Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer — Remote

Jobgether; United States; Remote; USD 133,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Wellness resources

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer in the United States to lead Snowflake administration, security, and optimization of an enterprise data platform. You will design integrations across Snowflake, AWS, source systems, and downstream apps, while improving observability and cost efficiency.

As a technical leader, you will influence architecture, drive automation with Terraform, and support a shift toward product-oriented delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 10 years in data engineering, database administration, or data platform roles.
• 3+ years administering Snowflake in a production environment.
• Experience building data integrations with Snowflake, Snowpipe, connectors, APIs, and ETL/ELT tools.
• Strong AWS experience and related services integration with Snowflake.
• Advanced SQL; scripting in Python or similar language.
• Security controls for sensitive or regulated data (PII/PHI/HIPAA).
• Strong communication and leadership across engineering and security teams.
• Infrastructure-as-code tools for Snowflake environments (Terraform preferred).
• SnowPro Core and SnowPro Advanced Administrator/Architect certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer the Snowflake platform: accounts, virtual warehouses, databases, environments, configurations, upgrades, and core components.
• Manage Snowflake connectors, drivers, and data-loading services such as Snowpipe.
• Design and support connections between Snowflake, source systems, AWS services, APIs, and ETL/ELT tools.
• Strengthen platform security with encryption, network policies, data masking, and audit logging with Security team.
• Establish observability standards with monitoring, alerts, and usage tracking across the data platform.
• Monitor platform health, investigate issues, troubleshoot incidents, and coordinate resolutions.
• Automate operations with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD using Terraform or similar tools.
• Optimize platform usage by tuning warehouse sizing and credit consumption.
• Document runbooks, standards, and procedures for sustainable operations.
• Coordinate Snowflake vendor engagement and track feature developments.
• Collaborate with engineering to align platform with enterprise standards and product-oriented delivery.

Skills

Snowflake

AWS

Data integrations

Security

Python

SQL

CI/CD

Observability

Terraform

dbt / Airflow

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Snowpipe

Snowflake connectors

Snowflake drivers

Terraform

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Principal Data Platform Engineer in the United States to lead Snowflake administration, security, and optimization of an enterprise data platform. You will design integrations across Snowflake, AWS, source systems, and downstream apps, while improving observability and cost efficiency.

As a technical leader, you will influence architecture, drive automation with Terraform, and support a shift toward product-oriented delivery.