Senior Software Developer, Data (Remote First)
Zensurance4 months ago
Toronto, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain internal data-team tooling, including CLIs, automation scripts, observability dashboards, and developer productivity tools.
- Support the infrastructure, CI/CD, and production readiness of the team’s conversational analytics product.
- Manage Snowflake infrastructure as code with Terraform, including provisioning, access controls, resource monitors, and performance tuning.
- Maintain and improve the OpenMetadata data catalog so data assets are documented, discoverable, and trusted.
- Own data quality infrastructure for testing, monitoring, and alerting on freshness, completeness, and correctness.
- Build CI/CD workflows for dbt deployment, schema validation, data quality checks, and automated testing.
- Establish reproducible local and development environments for the data team.
- Design and implement data platform architecture with the Tech Lead while meeting security and scalability requirements.
- Codify and version-control secure access patterns, credentials, and audit logging.
- Conduct code reviews and uphold engineering standards across the platform codebase.
Requirements
- A university degree or college diploma in a recognized technical, vocational, or academic program, preferably Engineering or Computer Science, or equivalent work experience.
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience, including at least 2 years focused on data platforms or data infrastructure.
- Experience with a cloud data warehouse such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift.
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to manage cloud infrastructure.
- Proficiency in at least one programming language, with JavaScript or TypeScript preferred and Python valuable.
- Experience with data ingestion platforms such as Fivetran or Airbyte.
- Strong engineering fundamentals, including version control, code review, and reproducible builds.
- Experience implementing secure data practices for compliance standards.
- Experience with Snowflake administration, Docker, Kubernetes, data catalog tools, or data observability tooling is advantageous.
Benefits
- Remote-first work arrangement within Canada.
- Home office allowance and an office-in-a-box technology setup.
- Half days before public holidays.
- Flexible health and dental plans, including mental health support.
- Health and personal spending accounts and parental leave top-up.
- Education assistance reimbursement for courses, conferences, books, and memberships.
- Mentorship, professional development programs, tech talks, book clubs, hackathons, and team-building events.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data EngineeringDevOps
About Zensurance
Zensurance is a Toronto-based online insurance brokerage that distributes commercial property and casualty coverage to Canadian small businesses, startups, and independent professionals. Founded in 2016 and now owned by Travelers Insurance, it offers quote comparison and policy management through its platform, supported by a network of 50+ carrier partners. The company earns brokerage commissions for placing coverage across general liability, professional liability, and other business lines.