Data Platform Engineer

Data Platform Engineer Helcim was founded with a mission at heart: to be the world’s most loved payment system. We believe that by offering small businesses in North America a decidedly human payment solution where it is easier to sign up and use while being transparent and affordable, we can empower them to grow and prosper. Simply put, helping small businesses thrive is at the very core of our business model, and we think that’s a great way to do business. THE ROLE Helcim is searching for a Data Platform Engineer to be responsible for building and maintaining our data platform that powers Helcim in its mission to become the world’s most loved payments company. As a member of a diverse and collaborative team, you will be joining Helcim’s data centre of excellence, creating the infrastructure that enables Helcim to generate deep insights into our work. This will involve expanding upon our existing AI tooling, continuously improving our platform architecture, as well as ongoing real‑time modeling & monitoring of our data (across structured and semi‑unstructured data). You’ll be working in a highly collaborative environment across multiple functions to design & develop scalable data assets & products. DAY-TO-DAY RESPONSIBILITIES Design and implement end‑to‑end data pipelines across structured & semi‑unstructured data to serve our machine learning models, AI systems, and business intelligence needs. Expand upon our existing AI tooling to implement solutions for data analytics & data management needs. Help define our data governance needs and build out automations and AI tools to ensure our data platform matches them. Continuously improve our existing self‑hosted data platform infrastructure while ensuring optimal performance. Enhance Helcim’s data centre of excellence by equipping teams with the necessary data and tools, fostering broader interaction and contribution to the data platform by providing training, conducting code reviews, and co‑designing solutions with other Helcim members. A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE You’re an experienced data professional who thrives on solving complex, real‑world business problems. You have a track record of building reliable & resilient solutions that enable business‑impacting decisions. QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE 3+ years of experience as a data engineer or similar role Experience working with both structured and unstructured data Experience working cross‑functionally to deploy data products into production Demonstrated ability to engage with cross‑functional and non‑technical stakeholders to understand project objectives, gather requirements, and build data assets that solve needs across multiple domains. Ability to implement architectural patterns and data assets that match those patterns. A proactive mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, prioritizing iterative technical solutions to solve complex problems. BONUS POINTS IF YOU HAVE Experience working with financial, go‑to‑market, and sensitive data. Experience working with the programming languages of our analytics stack (SQL, Python). Experience with data warehousing technologies (BigQuery, dbt, Airflow, Airbyte). Experience implementing AI tooling into day‑to‑day operations. Experience with code‑driven infrastructure. Experience implementing data governance processes around data quality and metadata. CULTURE Being builders: We build things ourselves and we build them well. We use technology and our creativity to overcome challenges that would seem beyond the capability of a company our size. We improve what is already there, invent our way out of problems and we never stop dreaming of better. Choosing the harder path: We believe that the right decisions are usually the harder ones, so we embrace the challenge and endure when others quit. Creating trust: We earn trust by striving to be our best selves every day and by lifting those around us. We recognize that trust is hard to earn, easy to lose and is tested continuously over time, so we make trust our way of life. Contributing to a company of many: We are stronger because of our collective passion, diversity, and fellowship. WORKING AT HELCIM Joining Helcim means joining a fast‑growing company where coming together makes us a strong company. We have a drive to achieve big things which creates amazing opportunities for everyone willing to work hard and contribute to that growth - opportunities for faster career growth, more learning, more impact, and accelerated experience - all while surrounding yourself with incredible people working on interesting problems and delivering great results. BENEFITS Health and dental benefits: dental, extended healthcare, vision, paramedical coverage, counseling, health service navigation, life insurance, critical illness and disability insurance, and more. Dedicated Health Spending Account (HSA): an additional budget available for health‑related expenses. Maternity and parental leave benefits. Stock options enable team members to purchase Helcim shares at a future date. Paid vacation time and company break in December. Flexible work location: hybrid work schedule with flexibility to work from home on Tuesdays and Thursdays; core hours provide flexibility. Training: Helcim will cover 50% of applicable training costs up to $500 per year. LOGISTICS Job type: Full-time Hiring manager: Sam Elliott Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada and be located in Calgary for this position. #J-18808-Ljbffr