Your Role in Supporting Our Members:

As the Senior Data Engineer, you will design, build, and optimizes scalable, reliable data pipelines and platforms that enable analytics, reporting, and advanced data use cases. The role leads complex engineering efforts, ensures high standards for data quality and reliability, and partners closely with analytics, platform, and business teams to deliver trusted data products. This position plays a critical role in evolving the organization’s data architecture and engineering best practices. Design and implement data models using different modelling standards and tools.

This is aFull-time, Permanentrole based at our Head Office in Vancouver, British Columbia and will report to,Director, Data Platform.

Our head office is based in Vancouver, but we are open to candidates in BC and Ontario. While this position is for an existing vacancy and provides a hybrid work arrangement, you will be expected to be on-site for events and business demands when needed.

How You'll Make an Impact:

• Designing, developing, and maintaining robust, scalable data pipelines (batch and streaming)

• Leading, implementing and optimizing ETL/ELT processes using modern data engineering frameworks.

• Designing and implementing data model using different modelling standards

• Optimizing and troubleshooting data performance, reliability, and cost across storage and computing layers.

• Creating and managing knowledgebase, access controls, deployment pipeline architecture and infrastructure related to Data Platform.

• Acting as tech advisor and collaborating on analytics, platform, security, and infrastructure teams both technical and non-technical audiences

• Documenting architecture, pipelines, and operational procedures

• Operating as a senior individual contributor with no formal people management responsibilities

• Ensuring data quality, validation, and observability across pipelines

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical discipline

• 5+ years of industry experience in Data Engineering or related field handling data processing and transformation of disparate datasets

• Experience with big data and analytics programming languages such as Python, R, Spark in Databricks

• Experience with batch and real-time processing frameworks (EventHub, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, etc.)

• Willingness to work in a highly flexible environment with multiple competing priorities

• Proven ability to innovate and adapt to the latest development in area of expertise

• Ability to adapt and grasp new skills and content

You’ll Thrive Here:

-Experience– designing and implementing data integrations in Azure data stack such as Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, EventHub

-Exposure- to DevSecOps practices to incorporate security first principles

-Good understanding- of data storage, data mapping and modelling, real-time data handling

***Posted until filled***

We value lived experience, so if you are interested in this role, we encourage you to apply even if you feel your skills don't perfectly align with those listed.

What You’ll Earn:

This role offers a salary range of**$113,100 - $139,650 per annum.**The base pay offered may vary depending on factors such as relevant qualifications, skills, previous experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards package, employees may also be eligible for our annual incentive program, subject to program eligibility requirements.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

A career at Vancity is more than just a job, you’re joining a tradition of change-makers who are creating lasting change for our communities. Beyond base pay, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package to ensure our employees are empowered to thrive:

-Living Wage Employer: We’re the largest private-sector Living Wage Employer in Canada and consistently ranked among Canada’s Top Employers.

-Customizable Benefits: Permanent employees receive flexible benefit packages that can be tailored annually to meet evolving needs.

-Generous Vacation: New employees start with 3-4 weeks of vacation per year, with additional days earned over time.

-Extra Stat Holidays: In addition to BC’s 11 statutory holidays, we offer 2 extra days, plus care days for personal or family illness.

-Immediate Health Coverage: Health and dental benefits begin on your hire date, with three levels of coverage to choose from.

-Defined Benefit Pension: Our retirement plan provides a guaranteed income for life, recognizing that retirement looks different for everyone.

Vancity Talent Programs:

Vancity supports an inclusive hiring process for candidates who self-identify as Indigenous, Black, or Trans. With special permission from the BC Human Rights Commissioner, this initiative provides access to career development opportunities, prioritized job screening, and feedback. Any information you choose to share will be stored securely and used only for recruitment and career development connected to this initiative, in line with the BC Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). For details, please see our dedicated Talent Programs job posting.

At Vancity we’re committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace to help our people and communities thrive and prosper. Diversity in our workforce is integral so that we can truly represent, understand and respond to our community needs and deliver on our member experience This role is an open vacancy, and our hiring process is grounded in fairness, transparency, and inclusion. We are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free and accessible recruitment experience for all candidates. If you require any accommodations or support at any stage of the recruitment process (including the application stage), we encourage you to let us know by contacting our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@vancity.com. We’re here to work with you to ensure your needs are met promptly and effectively. All requests will be handled with the utmost respect and confidentiality, so you can participate fully in the process.