Data Engineer/BI / ELT Developer || Only W2 Consultants || Remote work

Title: Data Engineer/BI / ELT Developer

Location: Jersey City, NJ || Onsite Role

Mode : Contract || Long Term

Job Summary

Role Summary

The BI / ELT Developers will be responsible for leading the design, development, and delivery of enterprisegrade data solutions with a strong focus on automation, ETL orchestration (Matillion), database design(Snowflake) , and data transformations. This role will provide technical leadership across the data engineering lifecycle and partner closely with architects, API teams, QA, and business stakeholders to enable scalable and reliable data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Lead endtoend data engineering delivery including ingestion, transformation, and persistence layers.
• Own technical decisions related to database architecture, schema design, and data modeling.
• Review and guide development of complex SQL, transformations, and performanceoptimized data pipelines.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point for datarelated issues.
  
  

ETL & Data Engineering

• Design and implement Matillion/Snowflake ETL pipelines for structured and semistructured data.
• Build reusable, metadatadriven transformation frameworks.
• Optimize data loads, transformations, and Snowflake performance.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and reconciliation across pipelines.
  
  

Automation & DevOps

• Drive automationfirst approach across:
• ETL deployments
• Validation and reconciliation
• Regression and data sanity checks
• Enable CI/CD pipelines for data platforms (Git, automated deployments, environment promotion).
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to enforce coding standards and release controls.
• Reduce manual intervention through robust automation and monitoring.
  

Data Architecture & Modeling

• Design and maintain:
• Enterprise data warehouse schemas
• Fact and dimension models
• Conformed layer structures
• Partner with Data Architects to align logical and physical models.
• Ensure scalability, extensibility, and performance of data structures.
  

Agile Delivery & Collaboration

• Lead data engineering workstreams in Agile sprints.
• Support backlog grooming, estimation, and technical story readiness.
• Collaborate with:
• API teams for data consumption
• Salesforce/UI teams for downstream enablement
• QA for test data, automation, and validation strategy
• Actively participate in sprint ceremonies and technical reviews.

Governance & Quality

• Enforce data engineering best practices and standards.
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and data governance guidelines.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies, and technical gaps.
• Contribute to RAID management and mitigation plans.
  
  

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 10 years of experience in Data Engineering / BI / Data Platforms /Snowflake
• Strong handson experience with Matillion/Snowflake
• Strong SQL expertise and database design / data modeling
• Experience with data transformations, largescale ETL pipelines
• Strong automation mindset and implementation experience
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake preferred)
• Agile delivery experience
  
  

Good to Have

• CI/CD for data platforms (ADO, Git, deployment automation)
• API data integration experience
• Data quality frameworks and monitoring
• Experience in healthcare, insurance, or enterprise data domains
  
  

Saurav Kumar

APPLAB Systems

Saurav.kumar@applabsystems.com

609-629-2048 Ext - 551

4365 Route 1 South, Suite 105

Princeton, NJ -08540

www.applabsystems.com