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Sr. Director of Data Engineering

Toronto, Canada

Who We Are
At Momentum Financial Services Group, we help people move forward by reimagining how money works for those who need it most. With more than 40 years of experience, we’re the team behind Money Mart—Canada’s largest non-bank branch network—and a leader in financial solutions for underserved communities.

From short-term loans to money transfers and prepaid cards, we power the products, technology, and operations that connect over a million customers a year to the money they need, when they need it.

At MFSG, we come together across teams and departments to create something bigger than ourselves: solutions that remove barriers and give people access to money they might not get anywhere else. Whether you're solving problems, building systems, or shaping strategy, your work fuels real support for real people.

We’ve Got You Covered

  • Compensation Philosophy – Competitive pay aligned to experience and market value

  • Discretionary Annual Bonus – Rewarding performance and contribution

  • Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, and more to support your health and wellbeing

  • Retirement Plans – Helping you plan and save for the future

  • Hybrid Work Environment – Flexibility that balances in-office collaboration with remote work

  • Perks and Rewards – Employee recognition programs, development opportunities, and other perks

The Job: Sr. Director of Data Engineering
As Sr. Director of Data Engineering, you will lead the enterprise-wide data engineering function, ensuring that all data, metrics, and operational performance data are accurate, timely, and accessible. You will drive the strategy, execution, and governance of data engineering, leading a high-performing team while collaborating across the business to deliver scalable and reliable data solutions.

What You’ll Do

  • Build, lead, and mentor the global data engineering team (onshore and offshore)

  • Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to insource data, create reusable data products, and ensure accessibility

  • Refine and prioritize data engineering projects that align with enterprise needs

  • Develop and own the data processing framework and delivery of securitization processes

  • Drive execution of the enterprise single source of truth framework

  • Document pipelines, enforce SOPs, and establish robust controls and monitoring

  • Partner with technology teams to maintain optimal data history within transactional systems

  • Complete migration of data lake, pipelines, and tooling to Snowflake

  • Evaluate and engage external vendors for tooling, services, or staff augmentation

  • Collaborate on establishing enterprise data governance processes and standards

  • Ensure timely, high-quality delivery of data products that enable analytics, reporting, and operational decisions

What You’ll Bring to the Table

  • Strategic leadership with proven ability to manage and scale large initiatives and teams

  • Deep expertise in distributed data ecosystems such as Apache Spark (Databricks), Hadoop, or Snowflake, including cluster optimization techniques

  • Strong data modeling experience (e.g., Kimball dimensional modeling, Data Vault)

  • Experience building metadata-driven ELT frameworks, engineering frameworks for data processing, and data quality controls

  • Familiarity with cloud-based data integration services (e.g., Azure Function Apps, AWS Lambda, Step Functions)

  • Strong programming background (Python, Java, .NET) with advanced SQL skills

  • Knowledge of orchestrator tools such as ADF, AWS Glue, or Apache Airflow

  • Experience with streaming platforms (Apache Kafka, NiFi, Azure Event Hubs)

  • Skilled in CI/CD pipeline management for data environments

  • Understanding of API protocols for data extraction and ingestion

  • Ability to implement data governance blueprints, lifecycle management, security posture, and data stewardship

  • Functional knowledge of financial instruments (installment loans, payday loans, underwriting, collections, fraud, promotions, call center data)

  • Strong communication skills to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Education + Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred)

  • 15+ years of experience in data strategy, architecture, governance, and engineering

  • 7+ years hands-on experience in distributed data ecosystems and frameworks

  • 5+ years of experience developing and managing teams

  • Experience with analytics and BI tools such as Jupyter, Tableau, or Sigma

  • Direct experience with Snowflake strongly preferred

  • Familiarity with compliance, encryption, authentication/authorization, and data masking techniques

If you’re ready to lead enterprise-wide data engineering, build frameworks that scale, and deliver accurate, trusted data for decision-making across the organization, we want to hear from you. Apply today to shape the future of data at MFSG.

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