Description

Required Qualifications

Snowflake Expertise (Non-Negotiable)

• 5+ years of hands-on Snowflake architecture experience, including deep expertise in performance tuning and optimization
• Expert-level proficiency in Snowpark (Python/Java/Scala) including pushdown optimization, DataFrame operations, UDFs, and stored procedures
• Strong command of Snowflake-specific features: virtual warehouses, clustering keys, micro-partitioning, Time Travel, Fail-safe, zero-copy cloning, and data sharing
• Demonstrated experience with VARIANT columns, LATERAL FLATTEN, and semi-structured data optimization
• Proficiency using SNOWFLAKE.ACCOUNT_USAGE and INFORMATION_SCHEMA for workload analysis and metering

Financial Services / Risk Data Experience

• Experience working within regulated financial environments (investment banking, asset management, or similar)
• Familiarity with risk data domains: market risk, credit risk, position management, P&L attribution, or related quantitative domains
• Understanding of multi-asset class data models (equities, fixed income, derivatives)
• Experience with trading data sensitivity, PII handling requirements, and access control best practices

Architecture & Data Engineering

• Proven ability to design and evaluate large-scale data platform architectures for high-volume, low-latency workloads
• Experience with materialized views, aggregation table design, and BI performance optimization
• Strong understanding of multi-region data architecture patterns and global data distribution strategies
• Ability to model capacity and performance at scale (5x–10x volume projections)

Preferred Qualifications:

• SnowPro Core or Advanced Architect certification
• Experience with Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, or similar BI tools in a Snowflake-connected environment
• Background in professional services, advisory, or consulting roles within financial services technology
• Prior engagement delivering architecture assessments or optimization runbooks to C-suite audiences
• Exposure to multi-region Snowflake deployments (AWS, Azure, GCP cross-cloud or cross-region replication)

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree