Flagstar -AWS + Data Engineer positions in Flagstar (4 nos)

Ness; India; Remote; INR 3,500,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Performance bonus

Job summary

Flagstar is hiring a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on AWS, Snowflake, and dbt experience. The role focuses on designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, data models, and data quality frameworks to support analytics and reporting.

You will work in an Agile environment with cross-functional teams, contributing to cloud-based ELT architectures and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Data Engineering / Data Warehousing experience.
• Strong hands-on Snowflake; extensive SQL expertise.
• Proficiency with AWS data services (S3, Glue, Lambda).
• Hands-on dbt, including models, tests, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines using AWS, Snowflake, and dbt.
• Develop ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest and transform data from multiple sources.
• Create and optimize data models and star schemas for analytics.
• Implement data quality, validation, and governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with data architects, analysts, and engineers in an Agile environment.
• Mentor junior data engineers and participate in code reviews.

Skills

Data engineering

SQL

ETL/ELT

Data warehousing

Dimensional modeling

CI/CD

Git

Agile/Scrum

Data quality

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Engineering

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Informatica

AWS

PySpark

Job description

Flagstar -AWS + Data Engineer positions in Flagstar (4 nos)

Location: , India

Senior Data Engineer; Must Have: Strong hands-on AWS, Snowflake, SQL and dbt experience. Nice to have – Python, PySpark, Airflow, Informatica

Requirements and Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and data transformation frameworks using AWS, Snowflake, and dbt.
• Develop robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and integrate data from multiple source systems into Snowflake.
• Build and maintain data models in Snowflake supporting analytics, reporting, operational applications, and downstream data consumers.
• Develop reusable dbt models, macros, tests, snapshots, and incremental pipelines following established data engineering standards.
• Write complex and optimized SQL for data transformation, aggregation, validation, and analytical workloads.
• Design and implement scalable data ingestion solutions using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, and related data services.
• Develop data pipelines for both structured and semi-structured data and work with formats such as JSON, CSV, Parquet, and Avro.
• Implement incremental loading, CDC, partitioning, clustering, and other optimization techniques to efficiently process large datasets.
• Design and maintain appropriate data warehouse schemas and dimensional models, including fact tables, dimension tables, star schemas, and data marts.
• Implement data quality and validation frameworks using dbt tests, SQL-based validation, reconciliation, and data profiling.
• Monitor data pipelines and proactively identify failures, performance issues, data quality problems, and processing bottlenecks.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and data discrepancies and perform detailed root-cause analysis.
• Optimize Snowflake workloads through appropriate warehouse sizing, query optimization, clustering, partition pruning, and workload management.
• Implement appropriate logging, monitoring, error handling, alerting, and recovery mechanisms for production data pipelines.
• Develop automated data pipelines and workflows using orchestration tools such as AWS Glue, Airflow, or similar technologies.
• Implement version control, CI/CD, and deployment processes for dbt models, SQL code, and data pipelines.
• Work closely with Data Architects, Business Analysts, ETL Developers, SQL Developers, QA Engineers, and application teams to understand requirements and deliver scalable data solutions.
• Participate in data architecture and technical design discussions and contribute to data platform modernization initiatives.
• Support migration of legacy ETL processes to cloud-based AWS/Snowflake ELT architectures.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation covering data pipelines, data models, source-to-target mappings, dependencies, and operational procedures.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to development, security, performance, and data engineering standards.
• Support production releases, incident management, troubleshooting, and post-production validation.
• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment and actively participate in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, and technical discussions.
• Mentor junior data engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in data engineering, data integration, data warehousing, or cloud data platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake as an enterprise cloud data warehouse.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services, particularly:
  • Amazon S3
  • AWS Glue
  • AWS Lambda
  • IAM and security concepts
  • Other AWS data/analytics services as applicable
• Strong hands-on experience with dbt (data build tool), including:
  • dbt models
  • Incremental models
  • Macros
  • Sources
  • Seeds
  • Snapshots
  • Tests
  • Documentation
  • Model dependencies
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, including complex joins, CTEs, subqueries, window functions, aggregations, and performance optimization.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT architecture and data pipeline development.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing and dimensional modeling concepts.
• Experience designing and implementing fact and dimension models, star schemas, snowflake schemas, and data marts.
• Experience working with large-volume datasets and optimizing data processing workloads.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data such as JSON, CSV, Parquet, and Avro.
• Strong understanding of data quality, validation, reconciliation, and data governance practices.
• Experience implementing incremental loads and CDC processes.
• Experience with Git and CI/CD practices for data engineering projects.
• Experience with pipeline orchestration and scheduling tools such as Airflow, AWS Glue Workflows, or similar technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause-analysis skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Banking or financial-services domain experience is preferred.
• Experience with Python for data engineering, automation, or scripting is a plus.
• Experience with PySpark / Apache Spark is a plus.
• Experience with Informatica or other enterprise ETL tools is a plus, particularly for legacy ETL modernization.
• Experience with data migration from traditional data warehouses to AWS/Snowflake is a plus.
• Knowledge of Snowflake security, RBAC, data sharing, streams/tasks, and stored procedures is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Recommended External Screening Criteria

For Senior Data Engineer – AWS/Snowflake/dbt, I would keep the following as the core mandatory screening criteria:

Must Have

• 5+ years of Data Engineering / Data Warehousing experience
• Strong hands-on Snowflake
• Strong hands-on SQL
• AWS data services experience, particularly S3 and Glue
• Data Warehousing & Dimensional Modeling
• Experience with large-volume data
• Data quality and validation
• Git / CI/CD experience

Preferred

• Python
• PySpark / Spark
• Airflow
• Snowflake Streams & Tasks
• Snowflake performance tuning
• AWS Lambda
• Informatica
• CDCLegacy ETL modernization

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