Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join VerticalScope, a leading community platform, as a Senior Data Engineer to build and implement cutting-edge AI solutions for our online forums. You will collaborate with a close-knit team to drive user engagement and business growth using AI technologies like Vertex, Perplexity, and DeepL. This remote position, based in Canada (Eastern, Atlantic, or Newfoundland Time Zone, excluding Quebec), requires extensive experience in data engineering and AI integration. You will prototype and test AI features, build AI-powered bots, automate processes using Python, analyze large datasets, and connect to banking APIs. The role demands a deep understanding of forum database structures and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Requirements

• Five plus years of hands-on experience working with data or engineering
• Deeply curious about AI and automation, and has integrated with an AI solution such as Vertex, ChatGPT, DeepL, etc
• Hands-on experience connecting to APIs and scraping with Python and SQL (BigQuery)
• Has built data connectors using Python and APIs/webscraping to Braintree, PayPal, GAM, Google Analytics, Programmatic advertising partners, etc
• Understands forum database structures and knows how to navigate them
• Isn’t scared to test and try new approaches - you don’t get stuck perfecting things, and you get your hands dirty right away
• Can work independently (a doer!) but communicates clearly with the team

Responsibilities

• Rapidly prototype and test AI-powered features tailored to forum environments
• Build AI solutions, such as bots, to drive forum content creation and real user engagement
• Work closely with product and engineering to move fast from concept to live implementation
• Automate processes by writing and scheduling smart Python cron jobs
• Unlock smarter insights from our revenue, expense, and forum data by analysing billions of rows of BigQuery data
• Connect to banking APIs and work with accounting and finance systems (Sage) to maintain and improve automated expense/revenue reporting
• Implement data and analytics solutions, including dashboarding (we use LookerStudio)
• Other related responsibilities and ad hoc projects as negotiated and needed to meet the ongoing needs of the company

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Google Cloud Functions is a strong bonus

Benefits

• Full suite of health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• Retirement savings program and HSA/FSA programs
• Flexible working hours and unlimited vacation
• Parental leave top up pay
• Life insurance, long-term disability, AD&D
• Career development stipend
• Employee referral bonus
• Employee discounts via Perkopolis