Senior Snowflake Data Engineer

State Street

Sr. Snowflake Data Engineer designing and deploying data pipelines and ETL processes.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timePrinceton • Massachusetts, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $90,000 - $157,500 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowApacheAzureCloudETL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build and test end to end data pipeline including data ingestion (streaming, events, and batch), data integration, data curation
Design, develop, and deploy scalable data pipelines and ETL processes on cloud-based infrastructure using Azure, Snowflake, DBT, Airflow, Cosmos DB
Define and implement automation of jobs and testing
Optimize the data pipeline to support workloads and use cases
Support mission critical applications and near real time data needs from the data platform
Address data issues, environment issues, performing impact analysis, root cause analysis, corrective, adaptive and perfective maintenance
Implement data models, transformations, and schema designs to support analytical and reporting needs
Optimize and tune Snowflake performance, including query optimization and resource management

Requirements

What you’ll need

more than 7+ years of experience in IT
strong experience in design/data modeling/development & performance tuning
experience in micro-services architecture and understanding of Cloud Computing is highly desirable
strong hands-on experience in troubleshooting DevOps pipelines and Azure services
experience with DBT (Data Build Tool) for data modelling and transformation and Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and scheduling
experience in Snowflake utilities including SnowSQL, Snowpipe, Snowlight for handling Streaming data is a plus
expertise in Snowflake advanced concepts
experience handling semi-structured data (JSON, XML)
Bachelor's Degree level qualification in a computer or IT related subject
5+ years of experience on Snowflake development

Benefits

Comp & perks

retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

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Hard Skills & Tools

data pipeline designdata ingestionETL processesdata modelingperformance tuningtroubleshootingdata transformationsquery optimizationresource managementsemi-structured data

Soft Skills

problem solvinganalytical thinkingcommunicationcollaborationadaptabilityattention to detailtime managementcritical thinkingorganizational skillsleadership

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceIT related qualification