Hiring!! FTE Lead Data Engineer - Developer Snowflake & DBT - Raritan, NJ (Hybrid)

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Job Title

Lead Developer Snowflake & DBT

Location

Raritan, NJ (Hybrid / Onsite) Local or nearby candidates only

Employment Type

Full-Time (FTE)

Salary

$135K $140K base (No VPI/Bonus, No Relocation)

Domain

Mandatory: Life Sciences (LSS)

Job Summary

Seeking a Lead Data Engineer (10 15 years) with strong hands-on expertise in Snowflake, dbt, Apache Airflow, and StreamSets to lead enterprise data modernization initiatives within regulated Life Sciences environments.

Mandatory Skills No Exceptions

All the below skills are mandatory and must be clearly reflected in the candidate's resume with hands-on project experience.

Resumes without explicit experience mentioned for each required skill will NOT be considered.

• 10+ years in Data Engineering / Enterprise Data Platforms

• 4 6+ years hands-on Snowflake implementation

• Strong hands-on experience with:

  • DBT (advanced transformations, incremental models, testing)

  • Apache Airflow (DAG orchestration, workflow management)

  • StreamSets (data ingestion pipelines)

• Large-scale data migration experience (legacy DW to Snowflake)

• Multi-source data ingestion framework implementation

• Advanced SQL expertise

• Life Sciences domain experience (Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, Commercial data platforms)

• Cloud experience: AWS / Microsoft Azure / Google Cloud Platform

Important Screening Note

• Profiles must clearly demonstrate Life Sciences domain projects.

• Generic data engineering profiles without LSS experience will not be shortlisted.

• Keyword-only resumes without demonstrated project details will not be considered.