Senior Snowflake Data Engineer

Morningstar Inc

Hybrid Actively hiring
Chicago, IL Posted 9 days ago $114,100–$167,350 / year
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TL;DR

We are seeking a highly experienced Snowflake Engineer to join our Marketing and Sales Organizations team in Chicago on a hybrid basis. This senior-level role involves governing the Snowflake data architecture, optimizing system performance, and building scalable data pipelines for analytics and business intelligence. The ideal candidate will design enterprise-grade Snowflake architectures, define data modeling standards, and develop efficient ETL/ELT pipelines using tools like Airflow and dbt. They should have advanced SQL expertise, experience with cloud platforms, and a track record of optimizing large-scale data environments. Additionally, the role requires hands-on engineering skills alongside architectural vision to address performance bottlenecks and improve cost efficiency through storage and compute management.

Skills

Snowflake SQL AWS Azure GCP ETL ELT Airflow dbt Kafka Kinesis CI/CD Python PostgreSQL Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Design and implement enterprise-grade Snowflake architecture.
  • Define data modeling standards and best practices for Snowflake.
  • Architect scalable ingestion frameworks for various data types.
  • Optimize warehouse sizing and workload management strategies.
  • Implement monitoring frameworks for performance and usage tracking.
  • Develop and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Airflow or dbt.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks across data pipelines.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in Data Architecture
  • Proven expertise designing Snowflake data architecture at scale
  • Advanced SQL and query optimization skills
  • Strong knowledge of data warehousing concepts and modeling techniques
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Experience building enterprise-grade ETL/ELT pipelines

Market check

Salary context

This $114,100–$167,350 range sits above 39% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$110,360–$198,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$126,800–$198,450

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Morningstar Inc

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading financial services firm providing independent investment research, data, and management services to individuals, advisors, and institutions.

Morningstar Inc currently has 12 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $114,100–$167,350 across 12 roles with salary data.

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