Snowflake Data Engineer

Jobot; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is seeking a Snowflake/Data Engineer to design, build, and optimize a cloud data platform powering analytics and BI. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across Infra, Platform, Analytics, and Product to advance data engineering initiatives.

The role focuses on performance optimization, scalable ETL/ELT pipelines, and modern cloud architectures using Snowflake, Python, Kafka, and cloud services. A strong emphasis on governance and security is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• 5+ years in data/DB/cloud platform engineering.
• Strong SQL and performance tuning for large datasets.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Python development or scripting experience.
• Snowpark experience preferred.
• Kafka/streaming architectures preferred.
• Azure/AWS cloud experience.
• RBAC, governance, security, enterprise data architecture.
• Agile software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize a cloud data platform for analytics.
• Collaborate with infra, platform, analytics, and product teams.
• Influence architecture, scalability, and cloud modernization efforts.

Skills

Data Engineering

SQL

Python

Education

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

Tools

Snowflake

Kafka

Azure

AWS

Job description

Job Details

Help engineer the cloud data platform powering one of the world's leading commerce and payments ecosystems.

Salary: $120,000 - $155,000 per year

This role is hosted by: Alex Dickinson.

A bit about us

Our client is a rapidly growing enterprise software company undergoing a major cloud modernization initiative focused on building scalable, high-performance data platforms that support mission-critical business applications. Their engineering organization is investing heavily in cloud architecture, automation, data engineering, artificial intelligence, and platform scalability to support the next generation of enterprise technology.

As a Snowflake Engineer, you'll help design, build, and optimize the cloud data platform that powers large-scale analytics, operational reporting, and business intelligence. This is an opportunity to work alongside highly collaborative engineering teams solving challenging problems involving performance, scalability, automation, and modern cloud architecture.

Why join us

• Help build a modern enterprise data platform supporting billions of business events and transactions
• Work with cutting-edge cloud technologies including Snowflake, Python, Kafka, Azure, and modern data engineering tools
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Analytics, and Product teams on strategic initiatives
• Influence architecture, automation, scalability, and cloud modernization efforts across the organization
• Join an engineering-first culture that encourages innovation, continuous learning, and technical ownership

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Data Engineering, Database Engineering, or Cloud Platform Engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience designing and optimizing enterprise Snowflake environments
• Advanced SQL skills with experience tuning complex queries against very large datasets
• Experience building scalable ETL/ELT pipelines and cloud-native data solutions
• Strong Python development or scripting experience
• Experience with Snowpark is highly preferred
• Experience with Kafka or streaming/event-driven architectures preferred
• Experience working within Azure, AWS, or similar cloud environments
• Strong understanding of Snowflake performance optimization, warehouse management, clustering strategies, and cost optimization
• Familiarity with RBAC, governance, security, and enterprise data architecture
• Experience working within Agile software engineering environments

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot's policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.