Data Engineering Consultant
Be a foundational part of Netlight’s North American story.
About Netlight
Netlight is an international digital consulting firm, helping leading companies to succeed in the digital landscape, from advice to implementation. Our service contains the collective intelligence of more than 2000 consultants offering a comprehensive range of digital services, from strategy to technology. Co-creating the future today, since 1999.
Netlight has been awarded several times for profitable growth and management, as a top employer, and for our engagement in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Located in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Zurich, Cologne, Amsterdam, Madrid, Toronto and London.
Come work with us
Netlight as a company strives to be a truly diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization. Regardless of who you are, what personality, background, and experience you have, you enrich our culture through your values. Netlight’s purpose is to unleash full potential, realize great careers, and fulfil personal growth.
To achieve this, we have a highly engaged network organization, where every employee gets a mentor, delivery coach, and personal communities. The key to our continued success is trust and personal responsibility, diverse experiences, challenging opportunities, and development based on personal values. Every Netlighter is an active part of building and shaping this culture, which leads to a clear correlation between personal growth and the growth of Netlight.
A Day in the Life at Netlight
Design and build robust, scalable data platforms and pipelines in close collaboration with data scientists, analytics teams, and business stakeholders.
Own the end-to-end lifecycle of data solutions, from architecture and pipeline development to testing, deployment, orchestration, and monitoring.
Develop high-quality, scalable solutions for complex data challenges across streaming and batch processing, data warehousing, lake architectures, and analytics enablement.
What makes Netlight different
- At Netlight, instead of predefined roles, we tailor positions to fit individuals. On the basis of your experience, strengths, interests and market demand; y ou take charge of your career path by defining the roles you take on with a variety of clients.
- Netlight is a highly engaged network organization where you connect with peers, seniors, mentors, coaches, EDGE networks, and social circles.
- We build solutions across diverse domains - backend, frontend, cloud, mobile, data engineering, infrastructure, product, UX/UI, and more.
- We have a flat organizational structure with no traditional bosses. We foster collaboration, autonomy, and shared responsibility, empowering everyone to contribute and shape their own career path.
Qualifications we are looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent.
- 1-3 years of experience in software engineering after graduation.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written).
- Based in Toronto; this is a 100% in-person role.
- Legally eligible to work in Ontario, Canada.
- Curiosity about multiple industries and technologies.
- Tech agnostic mindset with proficiency and experience in some of the following: Python, Databricks, PySpark or Spark, SQL, Airflow, Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Strong communication skills.
We Offer
- The unique opportunity to be part of building a local company and leading the development of an emerging Netlight office: driving the growth of one of our 15 offices. This is the opportunity to engage in a perfect sweet spot between a scale-up and an established company.
- Competence development is core and realized through a culture of knowledge sharing, feedback, professional coaching and mentorship.
- An international working environment - access to a diverse network of 2,000+ highly talented individuals
- Regular Summits where you connect with the rest of Netlight internationally.
- Modern tech equipment and a centrally located office space.
Compensation and benefits
- Transparent salary development throughout your career with semi-annual compensation reviews
- For this role, candidates can expect a starting base salary of CA$95,000 - CA$109,000. Total starting compensation ranges from CA$95,000 - CA$120,000, consisting of base salary and variable salary. Actual compensation is determined based on skills, experience, and role level.
- Variable salary is our version of a bonus program and, it is paid out bi-weekly together with your base salary. The amount is based in part on your seniority and on the group performance of Netlight
- 20 paid vacation days prorated per calendar year
- 10 paid Care Days (sick/personal days) per year with unlimited additional unpaid sick days
- Extended Health Benefits and Dental Care including an additional CA$1,000 HSA and CA$500 Wellness Account (taxable)