Data Discipline Lead

Full Time Position

Montreal, Canada

Hivestack by Perion is the fastest-growing global Digital Out of Home (DOOH) ad tech platform. After establishing a global presence and an international team as a startup, we are ready to do even more following our recent acquisition by Perion. We nurture the start-up mentality with a "bohemian twist" and we're excited to welcome talented ambitious people who will embrace the ‘Hivestackers’ lifestyle.  

Job description:

Reporting to the VP Engineering, we are looking for a talented data engineer to lead our Data engineering discipline. This is a senior/staff level position where the ideal candidate will draw on their previous experience, theoretical and practical technical skills, and soft skills to help Hivestack modernize multiple areas of its data pipeline.

Role and Responsibilities of a Data Discipline Lead:

• Creating and maintaining the long term data architecture roadmap
• Promoting technical best practices throughout the organization
• Overseeing technological choices and implementation of data systems

What you are looking for:

• You enjoy being a high-level architect sometimes, and a low-level coder sometimes
• You are passionate about all things data:  Big data, small data, moving and transforming it, its quality, its accessibility, and delivering value from it to internal and external clients
• You want ownership to solve for and lead a team to deliver modern and efficient data pipeline components
• You’re interested in the scale of advertising technology engineering challenges
• You are passionate about a culture of learning and teaching. You love challenging yourself to constantly improve, and sharing your knowledge to empower others
• You like to take risks when looking for novel solutions to complex problems. If faced with roadblocks, you continue to reach higher to make greatness happen
• You care about solving big, systemic problems. You look beyond the surface to understand root causes so that you can build long-term solutions

What we’ll bring to the table:

• An opportunity to grow with a dynamic company with personal and professional growth
• Small collaborative teams where you can impact both product and culture
• Work for a growing company located in the thriving tech hub of Montreal
• A great benefit package and a team that focuses on your well-being

What is our technology stack? 

• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL (PostGIS), Redis, DynamoDB, Redshift, Clickhouse, S3
• Data/Other: Spark/Scala, Python, SQL, Iceberg, Pandas, Scikit, Tableau, Redash, Quicksight, DuckDB, Snowflake
• Other tiers: Python/aiohttp, Go/gin, Javascript/VueJS, Swift,
• Test Frameworks: behave & Cypress
• Devops: CircleCI, Terraform
• Cloud: AWS: Fargate, EMR, Lambdas

 What you’ll need to perform in this job:

• 5+ years of experience in a related field
• Have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• Excellent Computer Science fundamentals with regards to data structures, algorithms, time complexity, etc.
• Experience designing and delivering data architectures including big-data systems, data pipelines, dashboard and reporting engines
• Thorough understanding and work experience with Java/Scala, Spark, Python
• Strong experience, and opinions, about multiple database families (transactional, raw data lakes, queues, analytical) and concrete products in each
• Experience with data analytics using a variety of languages and tools: SQL, pandas, Scikit as well as multiple BI  and visualization tools
• Experience owning engineering roadmaps and leading engineering teams
• Strong understanding of the AWS cloud platform and its related services, such as EMR, RDS, Kinesis Streams
• Ability to work independently and make use of your time effectively

Working at Hivestack

Hivestack puts people first. We really believe in the agile manifesto and try everyday to empower all employees to have a direct impact on the end product. Learning and sharing knowledge between team members is of utmost importance to us. 

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages, health and wellness benefits including:
• Healthcare package
• Virtual healthcare platform 
• Annual wellness allowance
• Learning and development platform
• RRSP matching
• Flexible Fridays
• 3 personal days
• Hybrid/ remote work 
• Additional Work from home perks

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