Snowflake Senior technical lead

EXL; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL Services Corporation in India seeks an accomplished Snowflake data engineering leader to drive CoE strategy, architecture, and delivery across enterprise-scale programs.

You will own end-to-end Snowflake architecture, govern data platforms, mentor engineers, and engage clients to define data roadmaps and transformation journeys. Strong hands-on experience with ELT/ETL, dbt, Airflow, and cloud ecosystems is essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years overall experience in data engineering / analytics / data platform roles.
• 7+ years in Snowflake with strong architecture + delivery experience.
• Proven experience leading CoE / practice / large delivery teams.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake features (Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks, Dynamic Tables, Secure Sharing).
• Strong ELT/ETL and orchestration tooling experience (ADF, Airflow, dbt, Matillion, Informatica).
• Hands-on client-facing consulting and solution design experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead COE Leadership & Strategy for Snowflake initiatives.
• Own end-to-end Snowflake architecture for enterprise-scale programs.
• Drive delivery leadership, KPIs, FinOps, and governance practices.
• Engage clients to define data strategies, roadmaps, and transformation journeys.
• Mentor architects and engineers and promote best practices in governance.

Skills

Leadership

CoE leadership

Client-facing consulting

ELT/ETL orchestration

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering

Master’s preferred

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

ADF

Informatica

Matillion

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP)

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1. 
   1. COE Leadership & Strategy
   
   
   
   • Build and scale Snowflake CoE capabilities (architecture, engineering, governance, FinOps).
   
   
   • Define reference architectures, reusable assets, frameworks, and accelerators.
   
   
   • Drive capability development, hiring strategy, and upskilling initiatives.
   
   
   • Establish standards for delivery quality, security, and performance.
   
   
   
   


2. 
   2. Solution Architecture & Advisory
   
   
   
   • Own end-to-end Snowflake architecture for enterprise-scale programs.
   
   
   • Translate business goals into data platform strategies (lakehouse / data warehouse / modern data stack).
   
   
   • Design solutions across:
     
     
     
     • Data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration
     
     
     • Data modelling (Dimensional, Data Vault, Medallion/Lakehouse architectures)
     
     
     • Data consumption (BI, APIs, AI/ML integration)
     
     
     
     
   
   
   • Lead architecture governance and design reviews.
   
   
   
   


3. 
   3. Delivery Leadership & Governance
   
   
   
   • Lead large-scale implementations and transformations on Snowflake.
   
   
   • Define and track delivery KPIs, cost optimisation (FinOps), and performance metrics.
   
   
   • Ensure adoption of CI/CD, DataOps, and DevSecOps practices.
   
   
   • Act as escalation point for complex technical challenges.
   
   
   
   


4. 
   4. Client Engagement & Consulting
   
   
   
   • Partner with clients to define data strategies, roadmaps, and transformation journeys.
   
   
   • Lead solution workshops, proposals, and executive discussions.
   
   
   • Provide thought leadership in Snowflake, Data Engineering, and Analytics.
   
   
   • Drive account growth through cross-selling and innovation-led proposals.
   
   
   
   


5. 
   5. Engineering Excellence & Mentorship
   
   
   
   • Mentor architects and engineers across projects.
   
   
   • Build strong internal communities around:
     
     
     
     • Snowflake
     
     
     • dbt / modern data stack
     
     
     • Cloud-native data engineering
     
     
     
     
   
   
   • Promote best practices in coding, modelling, and governance.
   
   
   
   

Must Have Skills & Experience

• 15+ years overall experience in data engineering / analytics / data platform roles.


• 7+ years in Snowflake with strong architecture + delivery experience.


• Proven experience in leading CoE / practice / large delivery teams.


• Deep expertise in:
  
  
  
  • Snowflake (Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks, Dynamic Tables, Secure Sharing)
  
  
  • Data modelling (Dimensional / Data Vault / Lakehouse)
  
  
  • Performance tuning & cost optimisation strategies
  
  
  • Data governance & security (RBAC, masking, row/column security)
  
  
  
  


• Strong experience in ELT/ETL pipelines and orchestration tools (ADF, Airflow, dbt, Matillion, Informatica)


• Hands-on experience in client-facing consulting roles and solution design.

Good to Have

• Experience on Azure / AWS / GCP ecosystems


• Exposure to GenAI / AI integration with data platforms


• Experience in domain analytics (Insurance, BFSI, Healthcare)


• Familiarity with modern data stack tools (dbt, Python frameworks, Spark)