Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer, Data Operations Lead

News Corp; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer time off

Snacks in office

Job summary

Realtor.com is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead Snowflake administration and platform optimization in the Data Operations team from Austin, TX. You will own the Snowflake infrastructure, implement best practices, and mentor engineers while partnering with analytics and data engineering teams.

The role emphasizes security, compliance, cost optimization, and streamlining data workflows in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data platform engineering or database administration.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience administering and optimizing Snowflake in production.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery, quality, reliability, and strategic evolution of the Snowflake Data Warehouse infrastructure for 900+ users and petabyte-scale analytics.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for production data pipeline failures; maintain and improve runbooks and SLA tracking.
• Design and implement Snowflake administration best practices including security, access control, and compliance.

Skills

Snowflake DBA

Python

SQL

DevOps

Cloud platforms

IaC (Terraform)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Terraform

Streamlit

Airflow

Job description

Realtor.com is seeking a Staff Data Engineer to lead Snowflake administration and platform optimization in the Data Operations team from Austin, TX. You will own the Snowflake infrastructure, implement best practices, and mentor engineers while partnering with analytics and data engineering teams.

The role emphasizes security, compliance, cost optimization, and streamlining data workflows in a fast-paced environment.