Senior Data Platform Engineer

Job Description

Senior Data Platform Engineer:
On behalf of our automotive client, Procom is searching for a Senior Data Platform Engineer for a 12 month contract role. This position is a hybrid position with 4 days onsite at our client’s Waterloo, Ontario office. 

Senior Data Platform Engineer - Job Description:
The Senior Data Platform Engineer will transform connected vehicle data into actionable insights, directly influencing engineering, product, sales, and executive decisions. The role involves ensuring data accurately represents real-world vehicle behavior and customer experience, enhancing the connected vehicle experience and enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Senior Data Platform Engineer - Responsibilities:
• Partner closely with embedded engineers, product owners, and technical product managers to understand data generation and interpretation.
• Translate business problems into scalable data solutions with measurable impact.
• Apply statistical methods to validate assumptions and quantify relationships between vehicle signals and business outcomes.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using structured and semi-structured data sources.
• Develop statistical and analytical models to conduct trend analysis, anomaly detection, and behavior insights.
• Investigate and validate upstream data quality before building analytical models.
• Design executive-ready dashboards using Power BI, LookerStudio, or similar tools.
• Develop and maintain solutions using GCP data analytics stack.

Senior Data Platform Engineer - Mandatory Skills:
• 8+ years experience analyzing big and noisy data with fluent SQL, Python.
• 5+ years experience with data quality assurance before building advanced data models.
• Ability to translate business problems into data solutions and present insights to stakeholders.
• 5+ years programming experience in Python or R.
• 5+ years experience with data extract, transform/load processes with various data types and protocols.
• 2 years experience with GCP data analytics stacks.
• 5+ years experience with data visualization tools like PowerBI, Tableau, LookerStudio.

Senior Data Platform Engineer – Nice-to-Have Skills:
• DevOps experience in Cloud environment using containerization technologies.
• Experience in Machine Learning or LLM Application Development.

Senior Data Platform Engineer – Assignment Length:
This is a 12 month contract position.

Senior Data Platform Engineer - Start Date:
ASAP.

Senior Data Platform Engineer - Assignment Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. This position is hybrid with 4 days in the office.

This employer uses both human and technology-assisted tools to support candidate screening and assessment. Final hiring decisions are made by people.