Senior Data Engineer (AI)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company

hirify.global is an advertising technology platform that provides programmatic solutions, premium ad formats, audience targeting, and data-driven monetization for publishers and brands.

What you will do

• Create and maintain scalable data pipeline architecture.
• Explore and assemble large, complex datasets for functional and non-functional business requirements.
• Automate manual processes and improve data delivery, infrastructure scalability, and system efficiency.
• Build extraction, transformation, and loading infrastructure using Spark, EMR, Kafka, and other big data technologies.
• Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, analysts, and data scientists to support data infrastructure and resolve technical issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience focused on production data and ML processes at scale.
• Experience optimizing large-scale big data and ML pipelines, including Spark and Kafka.
• Knowledge of ML and AI operations and processes.
• Understanding of database technologies such as OpenSearch, Druid, ClickHouse, and InfluxDB, plus experience with cross-functional data modeling.
• Strong SQL skills and expertise in Python, Scala, or Java.

Nice to have

• Experience with MLflow, Feast, Ray, or other AI training technologies.
• Experience with containerization, Kubernetes, and Argo CD.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, positive, and supportive work environment.
• Focus on continuous innovation, curiosity, inclusion, and professional development.
• People, culture, and community initiatives designed to support belonging and meaningful cross-team connections.