Lead Data Engineer – Snowflake & ELT Platform

FREEDOM SOLUTIONS GR; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus plan

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Incentive and recognition programs

Job summary

Litera in Denver is seeking a Tech Lead, Data Engineer to design, build, and operate a scalable analytics data platform that powers analytics across the organization. You will own data pipelines, a Snowflake data warehouse, and well-modeled datasets, collaborating with analytics, engineering, and business stakeholders from design through production.

The role emphasizes production-grade data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and a commitment to best practices in data modeling, version

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade data platforms, including scalable data pipelines and cloud data warehouses.
• 2+ years of production experience using dbt to build scalable, well-tested data warehouse solutions.
• Strong SQL expertise, including complex analytical queries, performance optimization, and working with large datasets.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake (or similar cloud data warehouses) in a production analytics environment.
• Strong proficiency in Python (or another object-oriented language) applied to data engineering, including writing maintainable, tested code.
• Solid data engineering and software engineering fundamentals, including data modeling, version control (Git), testing, documentation, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production-grade data pipelines and ELT workflows at scale.
• Develop and own a Snowflake-based data warehouse using dbt best practices (models, tests, documentation, incremental strategies).
• Partner with analytics and business stakeholders to translate requirements into well-modeled, reliable datasets.
• Write and optimize complex SQL for large analytical datasets, ensuring performance and accuracy.
• Apply strong software engineering practices to data work, including version control, testing, and CI/CD.
• Integrate data from third-party SaaS platforms such as CRM, product analytics, and finance systems.
• Produce clear technical documentation, including pipeline designs and data flow diagrams.
• Take end-to-end ownership of data solutions, ensuring quality, performance, and long-term maintainability.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Git

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Litera in Denver is seeking a Tech Lead, Data Engineer to design, build, and operate a scalable analytics data platform that powers analytics across the organization. You will own data pipelines, a Snowflake data warehouse, and well-modeled datasets, collaborating with analytics, engineering, and business stakeholders from design through production.

The role emphasizes production-grade data engineering, strong SQL and Python skills, and a commitment to best practices in data modeling, version