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Principal Database Engineer
Location: Jersey City (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Our client, a leading financial services firm, is seeking a Principal Database Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building ELT data pipelines, strong Snowflake expertise, and a solid understanding of database architecture and SQL development. This is a hybrid role with a preference for Jersey City, but candidates from other locations will be considered if they can meet the hybrid work requirement.
Key Responsibilities:
If you are a highly skilled database engineer with a passion for data architecture, Snowflake development, and ELT pipelines, we encourage you to apply!
Location: Jersey City (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Our client, a leading financial services firm, is seeking a Principal Database Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building ELT data pipelines, strong Snowflake expertise, and a solid understanding of database architecture and SQL development. This is a hybrid role with a preference for Jersey City, but candidates from other locations will be considered if they can meet the hybrid work requirement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain ELT data pipelines for data warehouse applications, primarily in Snowflake.
- Utilize Snowflake utilities such as SnowSQL, SnowPipe, Python/Java, Tasks, Streams, Time Travel, Optimizer, Metadata Manager, Data Sharing, and Stored Procedures.
- Collaborate on data modeling, database table design, and create complex SQL queries.
- Work with PL/SQL for database development and optimization.
- Participate in Agile development processes, including daily scrums, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
- Engage with distributed teams and collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders.
- Work with Snowpark (Java/Python) to enhance Snowflake capabilities.
- Translate business requirements into efficient, scalable SQL solutions.
- 8 years of experience in database engineering, with a focus on ELT pipelines and Snowflake.
- Strong knowledge of database concepts, governance, modeling, and development.
- Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.
- Hands-on experience with BI tools such as Looker, Power BI, or Tableau is a plus.
- Proficiency in Python for data processing and automation.
- Experience with Agile, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
- AWS experience is a plus but not required.
If you are a highly skilled database engineer with a passion for data architecture, Snowflake development, and ELT pipelines, we encourage you to apply!
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