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# Data Engineer (ONLY W2) Local to CA

- **Company:** The Maven
- **Location:** Dublin, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Data Infrastructure, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Copilot, Standard Sql, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Databases, Snowflake, Agentic-AI, Information Technology, Data Management, GPT, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a2bd3d02-0238-40eb-b94a-24de821c9800

## About the Role

* Approximately 7+ years overall IT experience
 * 5+ years working with data platforms
Snowflake

 * 5+ years working with modern data platforms / strong Snowflake experience
 * Hands-on Snowflake engineering and development
 * Comfortable building solutions within Snowflake
 * Strong enough platform knowledge to troubleshoot issues
 * Understanding of warehouse sizing
 * Query history / query plan troubleshooting
 * Performance and optimization knowledge
o Important: Candidate does not need to be a pure Snowflake Administrator. The preference is a builder/engineer with strong platform knowledge.
Azure

 * Strong hands-on Azure experience
 * Understands how data engineering solutions operate within the Azure ecosystem
 * Azure is one of the hiring manager's top three skills
Python

 * Strong hands-on Python development
 * Must be able to build solutions, automation, and prototypes with Python
 * Not sufficient to only have conceptual Python knowledge
 * Python is one of the hiring manager's top three skills
SQL

 * Strong hands-on SQL
 * Query development/troubleshooting
 * Stored-procedure-oriented data work
 * Ability to use SQL for diagnostics and platform engineering
Builder / POC Mentality
Candidate must be comfortable:

 * Researching unfamiliar technologies
 * Prototyping new Snowflake capabilities
Building POCs

 * Testing potential solutions against business/technical use cases
 * Identifying limitations and trade-offs
 * Developing a point of view on whether/how technology should be adopted
 * Working through ambiguity without requiring established patterns
AI Exposure / Hands-On Interest

 * Some hands-on AI experimentation desired
 * Candidate does not need to be an AI/ML expert
 * Preference for someone who has built or experimented with AI, rather than simply consumed tools such as ChatGPT/Copilot
 * Interest in AI agents and AI-driven automation
 * Ability to apply AI concepts within the Snowflake/data platform environment
Platform Troubleshooting

 * Ability to troubleshoot Snowflake/data platform issues
 * Performance investigation
 * Root-cause analysis
 * Production issue resolution
 * Comfortable providing occasional L2/L3-type support