Job Description
We are seeking a highly motivated Application Developer with strong expertise in Snowflake, Databricks, Python, and SQL to design, develop, and support scalable data and analytics solutions. The ideal candidate will have experience building data pipelines, optimizing large-scale data processing workloads, and developing cloud-native applications that support business-critical reporting, analytics, and operational processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data solutions using Snowflake and Databricks.
- Build and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and unstructured data processing.
- Develop high-quality Python applications, automation scripts, APIs, and data integration services.
- Write complex SQL queries, stored procedures, views, and performance-tuned data transformations.
- Implement data models, data quality controls, validation frameworks, and reconciliation processes.
- Collaborate with business analysts, data engineers, architects, and application teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipelines and application performance.
- Support CI/CD deployments, testing, release management, and production support activities.
- Ensure solutions meet security, governance, audit, and regulatory requirements.
- Contribute to cloud modernization initiatives and data platform enhancements.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Strong experience with Snowflake Data Cloud.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark.
- Advanced Python programming skills (Pandas, Pyspark, NumPy, REST APIs).
- Expert-level SQL development and query optimization.
- Experience building ETL/ELT solutions and data pipelines.
- Good understanding of data warehousing, dimensional modeling, and data lake architecture.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
- Knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile development practices.
- Experience troubleshooting performance issues across databases and distributed environments.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Snowpark, Cortex AI, or Databricks AI capabilities.
- Knowledge of orchestration tools such as Airflow or Azure Data Factory.
- Familiarity with Kafka, streaming data, or event-driven architectures.
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, or other analytics/reporting platforms.
- Understanding of financial services or enterprise data platforms.
Experience
- 5+ years of software/application development experience.
- 3+ years of experience with Snowflake and cloud-based data platforms.
- 2+ years of hands-on Databricks/Spark development experience.
- Proven track record delivering large-scale data and analytics solutions.
Key Competencies
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Passion for automation, performance optimization, and continuous improvement.