Lead Data Engineer

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Lead Data Engineer

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Job Description

What is the opportunity?

Join RBC as a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain stable, scalable data assets in Snowflake that power enterprise reporting and analytics across the organization. You will work closely with analytics, business intelligence, and stakeholder teams to create reusable, well-documented data infrastructure that enables self-service reporting in Power BI.

This role works in the office 3 to 4 days a week.

What will you do?

• Design and implement robust data models and transformations in Snowflake that serve as the foundation for reporting

• Build and optimize ETL/ELT processes to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources into Snowflake with high reliability and performance

• Create modular, well-documented data assets (views, tables, procedures) that can be leveraged across multiple reporting and analytics use cases

• Monitor and optimize query performance, data warehouse design, and compute utilization to ensure cost-effectiveness and scalability

• Collaborate with BI developers to structure Snowflake objects for optimal Power BI connectivity and reporting performance

• Establish and maintain data lineage documentation, naming conventions, and best practices for the data platform

• Implement role-based access controls, data quality checks, and lineage tracking

• Troubleshoot data issues, support stakeholders, and maintain data pipeline stability

What do you need to succeed?

Must Have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative discipline

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Engineer or similar role

• Advanced proficiency in Snowflake (data modeling, SQL optimization, warehouse design)

• Strong SQL skills with experience in complex transformations

• Experience building production ETL/ELT pipelines

• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and distributed computing concepts

• Understanding of dimensional modeling and BI tool integration

• Experience with version control and CI/CD practices

Nice to Have

• Experience with dbt (data build tool) or similar transformation frameworks

• Knowledge of Power BI and BI best practices

• Python or similar scripting language proficiency

• Snowflake certifications

• Experience with data quality and monitoring tools

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities.   

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Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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