Junior Data Engineer - New Grad

Junior Data Engineer - Contract (6 Months)

📍 Markham, ON | Hybrid (4 Days/Week in Office) | New Grad Welcome

We're looking for a motivated recent graduate to join our client's team on an initial 6-month contract as a Junior Data Engineer. Working in a hybrid model (4 days per week in office) out of Markham, ON, you'll be embedded with an experienced data engineering team, building and supporting data pipelines and solutions within a Microsoft Azure cloud environment. Strong performance may lead to contract extension or a full-time opportunity.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows using Azure-native tools such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, and Azure Synapse Analytics
• Support the ingestion, transformation, and storage of structured and unstructured data across Azure Data Lake and other cloud storage solutions
• Write and optimize SQL queries to support data validation, reporting, and analytics use cases
• Collaborate with data analysts, data architects, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into scalable solutions
• Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline failures, data quality issues, and performance bottlenecks
• Contribute to data documentation, data dictionaries, and lineage tracking to support governance standards
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to best practices around data engineering and cloud infrastructure

What We're Looking For

• Recent graduate - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
• Academic, internship, or co-op experience working with data engineering concepts - ETL pipelines, data warehousing, or cloud data platforms
• Hands-on exposure to Microsoft Azure services - Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake, or similar
• Strong SQL skills - comfortable writing complex queries, joins, aggregations, and transformations
• Familiarity with Python for data processing and scripting
• Able to commute to Markham, ON for hybrid work arrangement

Nice to Have

• Experience with Apache Spark or PySpark for large-scale data processing
• Exposure to Azure DevOps or CI/CD pipelines for data workflows
• Knowledge of data modelling concepts - star schema, data vault, or dimensional modelling
• Familiarity with Power BI or other visualization tools
• Microsoft Azure certifications (e.g., Azure Data Engineer Associate DP-203) or currently pursuing