Manager/Lead Data Engineer

About Badal.io/Badal by TELUS

Badal by TELUS Business is a rapidly growing GCP (Google Cloud Platform) consulting company based out of Toronto, acquired earlier this year by TELUS Communications. We work with GCP’s top customers (banking, telco, energy, retail, etc.) to help them with cloud transformation, security, analytics, ML, and data governance. Clients usually engage us to solve their most challenging business problems and help raise the bar at their organization.

Why Badal by TELUS?

You get the best of both worlds. We operate like an early-stage startup with all the associated benefits (e.g., talent, growth, learning opportunities, flexibility), but get to solve enterprise-level technical challenges.

• People: We hire top-tier talent. Our team consists of ex-Googlers, YCombinator Alumni, and individuals that built software for 400M users.

• GCP is the Best Cloud: Maybe we are biased, but GCP is the most cutting-edge cloud provider, building on technologies that have been pioneered by Google: BigQuery, K8s/Anthos, Vertex AI, etc.

• Growth: We have doubled in size in the last 6 months, and are looking to double again this year.

You will

• Manage a team who works closely with backend engineers, product managers, and analysts

• Provide leadership and contribute to the definition, development, integration, test, documentation, and support across multiple platforms

• Serve as a process expert and provide architectural leadership to Jr engineers as needed

• Work closely with technical leads and client teams to fully demonstrate the benefits of GCP technology

• Introduce clients to data architecture and analytics best practices

• Solve some of the most challenging, high-scale data, and IoT problems (banking, telco, energy, retail, etc.).

• Write high-quality and testable batch and real-time data pipelines

• Work with Data Scientists to design pipelines that improve their productivity and enable them to implement their ideas

• Support clients in troubleshooting issues in their test and/or production environments and identifying root causes and solutions

You have

• Mentoring and helping the team build technical capability

• Ability to effectively communicate data insights and negotiate options at senior management levels

• Experience in leading significant project steps and communicating progress/approach with technical/non-technical peers/clients and leaders

• GCP experience ( for junior candidates, or exceptional talent with other cloud experience, we will provide training programs)

• Experience in large-scale, secure, and high-availability solutions in a Cloud environment, such as GCP.

• Experience with one Dataflow or Spark

• Experience with orchestration frameworks such as Airflow, Kubeflow, Azkaban, etc.

• Extensive programming experience in Python, Java and/or Scala.

• Good understanding of modern data architecture

• Good understanding of GCP services such as IAM, and Google Cloud Storage buckets

• Experience with business intelligence tools like QuickSight, Looker and Data Studio

• Technical writing experience; preparing and presenting technical material to a variety of audiences.

• Experience in working in or with, Agile delivery teams.

Nice to have

• Streaming experience with Dataflow, Spark, Flink, Kafka Streams, etc

• Strong understanding of Data Governance principles and experience working with tools such as Collibra or Immuta

Type of qualities we look for (across all roles)

• Passionate about delivering high-quality commercial software products and platforms to market

• Team player. We are a small team and enjoy working with each other and our clients - we would like to keep it the same way as we grow.

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering processes

• Client-focused and passionate about delivering strong business values.

• Able to communicate clearly and effectively with various audiences, including developers, clients, customers, partners, and executives.

• Flexible and willing to use the right technology for each problem in the context of timelines and business goals

• Ability to complete the job regardless of the circumstance.

Our Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy.

• Three weeks of vacation, plus we are closed over the winter holidays (+ ~1 week)

• One team-building event each quarter.

• Great health benefits with a $1500-$3000 HSA/WSA.

• Certification opportunities. We will pay for your GCP certification as well as other relevant training and certifications.

• Learning opportunities. We work across different industries, technologies and roles and will work with you to help you explore your interests.

• Blogging, open source, meetups and conference opportunities. We will provide a platform and time for you to pursue your ideas.

• Our organization values action over politics, and our management team is made up of engineers who thrive on achieving tangible results.

Badal by TELUS is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a safe, diverse and inclusive environment. We encourage qualified applicants of all backgrounds including ethnicity, religion, disability status, gender identity, sexual orientation, family status, age, nationality, and education levels to apply. If you are contacted for an interview and require accommodation during the interviewing process, please let us know.