Senior Data Engineer (Graph focused), Fixed Term - Toronto

WHY DEPT®? We are pioneers at heart. What this means, is that we are always leaning forward, thinking of what we can create tomorrow that does not exist today. We were born digital and we are a new model of agency, with a deep skillset in tech and marketing. That’s why we hire curious, self-driven, talented people who never stop innovating. Our culture is big enough to cope and small enough to care. Meaning, that with people across 20+ countries, we’re big enough to provide you with the best tools, global opportunities, and benefits that help you thrive. While acting small by investing in you, your growth, your team, and giving you the autonomy to solve our clients' problems, no matter where you are in the world.  This is a 3 month fixed term salaried contract, located in Ontario Canada. Preferably in Toronto. The Role: The Senior Data Engineer will be a core technical contributor on the evaluation team within one of our most relevant clients in AMER. Will be responsible for determining whether an enterprise-scale knowledge graph requires a purpose-built graph database or whether PostgreSQL can carry the load. The work is hands-on and benchmark-driven — measured results, not opinions. What You’ll Do: Pull data from Databricks, transform it, and load it into multiple graph database candidates — then tear them down and do it again under controlled, repeatable conditions Build and manage relationship structures and entity linkages within each graph database to mirror real p