About the Role
This hands-on engineering role contributes to building, scaling, and optimizing QuadReal's Enterprise Data Platform on Microsoft Fabric and Azure. It is ideal for engineers with a software development background who bring strong software engineering discipline to data pipeline development and operation.
Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and deploy robust, maintainable data pipelines and APIs using Python, dbt, Apache Airflow, and PySpark.
- Build and maintain Microsoft Fabric Lakehouses, Warehouses, and workspaces within the enterprise data platform.
- Build and optimize large-scale, distributed data processing workflows on Microsoft Fabric and Azure.
- Package and deploy data workloads using Docker, following reproducible release practices.
- Implement data quality, validation, observability, and lineage controls to meet enterprise governance and compliance requirements.
- Contribute to the technical design of platform components and participate in architecture discussions.
- Apply and help strengthen engineering standards: testing patterns, reusable frameworks, and code review practices.
- Build governance and security into deliverables using Microsoft Purview for classification, tagging, and access control.
- Collaborate with Data Governance, Data Solutions, Advanced Analytics, and IT Security teams to ensure business alignment.
- Participate in code reviews and pairing, providing and receiving feedback.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Technology Management, or a related field.
- 2 to 4 years of experience in the data field (data engineering or similar roles), ideally with a background in software development that has since transitioned into data.
- Strong Python skills: comfortable writing clean, efficient, production-grade code for pipelines, APIs, and data transformations.
- Solid proficiency in SQL for complex querying and data manipulation.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouses, Warehouses, and workspaces) and Microsoft Azure data services.
- Experience with workflow orchestration using Apache Airflow.
- Experience building data processing workloads with PySpark.
- Familiarity with containerizing workloads using Docker.
- Exposure to building data transformations with dbt.
- Familiarity with modern data architectures (data lakehouse, data mesh, warehousing best practices).
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to learn from and support teammates.
- Experience integrating pipelines with governance tools (Microsoft Purview) is preferred.
- Knowledge of CI/CD workflows using Azure DevOps and Git is preferred.
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform / Terragrunt to automate provisioning of cloud data environments and platform components, ideally in Azure, is an asset.
Skills
- Python
- dbt
- Apache Airflow
- PySpark
- Docker
- Microsoft Fabric
- Microsoft Azure
- SQL
- Microsoft Purview
- Azure DevOps
- Git
- Terraform
- Terragrunt
Location
- Vancouver, British Columbia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2 to 4 years
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Business Technology Management, or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000 – $100,000
Benefits
- Performance-based incentive plan
- Comprehensive health & dental benefits
- Pension plan
- Paid time off
About the Company
- QuadReal Property Group is a global real estate investment, development and operating company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Assets under management are $98.5 billion.
- QuadReal has expanded its capabilities globally for investments in equity and debt in both the public and private markets.
- QuadReal invests directly through operating platforms in which it holds an ownership interest and via programmatic partnerships.
- QuadReal seeks to deliver strong investment returns while creating sustainable environments that bring value to the people and communities it serves. Now and for generations to come.
- QuadReal: Excellence lives here.
Equal Opportunity
- We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Even if your skills don’t align 100% with the listed qualifications or salary range, we encourage you to apply – you may be a great fit for this role or others in our community.
- Applicants may also be considered for alternative positions within the organization where their qualifications and experience align more closely with available opportunities.
- QuadReal Property Group will provide reasonable accommodation at any time throughout the hiring process for applicants with disabilities or for those needing job postings in an alternate format.
