Qlik Technical Lead
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Job Description
Qlik Technical Lead
Pune, Maharashtra

Job Summary

Job Description: Snowflake Engineer (8+ Years Experience)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Snowflake Engineer with 8+ years of overall IT experience, including 3+ years of strong hands-on experience in Snowflake-based data engineering. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern data pipeline engineering, metadata-driven ingestion, and AI-enabled data processing, along with strong consultative and stakeholder engagement skills.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities
1. Data Pipeline Engineering
•    Design and develop scalable, high-performance data pipelines using SnowSQL, Snowpark, and Snowflake native capabilities
•    Build and optimize ELT/ETL frameworks supporting both batch and real-time workloads
•    Implement robust ingestion pipelines from diverse enterprise systems
2. Metadata-Driven Ingestion
•    Design and implement metadata-driven ingestion frameworks for scalable onboarding of datasets
•    Handle ingestion across multiple formats including XML, CSV, JSON, and Parquet
•    Automate ingestion, validation, and transformation processes
3. AI/GenAI Integration (Cortex AI)
•    Leverage Snowflake Cortex AI capabilities to enable AI-driven data transformations, enrichment, and insights generation
•    Collaborate with business and analytics teams to enable AI-powered data consumption use cases
•    Contribute to building intelligent, automated data pipelines and semantic layers
4. Data Modeling & Transformation
•    Develop scalable data models supporting analytics and reporting layers
•    Build transformations using Snowpark, SQL, and Snowflake native features
•    Optimize query performance and data access patterns
5. Data Delivery & Reporting Enablement
•    Deliver analytics-ready datasets in predefined formats for reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
•    Work closely with business stakeholders to ensure data usability and alignment with reporting requirements
6. Performance Optimization & Governance
•    Implement best practices for performance tuning, clustering, and cost optimization
•    Ensure data quality, governance, security, and compliance standards
•    Monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve pipelines
7. Stakeholder Engagement & Technical Consulting
•    Provide technical consultation on data architecture, ingestion strategies, and Snowflake capabilities
•    Act as a trusted advisor in data engineering and platform decisions

Skill Requirements

Required Skills & Experience

  • 8+ years of overall IT experience with 3+ years in Snowflake engineering
  • Strong expertise in:
    • Snowflake (SnowSQL, Snowpark, Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks)
    • Pipeline design and data engineering frameworks
    • Metadata-driven ingestion architectures
  • Hands-on experience with:
    • File formats: Parquet (must), CSV, XML, JSON
  • Experience delivering data in predefined formats for reporting and analytics
  • Strong proficiency in SQL and data modeling
  • Hands-on experience or exposure to Snowflake Cortex AI (required)
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong technical consulting and problem-solving mindset

Good-to-Have Skills

  • Experience with DBT (Data Build Tool)
  • Knowledge of PL/SQL or procedural SQL programming
  • Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems

Other Requirements

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