Coquitlam
Key Responsibilities:
- We are currently moving from on-prem to the cloud. This is a leading role in this migration, you be a critical decision maker
- Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable data pipelines and ETL processes to ingest, transform, and store structured and unstructured data from various sources.
- Optimize data workflows for performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, utilizing best practices in data engineering and cloud computing.
- Collaborate with Data Analysts to understand data requirements and implement solutions to enable advanced analytics and machine learning.
- Develop and maintain data models, schemas, and metadata to ensure data integrity, consistency, and quality.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to proactively identify and address data pipeline issues and performance bottlenecks.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and trends in data engineering, recommending and implementing improvements to enhance our data infrastructure and processes.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation.
You have:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering or a similar role, preferably in a fast-paced, data-intensive environment.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, with experience in building data pipelines using frameworks like Apache Spark.
- Strong SQL skills
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Azure or Fabric, and related services like Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic team environment.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
You get:
- Great healthcare benefits (including health and personal spending accounts)
- Company provided RRSP
- Vacation and wellness days - 5 weeks in total
- Employee appreciation events and wellness sessions
- $300 per year to spend on company products plus discounts on our products
- Free onsite parking and bus pass reimbursement
- Discounts on local and sustainable companies
- Tuition reimbursement
This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Only electronic applications can be accepted. This position will close when a competitive candidate pool has been identified. We thank you all for your applications and a member of our team will contact you soon. All the best!
All Internal applicants will be given priority for consideration for the first five business days that this position is posted. After that five days, Internal applicants will be considered along with all other applicants; however, are guaranteed at minimum a call from the Talent Acquisition team.
About Natural Factors
As a leading manufacturer of natural health formulas, Factors invests in people, science, and technology to facilitate the delivery of supplements which marry the wisdom of ancient herbal physicians and the science of modern clinical research to enhance the health of consumers worldwide.
Factors is a Canadian family-owned business with head office in British Columbia, operating for more than 50 years. From organic herbal farming in the Okanagan to state-of-the-art manufacturing operations in both British Columbia and Washington State (USA), we ensure reliable standards with extensive quality control testing in our laboratories that are among the finest in North America.
Our Mission statement: To enhance the wellbeing of our customers – through research, development, and delivery of effective nutritional supplements and other health-building products, and to contribute to the lives of our business partners including customers, employees, suppliers and the communities we serve in a cooperative a sustainable manner.
Many thrilling and innovative things are taking place at Factors such as new facilities, new equipment, new processes, and new members joining our team. Last year, we launched a new Core Values Rewards program for staff demonstrating our seven key Core Values: Hard Work/Balanced Life, Innovation & Imagination, Sustainability, Industry leading Quality & Service, Continuous Improvement, Integrity in Leadership, and Passion.
We are proud to have a core group of loyal long term staff as well as dynamic new hires joining our team. We are continuously working with employees to jointly create the type of environment that contributes to the employee experience being both positive and fulfilling.
Factors employees feel responsible for the products we produce and sell. We know we are helping people create better health and we take pride in our socially responsible and environmentally sustainable production practices.