Data Engineer Snowflake and Databricks -Austin, TX -Hybrid or Remote in the U.S.

FinTrust Connect; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 117,096 - 206,640; Full time

Job summary

A technology consultancy is looking for a Data Engineer to work with Databricks and Snowflake in a hybrid or remote capacity. You will be responsible for building production-grade pipelines and optimizing data flows and infrastructure for analytics and reporting. Candidates should have 4 to 7 years of experience with Python, SQL, and orchestration tools, as well as knowledge of monitoring and performance tuning. A competitive hourly rate is offered, making it an attractive position for data professionals.

Qualifications

• 4 to 7 years experience in building ELT processes.
• Strong skills in Databricks and Snowflake.
• Experience with orchestration tools like Airflow or dbt.

Responsibilities

• Build and document scalable ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Model data layers for BI, ML, and finance applications.
• Implement monitoring for data freshness and volume.

Skills

Building ELT with Python

Databricks PySpark

Snowflake performance tuning

Orchestration with Airflow or dbt

CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code familiarity

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Airflow

Azure Data Factory

Python

SQL

Job description

Data Engineer Snowflake and Databricks - Austin, TX - Hybrid or Remote in the U.S.

FinTrust Connect Austin TX Hybrid or Remote

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Join our Talent Community for Austin. Posts in this market highlight Databricks first development with Snowflake serving analytics and sharing, plus strong pipeline ownership and stakeholder skills. Contract ranges trend mid market with steady demand.

As a Data Engineer you will ship production grade pipelines on Databricks and Snowflake, stand up quality and monitoring, and partner with product and risk teams to land trusted data sets.

Requirements

• 4 to 7 years building ELT with Python and SQL
• Databricks PySpark and Delta tables and jobs and notebooks
• Snowflake performance tuning and tasks and streams and time travel
• Orchestration Airflow or dbt or Azure Data Factory
• CI and CD and IaC familiarity

Responsibilities

• Build scalable ingestion and transformation with tests and documentation
• Model curated data layers that serve BI and ML and finance
• Implement monitoring for freshness and volume and schema drift
• Optimize compute and storage for cost and runtime

Outcomes we track

• Freshness SLA met 95%+ across critical tables
• Runtime reduced 30% on top pipelines within 60 days
• Incident mean time to recover < 30 minutes

Compensation and terms

Consultant pay $85 to $150 per hour

Contract Hybrid Austin TX or Remote US W2 or 1099

Keywords

Databricks, Snowflake, PySpark, Delta, Unity Catalog, dbt, Airflow, ADF, Python, SQL, Cost Governance, Observability, ELT, CDC, Austin