Senior Python & Snowflake Data Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays and PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Disability – long/short term

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Sr. Python and Snowflake Developer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud-based data solutions for enterprise analytics.

You will work closely with architects and stakeholders to deliver high‑quality data products and modern data platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on Snowflake/Python development, data ingestion, and production support, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and contribute to engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of data engineering or related software engineering experience.
• Strong Snowflake design and development experience.
• Advanced Python for data processing and automation.
• Advanced SQL with complex queries and large data sets.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data formats.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Snowflake, Python, and SQL.
• Build and optimize data ingestion, transformation, and integration from multiple data sources.
• Develop and manage Snowflake databases, schemas, tables, views, streams, tasks, stages, and stored procedures.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines including data quality controls and production support.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering standards and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Python

ETL/ELT development

Data warehousing

SQL

CI/CD

Data quality

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Git

Snowpipe/Streams/Tasks

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Sr. Python and Snowflake Developer to design, build, and optimize scalable cloud-based data solutions for enterprise analytics.

You will work closely with architects and stakeholders to deliver high‑quality data products and modern data platforms. The role emphasizes hands-on Snowflake/Python development, data ingestion, and production support, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and contribute to engineering excellence.