As a Data Engineer on the R&D Team you will help FreshBooks build and evolve high-quality trusted data assets that power analytics business decision-making and machine learning initiatives. You will focus on data modeling transformation and domain-oriented data architecture working closely with Product Analytics and Machine Learning teams to ensure data is well-structured well-documented and easy to consume. You will contribute to building scalable reliable datasets that serve as a foundation for reporting experimentation and operational use cases with exposure to both batch and event-driven data.
NOTE: This role can be worked remotely from the above location(s).
What Youll Do

• Architect design and develop clean high-performance datasets using modern tools like dbt and BigQuery focusing on usability and scalability for analytical consumption.
• Be a key contributor to our domain-oriented data architecture defining how core business entities (e.g. customers payments) are modeled governed and exposed across the organization.
• Build and maintain robust batch and streaming data pipelines that transform raw data into trusted analytics-ready assets to support both near real-time and traditional use cases.
• Collaborate closely with Analytics Product and Machine Learning teams to translate complex requirements into reusable well-governed data models and contracts.
• Champion data quality reliability and documentation by implementing rigorous testing validation and monitoring practices.
• Leverage cutting-edge tools including AI/agentic workflows to accelerate development enhance productivity and improve data exploration and lineage.
• Participate in code reviews contribute to improving engineering standards and partner with platform teams to ensure our data solutions meet ambitious performance cost and scalability goals.

What Youll Bring

• 2 years of experience working in data engineering analytics engineering or a related field.
• Experience building and maintaining data models and transformation pipelines (e.g. dbt or similar tools).
• Strong SQL skills and proficiency in Python (or similar language).
• Solid understanding of data modeling concepts (e.g. dimensional modeling normalization data warehousing patterns).
• Experience working with a cloud data warehouse (e.g. BigQuery Snowflake Redshift).
• Familiarity with orchestrators such as Airflow GCC Dagster Prefect (or similar tools).
• Basic understanding or exposure to streaming/event-driven systems (e.g. Pub/Sub Kafka Kinesis Dataflow).
• Understanding of data quality testing and validation practices.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Youll Stand Out If You Have

• Experience in analytics engineering or working closely with analytics teams.
• Experience building or contributing to near real-time data pipelines.
• Familiarity with data governance metadata management or lineage tools.
• Experience using AI-assisted or agentic tools to improve development workflows.
• Experience in SaaS fintech or payments-related domains.

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Perks and BenefitsWe understand that youll weigh many factors when deciding if FreshBooks is the right next step in your career. Here are some of our offerings for our employees (we call ourselves FreshBookers) to support their growth:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits. Generous time off including a flexible vacation plan a retirement savings program or pension plan matched to your local office stock options for every full-time employee parental leave and new parent support annual healthy living credit comprehensive medical and dental benefits fertility and gender-affirming benefits dependent on your region and more.
• Perks that matter. Including a Peer Recognition Program an Employee Assistance Program headphone credit meaningful in-person gatherings to bring onsite and remote employees together and more perks matched to your local cluster.
• Working environments to help you thrive. Beautiful office spaces welcome you in Toronto Amsterdam and San Luis Potosi. If you dont have access to a FreshBooks office you receive a home office credit to set up your home office.
• Supportive peer group mentors and leaders. We care about each other across the organization and have programs to support this so everyone feels a strong sense of belonging and believes in collective impact.
• Accelerated growth. Comprehensive company onboarding career development through continuous coaching training and learning on the job.

About FreshBooksYouve probably learned a bit about FreshBooks before making it to this point but let us take a moment to introduce ourselves: At FreshBooks we believe that small business owners are the backbone of the economy yet they are often the most underserved when it comes to technology. For over 20 years weve been on a mission to support owners from the scrappy solopreneur with a big dream to the growing business with employees to manage.
Our leading platform is more than just business software; its an all-in-one financial toolkit that automates invoicing expenses payments and payroll allowing our customers to spend less time on paperwork and more time doing the work they love.
We believe in human-centric connections that empower teams to do their best work. Headquartered in Toronto Canada our team operates in clusters across North America and Europe using a variety of working environments - remote hybrid and in-office - all based on whats best for the team collaboration and mental well-being. We are committed to creating a supportive and flexible workplace where everyone can thrive grow and make an impact on the lives of small business owners worldwide.
Even if your experience doesnt meet every bullet on the above lists wed love to learn more about you and why you think FreshBooks is the next step in your career. FreshBooks is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender religion race mental disability sexual orientation age or any other status. All applicants are considered based on their qualifications and merits. At FreshBooks we inspire an environment of mutual respect and we believe diversity and inclusion are crucial to our success. FreshBooks provides employment accommodation during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation please indicate this on your application and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs. For any questions suggestions or required documents regarding accessibility in a different format please contact us by phone at 1- and/or email at

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