Senior Data Engineer

Position Summary

As a Senior Data Engineer on the Data Product Integrations team, you will serve as Assent’s technical control layer across our partner-led integration ecosystem. This is a systems-level role focused on data modeling, integration standards and pipeline development, and partner oversight. You will ensure that data flowing into our platform from external partners is consistent, reliable, and observable, and that Assent’s data standards are enforced across all integrations. You will coordinate closely with third-party partners, internal DevOps and Infrastructure teams, and the broader Data Engineering & Operations organization, with direct impact on customer onboarding speed, data quality outcomes, and the scalability of our integration ecosystem.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities 

• Define and maintain canonical data models, contracts, and schema standards to ensure consistency across partner-built integrations with Assent

• Review and validate integration designs and data mappings from third-party partners, providing technical guidance on ETL/ELT patterns, transformations, and validation logic

• Design and implement data validation frameworks and observability tooling, including: logging, lineage tracking, alerting, and ingestion failure dashboards

• Develop key integration quality metrics, and comprehensive triage framework for integration issues across full ingestion path; serve as internal escalation point for Assent’s DPI team

• Champion best practices on coding and documentation standards within the Data Product Integrations team in alignment with broader Data Organization standards

• Partner with DevOps, Infrastructure, Data Engineering, and Product teams to support scalable ingestion patterns and contribute to a standardized, reusable integration framework

• Align and apply data governance standards for the integration domain based on internal Data Governance team organizational requirements

• Be familiar with corporate security policies and follow the guidance set out by processes and procedures of Assent

 

Your Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

We strongly value your talent, energy and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualifications:

• Degree in a related field and 5+ years of data engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to operate independently in complex, cross-functional environments

• Strong experience in data modeling, schema design, and data contract development; deep understanding of ETL/ELT processes and data transformations

• Proven experience working with external data producers (partners, vendors, customers) and validating their data mappings and schemas

• Proficiency in Python (preferred) and SQL (required); strong knowledge of JSON, CSV, and XML (XML strongly preferred); experience with REST APIs and data ingestion patterns

• Familiarity with GitHub for version control and PR reviews; working knowledge of AWS (preferred); experience with Snowflake and dbt is an asset

• Experience with data observability practices: logging, lineage tracking, pipeline monitoring, and alerting. Exposure to tools such as Airflow, Great Expectations, or similar frameworks is a plus

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including external partners

• Strong analytical skills, business acumen, and familiarity with agile environments and scrum ceremonies

 

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact talent@assent.com and we will be happy to help.  

We use AI to support parts of our recruitment process, such as note-taking and initial shortlisting based on job-related qualifications. AI does not make hiring decisions. All candidates will speak with a real person, and final decisions are always made by our recruitment team.