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Senior Data Engineer
Snowflake | dbt | Apache Kafka
LOCATION
Plano, Texas - Onsite | WORK AUTHORIZATION
U.S. Citizen or | EXPERIENCE
8+ years |
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Snowflake, dbt, and Apache Kafka to design and develop scalable data pipelines, real-time streaming solutions, and cloud-based data platforms. The role requires close collaboration with architects, analysts, product owners, and business teams at the Plano location.
Key Responsibilities
· Design and develop scalable batch and real-time data pipelines using Snowflake, dbt, and Apache Kafka.
· Build reusable dbt models, macros, tests, snapshots, and technical documentation.
· Implement ELT processes for structured and semi-structured data.
· Optimize Snowflake queries, virtual warehouses, storage, and overall platform performance.
· Integrate Kafka topics with Snowflake and downstream applications using event-driven patterns.
· Implement data-quality checks, monitoring, lineage, reconciliation, and operational controls.
· Support CI/CD automation and production deployment of data pipelines.
· Troubleshoot pipeline failures, data-quality issues, and performance bottlenecks.
Required Qualifications
· 8+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform development.
· Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, including Streams, Tasks, Snowpipe, and performance tuning.
· Advanced experience with dbt development, testing, documentation, and deployment best practices.
· Hands-on experience with Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures.
· Strong SQL, data modeling, and data warehousing skills.
· Experience with Python, Git, and CI/CD pipelines.
· Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
· Ability to work onsite in Plano, Texas.
·Preferred Qualifications· Experience in banking or financial services.
· Knowledge of Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, and stream-processing frameworks.
· Experience with AWS or Azure cloud services.
· Familiarity with data governance, lineage, security, and regulatory requirements.
· Snowflake, dbt, or Kafka certification is a plus.
