Snowflake Data Engineer — ETL/Python (Hybrid Nashville)

Vaco LLC; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Vaco is seeking two Data Engineers to assist with a large-scale data warehouse modernization project in Nashville, TN. The role requires real production Snowflake experience, building ETL/ELT pipelines, advanced SQL, and Python, with hybrid work onsite Tuesdays.

You will join an enterprise migration from on-prem to Snowflake, troubleshoot data issues, and own pipelines from development to deployment. The contract is 6-9 months with potential for conversion.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Data Engineering experience.
• Real production Snowflake experience in a production environment.
• Experience independently building ETL or ELT pipelines.
• Advanced SQL skills.
• Strong Python development experience for data engineering.
• Understanding of data warehousing, data modeling, and database architecture.
• Experience troubleshooting data quality and transformation issues.
• Able to pick up Jira backlog items and run with them.
• Onsite in Nashville every Tuesday (hybrid).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production ETL/ELT pipelines in Snowflake
• Develop data transformations using SQL and Python
• Troubleshoot data discrepancies between legacy systems and Snowflake
• Develop new pipelines from an existing Jira backlog
• Improve data quality, reliability, and pipeline performance
• Test and validate transformed data before release
• Work with analysts and technical teams to understand new data requirements
• Document pipeline logic, transformations, and data processes
• Support ongoing enterprise data warehouse modernization
• Use AI development tools to accelerate research, coding, troubleshooting, and documentation

Skills

Data engineering

ETL/ELT pipelines

SQL

Python

Jira backlog

Data warehousing

Troubleshooting data quality

Tools

Snowflake

Snowflake Cortex

GitHub Copilot

GenAI tools

Job description

Vaco is seeking two Data Engineers to assist with a large-scale data warehouse modernization project in Nashville, TN. The role requires real production Snowflake experience, building ETL/ELT pipelines, advanced SQL, and Python, with hybrid work onsite Tuesdays.

You will join an enterprise migration from on-prem to Snowflake, troubleshoot data issues, and own pipelines from development to deployment. The contract is 6-9 months with potential for conversion.