Lead Data Engineer

Are you a hands-on data platform engineer who thrives on building cloud-native, high-scale data platforms and enabling teams on top of them? Come join us!

Global Functions Technology (GFT) partners across RBC to deliver transformative platforms and solutions. In Anti-Money Laundering (AML), we are building a new Data Foundation Hub to ingest enterprise data and power analytics and controls using a medallion architecture. As a Lead Data Platform Engineer, you will be a senior individual contributor and technical lead, owning the design and build of our AWS-based data platform and mentoring other engineers.

You will work 70–80% hands-on across AWS (EKS, S3, RDS, EMR, Glue, Airflow), Snowflake, Spark, and dbt to deliver cloud-native, governed, and reliable data systems.

Technical leadership and platform ownership Lead the technical direction for the AML Data Foundation Hub on AWS. Mentor and coach engineers (tech design reviews, pair programming, standards ), influencing quality and delivery .

Lead the technical direction for the AML Data Foundation Hub on AWS.

Mentor and coach engineers (tech design reviews, pair programming, standards ), influencing quality and delivery .

Cloud-native data platform on AWS (hands-on) Design and build secure, scalable data platforms using AWS S3, Glue, EMR, RDS, and EKS . Define patterns for data lake and warehouse integration (e.g., S3 + Snowflake ) including partitioning, storage classes, encryption, and cost optimization. Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., CloudFormation/Terraform ) for repeatable environments , networking, IAM roles/policies , and security baselines.

Design and build secure, scalable data platforms using AWS S3, Glue, EMR, RDS, and EKS .

Define patterns for data lake and warehouse integration (e.g., S3 + Snowflake ) including partitioning, storage classes, encryption, and cost optimization.

Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., CloudFormation/Terraform ) for repeatable environments , networking, IAM roles/policies , and security baselines.

Data engineering and architecture (medallion) Design and build batch and incremental pipelines across Bronze/Silver/Gold layers using Snowflake (Streams, Tasks, Snowpark) , Spark on EMR , and dbt . Implement schema evolution, SCD/CDC, partitioning, and performance tuning across both compute and storage (S3, EMR, Snowflake , RDS).

Design and build batch and incremental pipelines across Bronze/Silver/Gold layers using Snowflake (Streams, Tasks, Snowpark) , Spark on EMR , and dbt .

Implement schema evolution, SCD/CDC, partitioning, and performance tuning across both compute and storage (S3, EMR, Snowflake , RDS).

Ingestion, orchestration, and observability Engineer resilient, observable ingestion patterns into S3/Snowflake/RDS. Or chestrate pipelines using Airflow (or equivalent ) and/or AWS -native services (e.g., event triggers), enforcing SLAs, retries, idempotency, and alerting . Build operational dashboards and alerts for pipeline health, platform capacity , and cost.

Engineer resilient, observable ingestion patterns into S3/Snowflake/RDS.

Or chestrate pipelines using Airflow (or equivalent ) and/or AWS -native services (e.g., event triggers), enforcing SLAs, retries, idempotency, and alerting .

Build operational dashboards and alerts for pipeline health, platform capacity , and cost.

Reliability, DR, and security Design for high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery (multi-AZ,/region backup/restore, RPO/RTO-aware architectures). Implement secrets management, encryption, IAM least-privilege , and network security in partnership with Security and Platform/SRE. Participate in incident response and postmortems; drive root-c ause fixes and hardening of the platform.

Design for high availability, resiliency, and disaster recovery (multi-AZ,/region backup/restore, RPO/RTO-aware architectures).

Implement secrets management, encryption, IAM least-privilege , and network security in partnership with Security and Platform/SRE.

Participate in incident response and postmortems; drive root-c ause fixes and hardening of the platform.

DevOps for data and platform enablement Own CI/CD for data and platform components: code review, environment promotion, automated tests ( unit, integration, data contract), and versioned artifacts. Partner with Platform/SRE on SLIs/SLOs, capacity planning , and platform standard ization across squads.

Own CI/CD for data and platform components: code review, environment promotion, automated tests ( unit, integration, data contract), and versioned artifacts.

Partner with Platform/SRE on SLIs/SLOs, capacity planning , and platform standard ization across squads.

Cross-functional collaboration Translate AML business and control objectives into technical roadmaps, platform capabilities, and reusable patterns .

Translate AML business and control objectives into technical roadmaps, platform capabilities, and reusable patterns .

dbt proficiency: Development, testing, documentation, and deployment of transformations with dbt.

Observability: Metrics, tracing, and logging practices across data pipelines and platform components.

Security and privacy: OAuth2/OIDC, data masking/tokenization, PII handling, and regulatory awareness in financial services or AML.

Regulated domains: Prior experience in financial services or other highly regulated industries.

Cloud depth: AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Data Engineer) and hands-on familiarity with SageMaker or additional AWS-native data services.

Data governance: DQ frameworks, source-to-target reconciliation, lineage tooling, and purge/retention strategies.

Hadoop ecosystem: Exposure to legacy Hadoop stack where relevant to integration patterns.

As a team, we thrive on the challenge to be our best, encourage progressive thinking for continued growth, and collaborate with one another to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and our communities prosper. We respect and care about all of our team members and support one another in reaching our fullest potential. We work together to make a difference in our communities and to achieve success that is mutual.

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

Opportunities to do challenging work, make a difference and lasting impact

Continuous learning and flexibility to work on projects that you are passionate about

Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

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