Hybrid Senior Data Engineer & Platform Architect

MinneAnalytics; Oak Park Heights, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

MinneAnalytics in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to act as technical leader for modern data platform initiatives. This hands‑on role designs scalable solutions, influences direction, and partners with architects, product teams, and distributed engineering groups.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in data engineering, deep Snowflake expertise, and strong SQL, Python or Spark, with experience leading technical discussions and collaborating with offshore teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Data Engineering experience
• Strong expertise with Snowflake
• Experience building and optimizing complex data pipelines at scale
• Advanced SQL and data modeling skills
• Strong programming experience with Python and/or Spark
• Experience designing data architectures and scalable engineering frameworks
• Ability to lead technical discussions and influence engineering teams
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience working with distributed or offshore engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of enterprise‑scale data pipelines and data products
• Partner with architects and engineering teams to establish and enforce data engineering best practices
• Drive technical decisions around data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and delivery
• Design scalable, resilient, and high‑performing solutions across the full data lifecycle
• Collaborate with both onshore and offshore teams, providing technical leadership and mentorship
• Influence delivery teams on implementation approaches, standards, and engineering quality
• Optimize performance, reliability, governance, and operational excellence across the data platform

Skills

Data engineering

Snowflake

ETL pipelines

SQL

Python

Spark

Data architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder comms

Distributed offshore teams

Tools

dbt

Job description

MinneAnalytics in Minnesota is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to act as technical leader for modern data platform initiatives. This hands‑on role designs scalable solutions, influences direction, and partners with architects, product teams, and distributed engineering groups.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in data engineering, deep Snowflake expertise, and strong SQL, Python or Spark, with experience leading technical discussions and collaborating with offshore teams.