Data Platform Engineer — Snowflake, Data Vault (Zurich)

Vontobel; Zürich; On-site; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vontobel is seeking a Data Engineer to shape a strategic data platform built on Snowflake, dbt, and Data Vault. You will design scalable data solutions, integrate data across the organization, and create reusable data products for analytics and reporting.

You will work with cloud-based architectures, CI/CD, and DataOps practices, ensuring data quality, lineage, and governance while collaborating with analysts and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related discipline.
• Proven experience as a data engineer, analytics engineer, or in a similar role.
• SQL expert who thrives in complex data landscapes, creating elegant, highly efficient data flows.
• Deep understanding of data historization principles, bi-temporal and multi-temporal modeling."
• Good knowledge of Data Vault and dimensional modelling concepts within enterprise DWH.
• Hands-on dbt experience with model development, testing, and macros.
• Hands-on pandas and dataframe processing; Snowpark experience for scalable transformations.
• Experience with modern cloud-based data platform architectures (Snowflake, Databricks, etc.).
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows, CI/CD, and automated data testing.
• Proactive software development and architecture in C# or Rust is a plus.
• Experience in data quality management, governance, and metadata management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain robust data pipelines on Snowflake using dbt.
• Develop and enhance Data Vault models (Hubs, Links, Satellites, and Business Vault components).
• Create reusable data products that support enterprise reporting, analytics, and regulatory requirements.
• Integrate data from diverse source systems into a centralized platform.
• Apply metadata-driven development to improve automation, consistency, and scalability.
• Collaborate with analysts, architects, and data consumers to translate requirements into solutions.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, and governance across the data lifecycle.
• Optimize data models and transformations for performance and cost efficiency.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated data testing.
• Participate in DataOps practices and standardization across teams.
• Share knowledge to raise efficiency in a multi-team setup.

Skills

SQL

dbt

Snowflake

Data Vault

Pandas

Snowpark

CI/CD

Git

C# / Rust

Data governance

AI awareness

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Vontobel is seeking a Data Engineer to shape a strategic data platform built on Snowflake, dbt, and Data Vault. You will design scalable data solutions, integrate data across the organization, and create reusable data products for analytics and reporting.

You will work with cloud-based architectures, CI/CD, and DataOps practices, ensuring data quality, lineage, and governance while collaborating with analysts and business stakeholders.