Snowflake Data Engineer

Snowflake Data Engineer

Company: EXL
Experience: 38 years of relevant experience
Location: Gurgaon / Bangalore
Work Mode: Hybrid / Remote
Joining: Immediate Joiners Preferred

Role Overview

EXL is looking for a skilled Snowflake Data Engineer with strong hands-on experience in Python, PySpark, and Snowflake. The ideal candidate should have experience building scalable data pipelines, integrating data from APIs, and working extensively with Snowflake as the primary database/data warehouse

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Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using Python and PySpark.
• Work extensively with Snowflake as the primary database/data warehouse.
• Develop and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines for large-scale data processing.
• Fetch, ingest, and transform data from REST APIs and other external data sources.
• Build reliable data ingestion frameworks and integrate multiple data sources into Snowflake.
• Perform data transformation, cleansing, validation, and quality checks.
• Optimize Snowflake queries, data models, and warehouse performance.
• Troubleshoot data pipeline issues and ensure timely resolution.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver data solutions.
• Follow engineering best practices for code quality, scalability, monitoring, and documentation.
• Must-Have Skills
• 38 years of relevant Data Engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake; Snowflake should be the primary database/data warehouse.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Strong experience with PySpark and distributed data processing.
• Hands-on experience fetching and processing data from APIs, preferably REST APIs.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT concepts and data pipelines.
• Good knowledge of SQL and data transformation techniques.
• Experience working with large datasets and building scalable data solutions.

Good to Have

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Exposure to orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Knowledge of CI/CD and version-control tools such as Git.
• Experience with Snowflake performance optimization and data modeling.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for candidates who are:

• Strong technically and hands-on with Python, PySpark, and Snowflake.
• Comfortable working with API-based data ingestion.
• Able to independently design and troubleshoot data pipelines.
• Experienced in working with cloud-based data platforms.
• Available to join immediately or within a short notice period.

Immediate joiners will be preferred.

Locations: Gurgaon / Bangalore
Work Mode: Hybrid / Remote
Experience: 3–8 Years