Lead Data Platform Eng (Snowflake/AI) — Hybrid, Switzerland

EPAM Systems, Inc.; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

5 weeks vacation

EPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ES‑

Extended pension plan

Parental leave

Zusammenfassung

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Data platform) in the Zurich area for a hybrid role. You will drive a large‑scale data platform engagement, collaborating with Data Architects, BI Engineers and analysts while embedding AI tooling.

Responsibilities include prototyping platform capabilities, validating with users, and delivering scalable, secure data solutions on Snowflake, ClickHouse, dbt and Fivetran within an AWS data stack.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of professional experience with 2+ years in platform engineering or forward‑deployed solution roles.
• Hands‑on expertise in Snowflake and ClickHouse and strong SQL skills.
• Proficient with dbt and Fivetran in modern data pipelines.
• Experience with AI-assisted or agentic tooling and AWS data stack.
• Ability to optimize platform performance for scalability and speed.
• Excellent English communication for global collaboration.

Aufgaben

• Lead design and delivery of data platform improvements in a hybrid Zurich setting.
• Embed AI and agentic tooling to enhance speed, reliability and cost‑efficiency.
• Prototype platform capabilities across ingestion, transformation and query workflows.
• Validate prototypes with end users before handoffs to build teams.
• Assess performance bottlenecks and drive architectural optimizations.
• Collaborate with Data Architects, BI Engineers and Business Analysts.

Kenntnisse

Senior experience

Platform engineering

Snowflake

ClickHouse

dbt

Fivetran

AI-assisted tooling

Performance optimization

English fluency

Tools

Snowflake

ClickHouse

dbt

Fivetran

AWS Data Services

Anthropic Claude

AWS Bedrock

LangChain

PostgreSQL

Jobbeschreibung

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Lead Forward-Deployed Engineer (Data platform) in the Zurich area for a hybrid role. You will drive a large‑scale data platform engagement, collaborating with Data Architects, BI Engineers and analysts while embedding AI tooling.

Responsibilities include prototyping platform capabilities, validating with users, and delivering scalable, secure data solutions on Snowflake, ClickHouse, dbt and Fivetran within an AWS data stack.