Senior Data Engineer (Banking / Financial Services) - Mississauga, ON (Hybrid)

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Job Title: Senior Data Engineer (Banking / Financial Services)
Location: Mississauga, ON (Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week)
Interview Mode: In-person interview required
Employment Type: Contract / Full-time (as applicable)

Important Note: Only candidates currently residing in Ontario, Canada are eligible. Candidates based in the USA will not be considered.

Overview

"Navitas Partners, LLC" is looking for a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join a dynamic data and analytics team within the banking and financial services domain. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in designing and implementing scalable data solutions using modern cloud technologies.

This role focuses on building robust, high-performance data pipelines to support enterprise-level banking operations, analytics, and reporting.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performance data pipelines using Snowflake, PySpark, and SQL
  • Develop complex and optimized SQL queries for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL/ELT) processes
  • Design and implement data models, schemas, and data architecture aligned with banking and business requirements
  • Collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into technical solutions
  • Automate data workflows while ensuring data quality, accuracy, and consistency across systems
  • Manage release cycles for data pipelines, including deployment, version control, and environment coordination
  • Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines and systems for performance and scalability
  • Ensure adherence to data governance, security, and regulatory compliance standards within the banking domain
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation for data architecture, pipelines, and workflows
  • Continuously evaluate and implement industry best practices and emerging technologies
Required Skills & Experience
  • Proven experience as a Data Engineer or in a similar enterprise data role
  • Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, Python, PySpark, and SQL
  • Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts and cloud data platforms
  • Experience in designing and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines
  • Strong knowledge of release management, deployment processes, and version control systems
  • Good understanding of banking and financial services data, compliance, and regulatory requirements
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
Preferred Qualifications
  • Strong experience with Azure and Databricks
  • Exposure to Apache Kafka or other streaming/data ingestion frameworks
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines in data engineering environments
  • Prior experience in banking or financial services domain strongly preferred

For more details reach at resumes@navitassols.com

About Navitas Partners, LLC: It is a certified WBENC and one of the fastest-growing Technical / IT staffing firms in the US providing services to numerous clients. We offer the most competitive pay for every position. We understand this is a partnership. You will not be blindsided and your salary will be discussed upfront.

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