Senior Snowflake Data Engineer

Experient; Dallas (GA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Experient is seeking a Senior Snowflake Data Engineer to build and enhance data pipelines supporting business-critical order data. You will work on ELT/ETL pipelines with Snowflake, dbt, and orchestration tools, ensuring data quality and performance.

The role requires 8–10 years of data engineering experience, Snowflake certifications, and strong SQL skills. Hybrid work in Dallas, TX is offered, with cloud platform familiarity and data visualization exposure.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in data engineering with Snowflake.
• Snowflake certifications are required.
• Experience defining architecture and setting design principles.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on development and support of high-volume data pipelines using Snowflake.
• Design, implement, and optimize ELT/ETL pipelines with dbt and orchestration tools.
• Create and optimize star/snowflake schemas for data modeling and scalability.
• Write complex SQL, tune performance, and troubleshoot issues.
• Integrate Snowflake with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and BI tools.

Skills

Snowflake

Data engineering

SQL

dbt

Apache Airflow

Python

Cloud platforms

Power BI

Big data

ETL/ELT

Education

Snowflake certifications required

Tools

dbt

Apache Airflow

Power BI

Job description

At Experient, we provide experience, technology, and transformation support to our clients, creating a dynamic work environment. We value collaboration, prioritize effective communication, and focus on delivering results quickly and practically. Whether you’re looking to deepen your expertise or take on new challenges, we’re here to support your journey every step of the way.

We are seeking a Senior Snowflake Data Engineer to join our development team. This individual will be responsible for hands‑on building, enhancing, and supporting multiple high‑volume data pipelines used by our client to process business critical order transaction data.

Location: Dallas, Texas - Hybrid

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for hands on database work and execution of the tactical work
• Involved in thought leadership
• Define future state architecture
• Set tech design principles
• Align the team on technical direction
• Pipeline Development: Design, implement, and maintain ELT/ETL pipelines using Snowflake, dbt, and orchestration tools
• Data Modeling: Create and optimize star/snowflake schemas, ensuring data integrity and scalability
• SQL & Performance Tuning: Write complex SQL queries, optimize queries for performance, and troubleshoot issues
• Integration: Connect Snowflake with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and third‑party tools (e.g., Alation, Power BI)

What You Will Bring

• 8‑10 years of experience in data engineering with Snowflake
• Extensive Snowflake experience
• Snowflake certifications required
• Must have hands on experience and execute the tactical work
• Experienced in thought leadership, defining future state architecture, setting tech design principles, aligning the team on technical direction.
• Familiarity with Snowflake Cortex (their AI tooling)
• Extensive DBT experiencePython and Apache Airflow are preferred
• Advanced SQL and Snowflake SQL
• ETL with dbt and orchestration
• Cloud platform proficiency
• Knowledge of big data technologies (Hadoop, Spark, Kafka) and data visualization tools (Power BI, QlikSense, Superset)
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experient is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants. Applicants will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.