Senior Data Engineer

Assent is the leading solution for supply chain sustainability tailored for the world’s top-tier, sustainability-driven manufacturers. Hidden risks riddle supply chains, many of which weren't built with sustainability in mind. That's where we step in. With insights from experts, Assent is the tool manufacturers trust for comprehensive sustainability.

We are proud to announce that Assent has crossed the US $100M ARR milestone, granting us Centaur Status. This accomplishment, reached just 8 years following our Series A, makes us the first and only Certified B Corporation in North America's SaaS sustainability industry to celebrate this milestone.

Our journey from $5 million to US $100M ARR in just eight years has been marked by significant growth and achievements. With our $350 million US funding led by Vista Equity Partners, we're poised for even greater expansion and are on the lookout for outstanding team members to join our mission.

Hybrid Work Model

At Assent, we proudly embrace a remote-first work model, valuing the flexibility and autonomy it provides our team. We also acknowledge the intangible benefits of occasional in-person workdays. For team members situated within 50 kms/31 miles of our six global offices in Ottawa, Eldoret, Penang, Columbus, Pune and Amsterdam, you can expect to come into the office one day a week.

Similarly, those near our co-working spaces in Nairobi and Toronto are encouraged to work onsite once a month.

Position Summary

As a Senior Data Engineer at Assent, you will play a critical role in advancing our data engineering practices and serving as a hands‑on technical expert. You will contribute significantly to the vision and execution of our data engineering efforts, ensuring the development of secure, robust, scalable, and high-performing data platforms. Your role will involve driving key technical initiatives, collaborating on architectural decisions, and executing complex data engineering tasks to align our data infrastructure with Assent's business goals.

You will actively participate in the design, development, and implementation of sophisticated data solutions while offering mentorship and technical guidance to other engineers. Your contributions will have a broad impact across the organization as you champion best practices, innovate to enhance our data engineering capabilities, and work directly on the technical solutions required to advance our data systems.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities

• Contribute to the strategic vision for data engineering and participate in the architectural design and development of new and complex data solutions, focusing on scalability, performance, and hands‑on implementation.
• Design and implement new data systems and infrastructure to ensure the reliability and scalability of data systems by actively contributing to day‑to‑day engineering tasks.
• Influence key decisions regarding the data technology stack, infrastructure, and tools while actively engaging in hands‑on engineering efforts in the creation and deployment of new data architectures and workflows.
• Set coding standards and best practices for the Data Engineering & Operations team, conducting and participating in code reviews to maintain high-quality, consistent code.
• Work closely with database developers, software development, product management, and AI/ML developers to align data initiatives with Assent’s organizational goals.
• Collaborate with team members to monitor progress, adjust priorities, and meet project deadlines and objectives.
• Identify opportunities for internal process improvements, including automating manual processes and optimizing data delivery.
• Proactively support peers in continuous learning by providing technical guidance and training on data engineering development, analysis, and execution.

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 7+ years of data engineering experience.
• Proficiency in tools and languages, such as AWS, dbt, Snowflake, Git, R, Python, SQL, SQL Server, and…