Data Engineer, Mir (English Services) (Full-Time Telework)

Working At CBC
At the CBC, we all have a story to tell. What’s yours?
If you share our passion for Canadian storytelling and you wish to help us engage with individuals and communities across our various digital platforms, this is where you’ll want to be!
Every day, you will have an opportunity to shape the way in which Canadians see themselves reflected in our digital services. Your work will have a direct impact on how millions of Canadians from various communities connect with our products, with one another, and with the diverse voices that make our country so unique.
You will have the opportunity to play a part in enlightening and entertaining Canadians through our innovative work in building the mediums that deliver our content. We are an innovative hub, where the talented professionals we work with are respected and valued for their contributions. Our product teams are vibrant and our work culture strives to achieve the highest standards of diversity and inclusion. We believe that hiring people with different career paths and backgrounds is fundamental in our shared success and in building healthy and highly performant teams. When you join our mission, you are not only shaping the vision of the CBC, but the future of our country.
We know that commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity is essential to creating content that mirrors and resonates with the rich and evolving makeup of our country. We’re also committed to reaching out and connecting with our audience on multiple platforms this includes creating virtual places where communities can come together.
This role offers the possibility of full-time telework or hybrid.
Here’s Why We Should Work Together
Our digital teams’ values - collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement - embody who we are as a people-focused, digital-forward employer. We follow lean startup principles and use an Agile approach. Our dedicated people managers work closely with every individual to ensure we are leveraging their strengths, championing their ideas and supporting their pursuit of new skills and their desired career progression.
Here at CBC Digital Strategy & Products, we want you to be happy and feel good at work. It is essential that work be a safe space where our employees are able to share their authentic selves with one another and to push each other to challenge conventions.
Why is this role important?

• The CBC’s digital footprint is one of the largest in Canada which means you will have the opportunity to work with one of the largest datasets in Canada. We leverage in-house data and machine learning to enable CBC digital producers to make unified data-driven decisions.
• You will be part of a growing big data engineering practice, with many opportunities to work alongside other teams at CBC. Your contributions will be felt across CBC digital and beyond.

How You Will Make An Impact

• You will be an integral part of our team, collaborating with our data scientists and front-end developers.
• As the team’s Data Engineer you will create, expand, optimize data pipelines to enable continued research into audience behavior, creating services and exposing endpoints for seamless data access and interaction. You will solve problems with data integration working with both structured and unstructured datasets.
• You will use modern tools to define, build and manage cloud infrastructure to gather, structure, and process millions of records from multiple sources to create clean and robust database models, at scale for data science applications.
• If you're passionate about technology, experimentation and bringing out the best in others, you’ll love working at CBC.

What You Could Bring To Our Team

• You thrive both collaboratively and independently and handle ambiguity well. You enjoy cross-functional teamwork and sharing knowledge and ideas with others.
• You know how to listen and show empathy and understanding for diverse perspectives.
• You are proactive in solving complex business problems.
• Good understanding of software testing methodologies (unit testing, etc). You have experience enforcing and applying quality control for incoming and outgoing data.
• The education
• Experience with data architecture and an understanding of database design principles. You have implemented business requirements through multiple phases of database design and development lifecycle. (i.e. database modeling, database architecture/design, database development, testing, support/tuning, etc.)
• Able to lead and manage data lake ingestion and ETL tools
• A degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics or a related field is preferred. We value know-how over theoretical knowledge, we know not everyone gains their programming skills this way.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably GCP and Big Query
• The right attitude:
• Strong SQL and NoSQL skills
• The expertise:
• You have experience in designing and developing APIs to support data retrieval and manipulation.
• Significant hands-on experience with Python or a related programming language
• Experience with data streaming and distributed computing practices
• You can quickly pick up new technologies and respond to change by learning and adapting.
• You are passionate about machine learning and data
• Minimum of two years of programming experience (preferably Python)
• You collaborate effectively with front-end developers, data scientists, and other stakeholders to integrate backend systems seamlessly.
• You have a minimum of two years of experience as a Data Engineer working with big data
• The technical skills.

Assets

• Certification in Google Cloud platform
• Experience with QA automation
• Experience with Continuous Integration / Development pipelines (CI/CD)
• Familiarity with end-to-end data science application development

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
Perks You Can Look Forward To

• Opportunities to work with cutting edge technology.
• Work from home opportunities.
• Flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work.
• Opportunities for continued learning and professional development.
• A supportive management team committed to upholding the highest standards of diversity and inclusivity.
• Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups.
• An environment which favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation.
• Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent.
• A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected.
• Competitive total rewards package.

To Apply
At the CBC, we recognize that not everyone takes the same path when it comes to building their skills. We value diversity of thought and of experience, and we are excited to hear from you! Hands-on experience, intelligence, innovation, a passion for learning, and a team-focused approach can combine to form the best set of qualifications. If you feel you meet most of the qualifications and you are excited by the possibility of adding to the rich culture of the CBC, take a chance and express your interest by applying now!
If you’re interested in reading more about the various backgrounds of the talented people that make up our teams, our exciting new projects, and what we’re currently working on, check out our Digital Labs blog on Medium!
CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected].
You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.
Job Family
Media Production
Primary Location
Toronto
Position Language Requirement
English Only
Language Skill Level (Reading)
B
Language Skill Level (Writing)
B
Language Skill Level (Speaking)
B
Status of Employment
Permanent
Work schedule(s)
Full-time
Job Posting Date
Sep 11, 2023, 1:25:58 PM
Unposting Date
Ongoing