Tech Lead, Data Engineer

You might not know our name, but you know where we are. That’s because Compass Group Canada is part of a global foodservice and support services company that’s the 6th largest employer in the world, with 625,000 employees.

You’ll find us in schools, colleges, hospitals, office buildings, senior living communities, tourist attractions, sports venues, remote camps and military installations and more. We’re in all major cities, at remote work sites and everywhere in between – doing business in Canada and 50+ other countries where you can learn and grow. Join us now and point your career forward!

Why work with Compass Digital? We are a member of Compass Group North America the leading foodservice and support services company. We create remarkable customer experiences through the innovative design and development of technology products and services. Compass Digital began as an innovation startup and the team has since rapidly grown and now supports technology and innovation across all of North America. Compass digital is comprised of user experience designers, developers, data scientists, project managers, business analysts, marketers and technology implementation managers, all of whom look at the world from a human perspective to rethink what's possible in the areas of technology innovation and consumer engagement within the foodservice and hospitality industries. Join us.

Job Summary

The Tech Lead, Data Engineer will work closely to lead a pod of Data Engineers to build out new and maintain existing ETL pipelines in Airflow, along with building and maintain data API’s. They will be part of our Data Technology team working with an all-new technology stack, working closely in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Now, if you were to come on board as our Tech Lead, Data Engineer, we’d ask you to do the following for us:

• Lead a pod of Data-Engineers ensuring that milestones are being hit.
• Design, implement and maintain data pipelines for extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS technologies.
• Build and maintain existing Airflow DAGs
• Prototype new technology that supports our vision of making our consumer’s experiences better with our data
• Provide support and insights to the business analytics and data science teams.
• Work with stakeholders to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs
• Work with Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers to build out robust and scalable pipelines and APIs

Think you have what it takes to be our Tech Lead, Data Engineer? We’re committed to hiring the best talent for the role. Here’s how we’ll know you’ll be successful in the role:

• 5-7 years of experience in a similar role.
• Comfortable dealing with stakeholders (both internal and external), project managers to ensure deliverables are met.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or similar.
• Programming skills with Python, Spark, experience with Apache Iceberg a big plus
• Experience with Airflow or other modern orchestration platform.
• Strong knowledge of SQL, relational database concepts and SQL scripting
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Snowflake, CI/CD

Compass Group Canada is committed to nurturing a diverse workforce representative of the communities within which we operate. We encourage and are pleased to consider all qualified candidates, without regard to race, colour, citizenship, religion, sex, marital / family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, aboriginal status, age, disability or persons who may require an accommodation, to apply.

For accommodation requests during the hiring process, please contact PeopleHub@compass-canada.com for further information.