Staff Data Developer

About the role

About AlayaCare

At AlayaCare, we’re more than just a fast-growing SaaS company, we’re a team of people passionate about transforming home healthcare. Our cloud-based platform empowers care providers around the world to deliver better outcomes for their clients.

With 550+ employees across Canada, the US, Australia, and Brazil, we’re united by a shared mission and a strong culture of transparency, growth, and human connection. Whether you're early in your career or a seasoned expert, AlayaCare offers the opportunity to grow your impact, your skills, and your career.

About the Role

We are seeking a Staff Data Developer to join our Data & Intelligence division. Reporting to the Director of Data Engineering, you will design and implement scalable, complex data pipelines and infrastructure to power our data products.

As a senior member of the team, you’ll collaborate closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product managers to enhance the reliability and performance of our data systems, while influencing the enterprise-wide data architecture. You will also mentor junior engineers and drive best practices in data engineering.

What You’ll Do

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable, cost-effective, and reliable data pipelines for structured and unstructured data.

- Translate business needs into technical requirements and ensure alignment with product and customer success teams.

- Architect and implement data storage solutions (data lakes, warehouses, real-time processing systems) and supporting cloud infrastructure.

- Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, cost-efficiency, and automation.

- Ensure data quality, integrity, and security across all systems.

- Evaluate and adopt new tools, technologies, and processes.

- Partner with DevOps and engineering teams for seamless deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

- Document workflows and processes for knowledge sharing and maintainability.

- Stay current on industry trends in data engineering, ML, and cloud computing.

- Provide mentorship and technical leadership to junior engineers.

What You Bring to the Team

- 5+ years of hands-on experience with data software development.

- Experience with AlayaCare’s stack (Python, PHP, Vue.JS, AWS).

- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, or related fields.

- Strong skills in DBT, SQL, Python, Snowflake, Iceberg, Spark, and AWS (ECS, S3, Aurora, RDS).

- Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka, Kinesis, and Flink.

- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.

- Expertise in dimensional data modeling and semantic layer design.

- Strong collaboration, communication, and problem-solving skills.

- Experience in Agile development methodologies.