dbt Developer (Lead / Architect)

Job Description

Job Location – Los Angeles, CA

Type - Contract (8+ Months)

Pay Rate – $80.00 Per Hour (W2 Only)

Focus: Strategy, Complex Architecture, and Stakeholder Alignment.

Strategic Design & Governance

Architecture Mapping: Define the target Snowflake schema (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and lead the transition from Oracle’s row-based PL/SQL to Snowflake’s columnar SQL logic.

Security & Compliance: Onsite coordination with applications/vendors/partners and RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) in Snowflake.

dbt Project Standards: Establish global dbt macros, materialization strategies (Incremental vs. Table), and CI/CD pipeline standards

Stakeholder & Change Management

UAT Orchestration: Lead the "Inbound/Availability" validation with business users. Onsite presence is required to translate technical migration gaps into business impact.

Critical Issue Resolution: Act as the primary point of contact for "P0" migration failures or data discrepancies that block downstream reporting.

Cutover Planning: Own the "Go-Live" runbook, specifically managing the final sync from Oracle to Snowflake during the production window.

Lead and mange - Offshore resources/deliverables

Responsibilities:

Have at least 5 years of experience as a dbt developer, with a strong focus in Snowflake.

Establish and document the technical requirements for reporting software including tables, views, report design, unit test plans, and test cases.

Assist in all phases of the reporting software development cycle including requirements gathering, analysis, design, testing, implementation, and production support.

Proficiently create and maintain complex SQL statements to generate tables and views that will be used by PowerBI developers to drive visualizations. Develop and enhance SQL-based tables and views as per user requirements.

Facilitate SQL design sessions and SQL code walk-throughs to ensure adherence to development standards and best practices using dbt.

Knowledge of snowflake, git, pull requests, visual studio code, and dbt is strongly recommended.

Develop and maintain documentation on all database models, tables, guidelines, methods, and standards to ensure consistency and clarity.

Provide recommendations for further definition of development standards and application architecture based on industry best practices and emerging technologies.

Conduct unit testing and assist in user testing of complex SQL statements or report modifications to ensure quality and functionality meet requirements.

Train other staff members on development processes and standards to ensure consistency across the team.

Design, implement solution using AWS for vendor inbound/outbound data transfer in Data lake environment.

Design, implement data lake inbound/outbound solutions using cloud technologies Five Tran, AWS Glue, AWS (Transfer Family, Step Function, Event Bridge, lambda).

Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications –

Must have a BS/BA degree in computer science, information technology, or related field.

10+ years of professional experience (including 5+ as dbt Developer)

Full-time