Senior Associate Data Platform Engineer, Appnovation
Snowflake
Digital consultancy
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Digital consultancy
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To advance clients businesses by innovating everything digital.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in eventdriven architectures serverless integration patterns Snowflake architecture and modern data engineering practices combined with strong analytical and communication skills
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of professional experience in data engineering, with significant hands-on experience designing integrations with data warehousing and large databases (Snowflake preferred)
- Strong SQL skills and experience building curated schemas, semantic layers, and reusable data models for analytics and activation use cases
- Proficiency with modern ELT/ETL and transformation patterns and tools (e.g., dbt or equivalent), including incremental processing and orchestration
- Experience integrating Snowflake with external systems using APIs, file-based ingestion, or streaming/event patterns; familiarity with common integration/middleware platforms is a plus
- Hands-on knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) as they relate to data storage, networking, security, and processing
- Solid understanding of data governance, security, privacy, and compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
- Proven ability to analyze complex data sets and translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and project management skills
What the job involves
- As a Senior Data Engineer you will be responsible for designing implementing and optimizing data solutions on the Snowflake cloud leveraging eventdriven architectures with modern cloudnative AWS serverless infrastructure and integrating with Salesforce Data 360 Data Cloud
- This role focuses on building and operating robust scalable data pipelines and curated data models within Snowflake ensuring high data quality and governed access and enabling advanced analytics and activation use cases that support business growth and strategic decisionmaking
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable ELT/ETL pipelines that ingest, transform, and publish data into Snowflake from internal and external sources
- Partner with product, analytics, and application teams to translate CDP and data requirements into well-modelled data in Snowflake, using scalable and cost-efficient event-driven data pipelines
- Design secure data access patterns for internal platforms (RBAC, masking policies, row access policies) and support privacy/compliance needs (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) across the data platform
- Automate deployments and operational workflows using version control and CI/CD; maintain infrastructure as code and repeatable release processes for Snowflake objects
- Document Snowflake architectures, data flows, and operational runbooks; stay current on Snowflake capabilities (e.g., Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, Dynamic Tables); and recommend enhancements to improve reliability and scalability
Application process
- Thank you for your interest in a career with Appnovation Technologies! Please note that only those selected for an interview will be contacted
Our take
Launched in 2007, Appnovation is a global digital consultancy with offices across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The company helps enterprises and governments meet their digital transformation goals, working across sectors ranging from media and entertainment to finance, government, and life sciences. Its client roster includes major brands such as AmEx, Air Canada, and Disney too.
Thanks to the growing versatility of digital consulting - and the many forms it now takes - firms like Appnovation are drawing renewed interest from investors. With global spending possibly reaching $2.59T by 2035, the sector is entering a period of serious growth and Appnovation's recent momentum suggests its well positioned to capture a share of that growth.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2021
$18.9m
LATE VC
Total funding: $18.9m
Company HQ
Gastown, Vancouver, BC
Leadership
Arnold Leung
(Founder & CEO)Member at YPO / WPO Canada. Previously Board Member at Vancouver Enterprise Forum, Founder at Intercarbon Networks, and Marketing Representative at BMO Nesbitt Burns.
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