Snowflake Engineer

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On behalf of our Pharmaceutical client in Basel we are looking for a Snowflake Engineer with experience in Snowflake's cloud data platform, Python and SQL for querying and managing databses.

Joining a team of inspired professionals with your skills as snowflake engineer you will design and implement data architecture, writing functions and integrating various data models. Besides, you will also focus on optimizing performance, ensuring security, and maintaining the health of the data warehouse through monitoring and troubleshooting. Additionally, you will automate data workflows, collaborate with data stakeholders, and provide documentation and training to ensure effective use of the Snowflake platform for data analytics and business intelligence

The perfect candidate has minimum 1-2 years experience working with Snowflake's cloud data platform and is proficient in programming languages such as Python. Additionally we are looking for someone who is experienced with SQL for querying and managing databases. English must be fluent for this role.

General Information:

• Start date: asap
• Latest Start Date: 01.06.2025
• Planned duration: 6 months
• Extension (in case of limitation): possible
• Workplace: Basel
• Workload: 100%
• Remote/Home Office: during onboarding only onsite, afterwards 1-2 days homeoffice (depending on performance)

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable and efficient data storage and data processing solutions within Snowflake.
• Write, optimize, and troubleshoot business owned and developed tables, views, functions and SQL queries within the Snowflake environment.
• Ensure data security and compliance with industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet data-driven business objectives.
• Potentially integrate Snowflake with ServiceNow.

Must Haves:

• Minimum 1-2 years experience working with Snowflake's cloud data platform.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python (and/or Java, C++, or Scala.)
• Experience with SQL for querying and managing databases.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts and architecture.
• Familiarity with concepts like ETL/ELT processes.
• Performance tuning abilities
• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS
• Experience using cloud-native tools and services.
• English fluent

Contact: Elaine Kanwar

Tel: +41 61 282 2223