Remote Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake & dbt Expert

Eliassen Group; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 101,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision plans

401(k) with match

Referral program

Sick time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for a remote, permanent role. Lead the governed transformation layer, design Snowflake/dbt solutions, migrate legacy views, and define conformed dimensions for multi-ERP environments, with strong emphasis on data quality and CI/CD standards.

The position is full-time with a competitive salary range ($101,000–$161,800 per year on a W2 basis) and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in data or analytics engineering with 4+ years on a cloud data warehouse, preferably Snowflake.
• Expert SQL including window functions, performance tuning, and incremental load patterns.
• 3+ years of production dbt experience, including macros, tests, snapshots, incremental strategies, exposures, and documentation.
• Hands-on Kimball dimensional modeling with star schemas, conformed dimensions, surrogate keys, and SCD Type 1 and Type 2.
• Production experience with at least one ingestion tool such as Fivetran, Airbyte, Informatica, or Matillion and one orchestrator such as dbt Cloud, Airflow, Dagster, or Azure Data Factory.
• Hands-on Git and CI/CD for data using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, or GitLab CI with code review and release practices.
• Proficient Python for data tooling including dbt macros, automation, data quality frameworks, and lightweight APIs.
• Experience modeling data from at least one enterprise ERP such as Oracle, SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, or Microsoft Dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the Snowflake transformation layer from raw to staging to conformed to marts as the governed foundation for reporting and AI/ML.
• Migrate existing SQL views to versioned, tested dbt models with full lineage.
• Define conformed dimensions and operational facts across multi-ERP environments using Kimball principles.
• Set standards for modeling, testing, naming, documentation, CI/CD and release management.
• Partner with report owners to validate semantic equivalence and minimize BI cutover disruption.
• Define and own the semantic layer across Snowflake, dbt, and Power BI to ensure consistent metrics.
• Implement data quality testing, observability, and lineage with dbt tests and SOX controls.
• Design models for AI/ML and agent readiness with stable keys, clear semantics, and metadata for LLM retrieval and tool use.
• Collaborate with AI/analytics teams on feature-table patterns, golden-record exposure, and data foundations for agentic applications.

Skills

SQL

Python

dbt

Git

Data modeling

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Power BI

GitHub Actions

Airflow

Azure Data Factory

Fivetran

Informatica

Matillion

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for a remote, permanent role. Lead the governed transformation layer, design Snowflake/dbt solutions, migrate legacy views, and define conformed dimensions for multi-ERP environments, with strong emphasis on data quality and CI/CD standards.

The position is full-time with a competitive salary range ($101,000–$161,800 per year on a W2 basis) and comprehensive benefits.