Verafin - Software Developer Specialist– Data Intelligence

As a Software Developer Specialist reporting to the Director, you'll play a critical role in building and scaling Nasdaq Verafin's big data pipeline infrastructure to support business-critical insights that power the fight against financial crime.

You'll thrive in this position if you're collaborative, technically driven, and passionate about working with cutting-edge data technologies in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise-scale data pipelines that process large datasets, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and cost-efficiency.
• Contribute to the architecture of scalable data ingestion and transformation solutions for structured and unstructured data using modern lakehouse patterns.
• Partner with analytics teams and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data solutions — from raw data to consumable data products.
• Manage and evolve cloud data infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team engineering standards and documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting large-scale cloud-based data pipelines.
• Solid experience with cloud infrastructure services, including storage, compute, networking, and access management.
• Proficiency in Python and/or Java, with demonstrated ability to write clean, performant code and build optimized data transformation workflows.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases and SQL, along with experience using infrastructure-as-code practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern data lakehouse platforms and open table formats.
• Leadership experience or a strong mentoring background, with demonstrated ability to guide architectural decisions.
• Familiarity with cloud security, networking architecture, and modern business intelligence tools.

This position will be located in St.John’s or Toronto and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment at least 3 days a week in-office, subject to change, providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.