Senior Developer, Big Data (French Services) (Telework)

Senior Developer, Big Data (French Services) (Telework)

Status of Employment: Contractee Long-Term (Durée déterminée)

Position Language Requirement: French

Language Skills: French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance. Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

There is an opportunity for this to be a full-time teleworking position. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.

Your role

To help maintain the Big Data platform and further enhance our data and analytics practices, we are looking for a developer analyst to support all facets of the platform's development and analysis, including designing data products; administering data tools such as Airflow and Databricks; and building data ingest/transformation workflows or other data engineering solutions affecting the platform.

Your key responsibilities:

Assist in implementing the architecture, new tools, processes and models to build a sustainable Big Data platform.

Analyze, document and program the extraction, standardization, transformation and integration of multiple data sources within the Big Data platform.

Help administer the Big Data platform by applying access controls to data and tools, monitoring the platform's use and costs and defining its configuration.

Review and develop miscellaneous data engineering solutions that enable the implementation of new data valorization use cases.

Support the continuous improvement of development practices within the team by participating in code reviews, developing tests and sharing innovative practices with your developer colleagues.

Assist in setting up a data governance plan in compliance with our privacy policy.

Provide technical expertise, advice and support to the BI team.

Help evolve the media and entertainment industries by collaborating on research projects with universities.

What you bring to our team:

You have applied Big Data processing techniques in a professional setting and are familiar with the tools involved.

You have experience in collecting, standardizing and transforming raw data from all kinds of data sources (ETL/ELT).

You have data modelling experience, specifically with data warehouses and data lakes (or lakehouses).

You appreciate the importance of sound data governance, quality and security.

You have experience in SQL/Python/Java/Scala development and care about quality assurance and writing clean code.

You are keen on automation and optimization.

You have experience identifying client needs and translating them into technical solutions in a data and analytics environment.

You are autonomous and like to step out of your comfort zone.

You like to work collaboratively and share your knowledge and are always open to ideas from others.

The bonus skills:

You have experience in the media and entertainment industries.

You have experience with Databricks, Delta Lake or Iceberg.

You have experience with a Big Data processing system (ideally, Apache Spark).

You have experience with one of the cloud service providers (ideally, Azure).

You have experience with real-time data streaming, cloud messaging and event streaming tools (ideally, Kafka, Azure Service Bus and Azure Event Hubs).

You are familiar with one or more workflow orchestration tools (ideally, Airflow).

You have experience with content development/rollout tools and processes.

You are ideally proficient in spoken and written English.

Perks you can look forward to:

Hybrid work environment with flexible work schedules, allowing you to prioritize yourself, your family and your work

Competitive benefits and compensation

Opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology

Opportunities for continued learning and professional development

Opportunities to become a member of our Employee Resource Groups

Pair programming and mentorship opportunities, where you can learn from the best in the industry and help coach new talent

A creative and dynamic work environment, where your ideas and contributions can be heard, valued and respected

An environment that favours experimentation and an iterative approach in order to achieve the highest form of technical innovation

Please note this is a 12-month contract position, renewable annually. This regular position is not a consulting assignment but a long-term opportunity with attractive CBC/Radio-Canada employee benefits.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes:

• A mandatory Criminal record check.
• Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

Primary Location: 1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

Number of Openings: 1

Work Schedule: Full time