Data Engineer - Snowflake

Lumenalta; Toronto; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT Services is seeking a Data Engineer specializing in Snowflake to lead a team on innovative data projects. The role involves architecting scalable data pipelines, optimizing performance, and guiding best practices in a fully remote environment. Candidates should have extensive experience in data engineering and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or data architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake.
• Proven leadership experience in a team lead or staff engineer role.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data engineers on Snowflake-based projects.
• Architect and optimize scalable ELT pipelines and data models.
• Translate business needs into technical plans.

Skills

Leadership

SQL

Python

Data Modeling

Performance Tuning

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

AWS

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We help global enterprises build and scale digital products powered by high-volume, high-impact data. Our projects involve modern cloud data platforms, complex transformation pipelines, and real-time business insights.

What You'll Do

• Lead a team of data engineers on Snowflake-based projects.
• Architect and optimize scalable ELT pipelines and data models.
• Guide best practices in Python, SQL, dbt, and AWS across the team.
• Translate business needs into technical plans and coordinate execution.
• Review code, support team growth, and ensure high delivery standards.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering or data architecture.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning and data modeling.
• Proven leadership experience, ideally in a team lead or staff engineer role.
• Advanced SQL and Python skills.
• Familiarity with dbt, Airflow, and AWS.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

The job is 100% remote; please ensure you have a comfortable office set at your desired work location.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering, Information Technology, and Consulting

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting