Remote Snowflake Data Engineer — 6+ Month Contract

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Juneau (AK); Remote; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a senior Data Engineer specialized in Snowflake for a remote 6+ month contract. You will design and optimize Snowflake databases and data models to support analytics and BI initiatives, while ensuring data quality, security, and cost efficiency.

The role demands 5+ years in data engineering or warehouse engineering, hands-on Snowflake development, and strong SQL skills. Certifications are required; rate ranges from $80 to $100 per hour.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, Data Warehouse Engineer, Snowflake Developer, or similar role.
• Snowflake Certification required.
• Strong hands-on experience developing directly within Snowflake.
• Expertise creating and managing databases, schemas, tables, views, and other Snowflake objects.
• Advanced SQL development and query optimization skills.
• Experience with data modeling methodologies, including dimensional modeling, star schemas, and fact/dimension design.
• Proven experience with Snowflake performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience working with large-scale data warehousing and analytics environments.
• Strong understanding of database design principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Snowflake databases, schemas, tables, views, and other database objects.
• Create and optimize data models to support analytics, reporting, and BI initiatives.
• Develop and maintain fact and dimension tables using dimensional modeling best practices.
• Write, optimize, and troubleshoot complex Snowflake SQL queries, stored procedures, and data transformations.
• Implement performance tuning strategies, including query optimization, clustering keys, and warehouse sizing.
• Monitor and improve Snowflake performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Build and maintain materialized views, streams, tasks, and other Snowflake-native features.
• Partner with data architects, analysts, and business stakeholders to design scalable data solutions.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance across Snowflake environments.
• Support ongoing enhancements to the enterprise data warehouse and analytics ecosystem.

Skills

Snowflake development

SQL performance tuning

Data modeling

Data warehouse

Tools

Snowflake

SQL

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking a senior Data Engineer specialized in Snowflake for a remote 6+ month contract. You will design and optimize Snowflake databases and data models to support analytics and BI initiatives, while ensuring data quality, security, and cost efficiency.

The role demands 5+ years in data engineering or warehouse engineering, hands-on Snowflake development, and strong SQL skills. Certifications are required; rate ranges from $80 to $100 per hour.