[Remote] Senior Data Engineer - Snowflake (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SailPoint is the leader in identity security for the cloud enterprise, and they are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to help build a new cloud-based SaaS identity security product. The role involves designing, building, and maintaining a robust data ecosystem, focusing on creating scalable and reliable data pipelines using a modern data stack.

Responsibilities

• Data pipeline development: Design, construct, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines for both batch and real-time data using DBT, Apache Spark and Apache Flink.
• Data warehousing: Develop and manage data schemas and warehouses within Snowflake, ensuring data is organized for efficient querying and analysis.
• Database management: Collaborate with infrastructure teams to administer and optimize data storage solutions using Cassandra for high-velocity, wide-column data, and graph databases for complex relationship-based data.
• Real-time streaming: Build and maintain data ingestion workflows for real-time applications using Apache Flink to process data from sources like Apache Kafka.
• Performance optimization: Tune complex Spark, Flink, SQL, and CQL queries to improve performance and reduce cost within Snowflake and other database systems.
• Data quality and governance: Implement and enforce data quality standards, monitor pipelines, and establish data governance policies to ensure data integrity and security.
• Infrastructure management: Collaborate with DevOps teams to manage and automate the deployment of data applications using CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaboration: Work with data scientists, BI analysts, and other stakeholders to translate complex data requirements into scalable engineering solutions.

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of professional experience in data engineering or a similar role.
• Strong proficiency in programming languages like Python, Scala, or Java.
• Expert-level knowledge of Snowflake for data warehousing, including data modeling and query optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Apache Spark for large-scale data processing.
• Experience with Apache Flink for building real-time data streaming applications.
• Strong experience with Cassandra for managing and optimizing distributed data storage.
• Solid understanding and hands-on experience with graph databases and their query languages (e.g., Gremlin, Cypher).
• Familiarity with a major cloud provider (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and its data-related services.
• Experience with other components of the big data ecosystem (e.g., DBT, Apache Kafka, Airflow).
• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with data governance and observability tools.
• Certifications related to Snowflake, AWS, or other cloud platforms.

Benefits

• Health and wellness coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Disability coverage: Short-term and long-term disability
• Life protection: Life insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Additional life coverage options: Supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses, and children
• Flexible spending accounts for health care, and dependent care; limited purpose flexible spending account
• Financial security: 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan with company matching
• Time off benefits: Flexible vacation policy
• Holidays: 8 paid holidays annually
• Sick leave
• Parental support: Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Care Counselors
• Voluntary benefits: Legal Assistance, Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance options
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution

Company Overview

• SailPoint is an identity and access management provider helping organizations deliver and manage user access from any device. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.sailpoint.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• SailPoint has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 30 in 2025, 35 in 2024, 29 in 2023, 51 in 2022, 20 in 2021, 22 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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