Contract: Senior Backend Engineer - Snowflake Data Platform
Upwork
15 days ago
Remote, Worldwide
Senior
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Build and operate backend services and automation for the Snowflake data platform.
- Support data ingestion pipelines from RDS/Oracle to Snowflake and reverse ETL from Snowflake to RDS.
- Develop and maintain Airflow workflows for ingestion, data quality, and operations automation.
- Implement tooling for data quality checks, platform governance, and SOX-related controls.
- Monitor and optimize Snowflake performance and costs.
- Deliver production-ready solutions with minimal supervision.
Requirements
- Strong backend engineering experience in production systems.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, with JavaScript as a plus.
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake or large-scale data warehouses.
- Experience with AWS and workflow orchestration, preferably Airflow.
- Strong operational mindset for monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- Ability to work independently in a remote, distributed team with minimal supervision.
- Effective communication skills in English.
- Availability to commit at least 3 hours a day during Upwork Data Platform team hours (8 AM - 11 AM PST).
Tech Stack
Apache AirflowAWSJavaScriptPythonSnowflakeSQL
Categories
BackendData Engineering