Snowflake Technical Lead (SME level candidate)

San Francisco 12 days agoFull-time External
Negotiable
Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, Avtech Solutions, is seeking the following. Apply via Dice today! Job Title : Snowflake Technical Lead Location : Cupertino, CA (Onsite / Hybrid (3 days onsite)) Job Type: Contract Note: Need candidates local to California or PST zone Looking for a Snowflake Subject Matter Expert (SME) with strong Python hands-on skills to lead end-to-end Snowflake development-including ingestion, pipelines, automation, and optimization. Candidate must have deep Snowflake platform knowledge beyond SQL or basic ETL. Key Responsibilities • Lead end-to-end design and development of Snowflake data pipelines. • Implement ingestion using Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, external stages, OpenPipe. • Build automation and processing scripts using Python. • Optimize Snowflake performance, cost, and security. • Support CI/CD, orchestration, and integration with cloud platforms. • Provide Snowflake SME guidance to the engineering team. Required Skills • Strong, hands-on Snowflake architecture and pipeline development. • Expertise in Python for automation, ingestion, and data processing. • Experience with Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, stages, and end-to-end ingestion frameworks. • Strong SQL, cloud platform experience (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform), and CI/CD exposure. Preferred Skills • Experience with Airflow / dbt / Snowpark. • Snowflake or cloud certifications.