Senior Data Engineer

Company: Fisher Investments
Location: Vancouver
Posted on: March 24, 2025

Job Description:

It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to support our Corporate Systems team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a difference as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you! -The Opportunity: -The Senior Data Engineer is the enterprise expert for designing, developing, and optimizing data processing systems and pipelines used to populate data into transactional databases, data warehouses, data marts, or other data repositories. A Senior Data Engineer builds systems to create and optimize data sets and data systems for operating applications, performing analysis, or identifying business or technology issues. You will be responsible for operational support and incident/problem management, from creating logging instrumentation to analysis and process improvements. They also coordinate with other IT teams to configure and implement security, monitoring, tooling, and related capabilities as they apply to their assigned systems. You will report to the Associate Vice President of Corporate Services Technology. -The Day-to-Day:

• Use Agile practices to elicit and refine requirements through an iterative process of planning, defining acceptance criteria, prioritizing, developing and delivering enterprise data asset solutions in collaboration with business intelligence teams, our users, or other IT teams
• Develop, configure, customize and manage integration tools, databases, warehouses and analytical systems with the use of data related software
• Design, build, and deploy data extraction, transformation, and loading processes and pipelines from various sources including databases, APIs, and data files
• Develop and deploy structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data storage models such as data vault or dimensional modeling on a variety of platforms
• Coordinate security, application monitoring, development tooling, and related capabilities with responsible teams
• Provide operational support and incident management for data pipelines and data flows, including proactively updating internal clients and relevant parties on status changes and issues encountered
• Author and maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation for processes, procedures, and technical designs
• Train junior data and business intelligence personnel across the company, including developing material, mentoring, and guiding junior personnel on their technical skill growthYour Qualifications:
  • 15+ years' experience developing data-related solutions and software
  • 10+ years of experience working with relational databases and applying it in various applications, including within the Microsoft Azure platform
  • 4+ years of experience with multiple cloud technologies in the Microsoft Stack (Azure IaaS and PaaS) along with familiarity with alternative cloud technologies
  • 4+ years of experience designing and development on-premises and cloud-based (Azure) infrastructure and platform components
  • 4+ years of hands-on development and deployment experience with Azure cloud using .NET, T-SQL, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure Data Factory, Cosmos DB, GitHub, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines
  • Advanced knowledge of Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) and/or Extract/Load/Transform (ELT) tools, including both batch and real-time data transmission applications such as SSIS, Informatica, Kafka, Spark, MuleSoft, or equivalent software
  • Advanced knowledge of database technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or NoSQL databases
  • Advanced knowledge of multiple programming languages, such as C#, Java, Python, SQL, Scala, or similar
  • Advanced knowledge of IT infrastructure standards and tools, such as application performance monitoring, IT service management, or DevOps software
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other relevant fieldCompensation:
    • $125,000 - $180,000 base salary per year in the state of WA. New hires should expect to start at the lower end of the range depending on experienceEligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performanceWhy Fisher Investments: -We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:
      • 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
      • A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
      • 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
      • Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
      • This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change. -FISHER INVESTMENTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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