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[Wattpad] Data Engineer - Maternity Cover

Wattpad · Toronto, Canada
Toronto, Canada $100K–$140K Contract Posted 2026-08-19
Salary
$100K–$140K
Type
Contract
Experience
4+ yr

Coordinate with data scientists, data analysts, software engineers and product managers to design and evolve our existing architecture, improving the reliability and performance of our data infrastructure

Build, maintain and scale our ETL pipelines to help power data science, data products and analytical needs

Design, build, and maintain data infrastructure systems such as but not limited to AWS DMS, HBase, EMR, Redshift, S3, Kafka, Airflow while ensuring scalability, reliability, and security

Write new tools, services, and platforms in Python

Research new technologies to solve tomorrow’s data infrastructure needs

Advocate for the adoption of tools in the data engineering team

4+ years of data engineering experience

Ability to write high-quality code in Python and PySpark

Strong understanding of database fundamentals and software engineering principles

Strong understanding of Data Contracts, microservices principles, and treating datasets/platforms as API-driven products

Deep understanding of two or more of these technologies: Spark, Airflow, AWS EMR, AWS Glue, Sagemaker and Redshift

Experience with batch processing and streaming systems

Exposure and/or strong interest in Kafka or other queuing technologies

A critical thinker and possess creative problem solving skills

Quantitative skills, ability to think analytically, and strong attention to details

A desire to contribute to the broader development community

AWSKafkaAirflowPythonSpark
$100K — 10th pctl $270K — 90th pctl
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-35%
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