Senior Snowflake Developer

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:  Forbright is a nationwide full-service bank and commercial lender focused on helping to build a brighter future for our clients and the communities we serve. Forbright is committed to exceptional client service by providing seamless, innovative personal banking services to depositors and creative financing solutions to visionary middle market businesses and investors in healthcare, technology, financial services, real estate, and other industries. 

COMPANY CULTURE:  We are a dynamic, high energy, fun, and fast-paced organization that has an exciting growth trajectory, meaningful mission, and embedded responsible practices into our daily interactions. We offer our team members a culture of collaboration, inclusion, flexibility, recognition, and giving back. We look to hire individuals that are passionate about our mission, and who are motivated, customer and results-oriented, innovative, adaptable, and thoughtful.

COMPANY MISSION:  We are a mission-driven institution. We operate a sound dynamic institution that is well capitalized, liquid, profitable and uses best practices to manage risk and assure compliance with laws and regulations. We use Forbright’s capital, capabilities, innovation, and expertise to help our clients succeed and contribute broadly to building a brighter future. 

JOB SUMMARY: The Snowflake Data Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable data solutions within our cloud-based data warehouse. This role collaborates with business stakeholders, data analysts, and external vendors to analyze requirements and build efficient ETL/ELT pipelines that enable seamless data ingestion, transformation, and integration.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leverage Snowflake's advanced features such as data sharing, materialized views, time travel, and merge statements to optimize workflows and ensure data integrity through robust quality checks and monitoring 
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data analysts, and outside vendors to analyze requirements and generate design specifications 
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and efficient ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data into the Snowflake data warehouse 
• Leverage Snowflake's advanced features, such as data sharing, materialized views, time travel, and merge statements to optimize data integration workflows 
• Implement robust data quality checks and monitoring to ensure data integrity 
• Collaborate with data analysts and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions 
• Continuously monitor and optimize Snowflake performance, including query tuning, managing storage and compute resources, and implementing best practices 
• Stay up to date with the latest Snowflake features and trends in the data engineering landscape 
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with team members and staff 
• Perform other duties as assigned 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Software Development, Computer Engineering, or equivalent required; Master’s Degree preferred  
• Minimum 6 years of experience in data engineering or software development required 
• Expert-level knowledge of the Snowflake data platform, including its architecture, features, and capabilities 
• Proficiency in SQL, particularly in writing complex, optimized queries, and stored procedures 
• Experience with Python or other programming languages for data transformation and orchestration 
• Experience with ETL/ELT tools such as Fivetran (or similar) and dbt (or similar) for data transformations 
• Strong understanding of data modeling techniques, including dimensional modeling and data vault 
• Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms and architectures (e.g., AWS, Azure) 
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills 
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities 
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and best practices 
• Familiarity with data governance and metadata management 
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake certifications or training 
• Familiarity with JIRA required 

The pay range for this position is below. The specific rate will depend on the successful candidate’s qualifications and prior experience. $120,000 (entry level qualifications) to $160,000 (highly experienced).

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees are capable of performing their job position. Work is primarily conducted in an office setting while certain positions may allow for remote work through the use of technology at management discretion. The functions described below are representative of those to successfully perform duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees to perform the essential functions. While performing duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required for extended periods of time to:

• Remain in a stationary position

• Use hands and fingers 

• Utilize a computer monitor with visual acuity

• Operate technology or other office machinery such as printers, scanners, etc.

• Communicate clearly verbally and/or in writing with others

ADDITIONAL DUTIES: For Forbright Bank to remain efficient and nimble as a growing organization, team members are expected to exhibit a high level of flexibility regarding any duties that may be situationally assigned outside of this job description. 

PERKS/BENEFITS:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans

• 4 weeks PTO

• 401k + company match

• Metro SmartTrip benefits ($50/mo)

• Remote or hybrid work schedules for most positions

• Bonuses for purchasing solar panels, electric vehicles, biking to work, etc.

• Paid subscriptions to Veterans Compost, Imperfect Foods, and more!

• Best Workplaces for Commuters 2023 & 2024 winner

• The Washington Post Top Workplaces 2023 & 2024 winner

• American Banker Best Banks to Work For 2023 winner

It is the policy of Forbright Bank to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and to administer all aspects and conditions of pre-employment and employment without regard to protected characteristics.

Employment with Forbright Bank is at-will, which means that either you or the Company may terminate the relationship at any time.