Senior Snowflake Software Developer

Must be capable of being onsite day one.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Snowflake Software Developer to design, develop, and optimize Snowflake data solutions for enterprise-level applications. This position will be full-time, and hybrid. With employees expected to work onsite 3 days per week.

 

What You’ll Do

• Design and maintain Snowflake data schemas, models, and data lake architectures

• Develop efficient, automated ELT pipelines to ingest data from diverse enterprise sources into Snowflake

• Build data transformation pipelines utilizing dbt (Data Build Tool) and native Snowflake features like tasks and streams

• Write custom data engineering scripts, automation pipelines, and UDFs using Python and Snowpark

• Optimize query performance and virtual warehouse sizing using query profiles and automatic clustering

• Monitor, audit, and optimize Snowflake credit consumption and warehouse spending

• Write complex SQL queries, analytical functions, and advanced stored procedures

• Implement robust security and data governance measures, including RBAC, masking policies, and encryption

• Establish automated data quality validation frameworks, monitoring alerts, and observability dashboards

• Manage database infrastructure and dbt models as code within version control systems (Git) using automated CI/CD deployment pipelines

• Implement disaster recovery strategies utilizing Snowflake Replication, Failover Groups, and Time Travel

• Collaborate with cross-functional data, science, and analytics teams in an Agile/Scrum environment

 

What You'll Need

Required:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, data engineering, or a related field.

• 7+ years of experience in data warehousing, data modeling, and enterprise data engineering.

• 3+ years of direct, hands-on production engineering experience inside Snowflake.

• Strong proficiency in Python development tailored for data engineering, including hands-on Snowpark experience.

• Proven production experience using modern transformation tools, specifically dbt (Data Build Tool).

• Solid experience with Snowflake cost management, infrastructure optimization, and performance tuning.

• Deep understanding of enterprise data security, role-based access control (RBAC), and governance compliance.

• Experience managing infrastructure as code via Git and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines.

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and Agile collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Snowflake certifications (such as SnowPro Core or Advanced).

• Agile Scrum team collaboration experience.