Senior DBT/Snowflake Developer

Go Fractional; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Go Fractional is seeking a Senior DBT/Snowflake Developer to design and maintain data pipelines in Snowflake using dbt, with a focus on finance, tax, and revenue analytics.

The role is fully remote (Eastern Time hours) with a 1-year+ contract-to-hire path. You will build ELT pipelines, govern data, and deliver audit-ready datasets for stakeholders across finance and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, IS, data analytics, accounting, finance, or related field.
• 10+ years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or BI roles; 3+ years building dbt models on Snowflake.
• Working understanding of financial data, tax and revenue reporting, and internal controls (SOX).
• Advanced SQL skills with Snowflake, dbt, and Tableau.
• Strong data modeling (dimensional/star schema), ETL/ELT design, and data quality best practices.
• Excellent collaboration, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
• Certifications preferred: dbt Analytics Engineering, SnowPro Data Engineer, Tableau Data Analyst.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable dbt models in Snowflake for financial, tax, and revenue data.
• Develop and optimize ELT pipelines and automate data extraction from source systems.
• Build and support Tableau dashboards and data sources for finance, tax, and accounting stakeholders.
• Support month-, quarter-, and year-end close with accurate datasets and reporting.
• Provide data, documentation, and historical extracts for audits.
• Implement SOX-aligned controls, including testing, review, change management, and access governance.
• Establish data lineage, documentation, and automated data quality tests for trust in reported figures.
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and provide analytics support to finance and tax teams.
• Monitor and tune Snowflake performance and cost; troubleshoot pipelines and models.
• Document data models, processes, and technical efforts; manage multiple projects.
• Communicate technical details effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Snowflake

dbt

Tableau

ELT/ETL

Data modeling

Data governance

Analytics

SOX compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Tableau

dbt

Snowflake

Job description

Position: Senior DBT/Snowflake Developer

Location: Remote (must work Eastern Time / EST hours)

Start Date: November 1, 2026

Duration: 1 year+ (Contract to hire)

We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Senior dbt Developer to join our innovative team in a fully remote capacity aligned to the Eastern Time zone. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining modern data transformation pipelines in Snowflake and dbt that power financial, tax, and revenue analytics for our clients. You will have the opportunity to work on challenging projects, partner closely with finance, tax, and audit stakeholders, and play a key role in delivering accurate, well-governed, and audit-ready data that supports critical business decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience: Minimum of 10 years in data engineering, analytics engineering, or business intelligence roles, including at least 3 years building production dbt models on Snowflake.

• Knowledge: Working understanding of financial data, tax and revenue reporting, and internal control environments (e.g., SOX).

• Advanced SQL skills with deep experience in Snowflake, dbt, and Tableau.

• Strong understanding of data modeling (dimensional / star schema), ETL/ELT design, and data quality best practices.

• Analytical & Soft Skills:

  • Collaborative requirements translation: Attention to detail and a team-player mindset with strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Workflow optimization & data analytics support: Proactive in identifying manual or inefficient processes, streamlining workflows, and providing hands-on analytics support to business teams.
  • Governance & lineage mindset: Committed to data accuracy, documentation, lineage, and controls so that every reported figure can be traced and trusted.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
  • Excellent time management and ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously

• Certifications (preferred):

  • dbt Analytics Engineering Certification
  • SnowPro Core or SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer
  • Tableau Certified Data Analyst or Tableau Desktop Specialist

Technical Requirements

• Core Technical Skills:

  • Snowflake data warehouse: Hands-on experience designing, developing, and optimizing Snowflake environments
  • dbt modeling & transformation: Expert-level dbt development, including tests, and documentation.
  • Tableau development: Building and maintaining user-friendly Tableau dashboards, published data sources, and extracts.
  • Data modeling & ETL/ELT: Strong data modeling skills and experience building ELT pipelines from source systems into Snowflake.
  • Automation of data extraction: Experience automating data extraction from ERP, tax, and financial systems is preferred

• Domain & Compliance Skills:

  • Tax / revenue data analytics or similar: Experience working with tax, revenue, billing, or other financial data
  • SOX compliance & controls or similar: Experience operating within SOX or similar control frameworks
  • Financial close processes or similar: Experience supporting month-, quarter-, and year-end close with timely, reconciled data and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable dbt models in Snowflake that transform raw financial, tax, and revenue data into trusted, analytics-ready datasets.

• Develop and optimize ELT pipelines and automate data extraction from source systems to improve timeliness and reduce manual processes.

• Build and support Tableau dashboards and certified data sources for finance, tax, and accounting stakeholders.

• Support month-, quarter-, and year-end close by delivering accurate, timely datasets, reconciliations, and reporting.

• Provide data, documentation, and historical/point-in-time extracts in support of internal and external audits.

• Implement and maintain SOX-aligned controls within the data environment, including testing, peer review, change management, and access governance.

• Establish and maintain data lineage, documentation, and automated data quality tests to ensure transparency and trust in reported figures.

• Identify opportunities to streamline and optimize workflows, and provide ongoing data analytics support to finance and tax teams.

• Monitor and tune Snowflake performance and cost, and troubleshoot pipeline and model issues through root cause analysis.

• Document data models, processes, and other technical efforts.

• Manage multiple projects from requirements through deployment.

• Communicate technical details effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.