Senior Data Engineer

ZigZag Offshoring

Senior Data Engineer at ZigZag developing data platforms and enabling analytics. Focus on Snowflake architecture and collaboration with multiple teams.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇭 PhilippinesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowAWSAzureCloudETLGoogle Cloud PlatformMatillionSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure cloud-native data platforms and data pipelines.
Lead the architecture, optimisation, and operational management of the Snowflake data warehouse platform.
Develop robust ELT/ETL pipelines to ingest, transform, and deliver high-quality data from multiple internal and external sources.
Build reusable and maintainable data frameworks, transformation models, and orchestration workflows.
Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and automation for data platform provisioning and management where appropriate.
Optimise performance, scalability, and cost efficiency across data storage, transformation, and query workloads.
Support near real-time and batch-based data processing requirements.
Own and continuously improve Snowflake architecture, performance tuning, security, governance, and operational best practices.
Design and optimise Snowflake schemas, warehouses, clustering strategies, and data sharing capabilities.
Monitor Snowflake usage, query performance, and cost consumption to drive optimisation initiatives.
Support data lifecycle management, retention, and governance policies within Snowflake.
Enable self-service analytics capabilities through well-structured semantic layers and governed datasets.
Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, and Business stakeholders to deliver impactful data solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or related data platform roles.
Experience designing and supporting multi-region and enterprise-scale data platform architectures.
Strong experience driving performance optimisation and cloud cost efficiency initiatives across large-scale data workloads.
Strong understanding of platform reliability, operational maturity, resilience, and production support practices.
Experience implementing advanced governance, security, access control, and data protection models within enterprise data platforms.
Strong capability in developing architectural standards, engineering documentation, and scalable platform design patterns.
Strong hands-on expertise with Snowflake in enterprise-scale environments.
Advanced SQL skills with experience optimising complex analytical queries and data transformations.
Strong experience building and maintaining modern ELT/ETL pipelines and orchestration workflows.
Strong understanding of modern data warehousing concepts, dimensional modelling, and scalable data architecture.
Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with data transformation and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, Matillion, or equivalent platforms.
Experience integrating structured and semi-structured data sources.
Strong understanding of data governance, security, and access management principles.
Proven ability to manage large and complex datasets in production environments.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, agile, and collaborative environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

ZigZag is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds.
Guided by transparency and agility, we foster an environment where everyone is valued and empowered to thrive.

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Hard Skills & Tools

data engineeringanalytics engineeringcloud-native data platformsELTETLSnowflakeSQLdata transformationdata warehousingdimensional modelling

Soft Skills

analytical skillstroubleshootingproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationleadershiporganizational skillsagilityoperational maturityresilience