[Remote] Data Platform Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Coastal is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to support continued growth and serve as a trusted technical partner to clients and project teams. The role focuses on facilitating discovery sessions, translating business needs into technical requirements, and designing and implementing Snowflake-based data architectures, models, pipelines, and analytics solutions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement data architectures that align with business needs and leverage Snowflake’s capabilities for data warehousing, data lakes, and data engineering
- Design and implement data solutions that address specific business needs, such as BI, ETL, and AI/ML
- Assist with migration of data from legacy systems to Snowflake
- Ensure data accessibility, security, and compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards
- Design and implement data pipelines for ingesting, transforming, and loading data into Snowflake from various sources
- Design and implement data models within Snowflake, considering data relationships, data types, and storage requirements
- Monitor and optimize query performance, data ingestion, and transformation processes within the Snowflake environment
- Collaborate with stakeholders, including business users, data engineers, data scientists, and other IT teams, to understand requirements and deliver solutions
- Evaluate and select appropriate tools and technologies for data integration, transformation, and analytics within the Snowflake ecosystem
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to data engineering and data analytics teams
Skills
- * 5+ years experience in data engineering and data modeling for cloud data platforms with multiple workstreams
- * Deep understanding of Snowflake Architecture & Capabilities
- * Experience with dbt
- * Experience with Sigma
- * Passionate about Data Modernization Methods and Practices
- * Broad range of experience in large-scale database and data warehousing technology, like Snowflake or Databricks, as well as ETL processes, analytics and cloud technologies, Data Engineering, Data Science
- * Strong verbal and presentation abilities, capable of effectively communicating ideas to clients and prospective clients at all levels of an organization
- * Understanding & ability to articulate the relationship between Data and Customer Relationship Management, aka the Customer360
- * Demonstrable ability to shift clients to alternative solutions when initial solutions are not a fit, with examples to support this
- * Demonstrable experience leading strategy and digital roadmap
- * Projects in a complex business environment
- * Experience with Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, Cloud Technology, Business Intelligence and CRM products
- * Experience in programming languages such as Javascript, Python, and SQL or Salesforce App Development with LWCs, Apex, Flow etc
- * Deep Understanding of Architecture Patterns and API management, including real-time streaming
- * Dimensional Data Modeling Bronze, Silver, Gold, Kimball or Related Methods
- * Must have full-time permanent US work authorization
- * Implementation or Sales Experience in Salesforce Data Cloud
- * Hands on Experience on Salesforce CRM technology like Sales Cloud, Service Cloud or any Industry Clouds
- * Hands on Experience in AI/ML solutions like Einstein, Sagemaker, and Vertex. Solid Understanding of Generative AI
- * Hands on Experience designing data solutions on cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
- * Hands-on expertise with analytics tools like Tableau, PowerBI, Looker, etc
- * Experience will be evaluated based on alignment to the core competencies for the role (e.g. extracurricular leadership roles, military experience, volunteer work, etc.)
- * Bachelor's Degree preferred, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Flexible working hours with an emphasis on a life-work balance (in that order!)
- Remote flexible work; plus company office locations in Palm Coast, FL; Atlanta, GA; Tysons, VA & Lexington, KY; travel as required to client locations
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (RTO)
- 401K with Company Match
- Medical, Vision, & Dental coverage
- Competitive quarterly bonus opportunities
- Continuing education and certification reimbursements, specifically within the Salesforce and Snowflake ecosystems
- Occasional in-house competitions with spot bonuses
- A flexible and fun team culture
- Frequent team and culture activities, virtual & in-person, including Lunch and Learns, Happy Hours, team-building events
- Monthly All-Hands calls to bring the company together
- Open-door leadership policy with access to mentorship and guidance
- Opportunities for accelerated growth, networking, and career guidance and support
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