Senior Data Engineering & Snowflake Architect

Jacob N. Ritter

Open to Relocation Ph: +1-925-***-**** *****.******@**********.***

Why Enormous Enterprise should hire me

Snowflake Expertise: Your role entails hands-on experience with Snowflake; I led data product development using Snowflake at Sequoia Consulting Group and Invisible Technologies. AWS Cloud Experience: You need experience in AWS cloud environments; I delivered significant cost savings at Invisible Technologies by leveraging AWS effectively. Data Engineering Skills: The job requires expertise in data engineering; I reduced technical debt by over 65% through a successful Databricks migration at Invisible Technologies. Informatica Proficiency: The role involves experience with Informatica; I aligned data processes with enterprise standards using Informatica at Invisible Technologies. Communication and Problem-Solving: Your job description emphasizes strong communication and problem-solving skills; I have a track record of leading technical teams and collaborating effectively across functions.

Career Profile

Invisible Technologies May 2025 - Present

Senior Manager - Data Analytics New York, NY

● Architected and executed Databricks migration for $2BN AI consultancy, eliminating 65%+ of Analytics Team technical debt in under 30 days.

● Delivered $500K+ annual cost savings by standardizing AI-powered analytics workflows across Google, Meta, xAI, & DoorDash client engagements

● Established enterprise Data Governance framework in partnership with C-suite (CTO, Compliance, IT, Security), defining policies for 70 TB of client data

● Directed product strategy for AI-powered data warehousing solution, defining technical requirements and roadmap

● Built and managed team of 6 engineers and 5 analysts supporting $500M+ client portfolio Sequoia Consulting Group Dec 2024 - Present

Manager - Data Engineering San Mateo, CA

● Lead a team of 6 Engineers to serve all verticals of an HR and Benefits Consulting Company with over 2,000 clients, including Etsy, Buzzfeed, Carta, and Dropbox.

● Expanded the Data Engineering team's bandwidth by 20 personnel hours per week.

● Lead the technical evaluation team for building a new enterprise data warehouse with the modern data tech stack.

● Mentored 3 engineers and 5 analysts to senior level.

● Lead the development of the HRX Benchmarking and Insights Platform, Sequoia's leading BI and Analytics Product.

Sequoia Consulting Group Jul 2023 - Dec 2024

Lead Data Engineer San Mateo, CA

● Led technical evaluation and vendor selection for modern data stack migration, defining architecture for enterprise data warehouse supporting 2,000+ clients

● Established team engineering standards, development processes, and best practices adopted company-wide

● Primary contributor to production codebase while mentoring 3 engineers and 5 analysts, expanding team delivery capacity 20%

● Drove technical roadmap aligned with product strategy for HRX platform Sequoia Consulting Group Jul 2021 - Jun 2023

Senior Data Engineer San Mateo, CA

● Product Owner: Led end-to-end development of HRX Benchmarking & Insights Platform, Sequoia's flagship analytics product serving 2,000+ enterprise clients generating $25 million ARR.

● Built 20% of enterprise data warehouse (dimension/fact tables), establishing data modeling standards.

● Delivered COVID-19 Contact Tracing system for Return to Office product in 1 month.

● Developed sales and product adoption analytics, enabling data-driven go-to-market decisions. Sequoia Consulting Group Dec 2019 - Jun 2021

Senior Data Analyst San Mateo, CA

● Created first iteration of HRX Benchmarking product, establishing foundation for company's leading analytics offering

● Led enterprise BI tool migration from Sisense to TCRM, managing stakeholder communication and training

● Established BI Team operational processes and core principles, defining standards for team of 12 analysts and engineers

Rally Health May 2019 - Dec 2019

Senior Data Analyst San Francisco, CA

● Automated user/membership validation system, eliminating $170K annually in manual processing costs

(10 hours/week savings)

● Delivered $7 million analyses for Texas Instruments, solidifying company contracts with them

● Served as data security advocate for BI/Analytics team, ensuring GDPR compliance for PII/PHI of 10M+ users

● Maintained ETL pipelines (Hive, Spark, HDFS, Redshift) supporting analytics for United Healthcare stakeholders

Boyd Caton Group May 2016 - May 2019

Senior Data Analyst Charlottesville, VA

● Led database migration: Directed Oracle 11g to MySQL migration for National Transit Database with 100% data retention success, managing technical complexity and engine differences

● Built enterprise analytics platform: Designed and implemented data warehouse for Safety & Security NTD data, validating 10+ years of historical records

● Scaled validation infrastructure: Authored 700+ validation checks and reports still in production use, creating templates for ongoing integration processes

● Led development of NTD agency profile redesign across 7 reporter types, creating automation to mass-produce profiles via VBA

● Documented 53 product deployment processes, establishing operational standards for team Education

Master of Arts

Duke University Durham, NC

Bachelor of Arts

University of California Davis, CA

Skills

Influencer Strategy Development, Content Approval, Iceberg, Social Platforms Expertise, Campaign Management, Budget Management, Collaboration Skills, cross-functional collaboration, dbt, Marketing Strategy, AWS, Snowflake Horizon, Analytics, ETL/ELT, Business Acumen, CRMA, Consumer Brands, Snowflake Catalog, Influencer Program Management, Airflow, performance management, Community Engagement, SPARQL, Team Leadership, RDF, Influencer Sourcing, Site Merchandising, SQL, SHACL, Technical leadership, Project Management, PII/PHI management, LLM operations, Business Stakeholder Collaboration, E-commerce, Databricks, Multi-disciplinary Team Leadership, Data Governance, Git, GDPR compliance, Spark, team mentorship, Python, policy frameworks, Data Cataloging, ROI Analysis, Content Planning, Insights, data security, Social Media Strategy, Data Quality Frameworks, Metadata Management, data observability (Monte Carlo), Data-driven Thinking, process development, Partnership Management, Performance Tracking, AI/ML engineering, PySpark, Graph Databases, Collaboration, Apparel Industry Knowledge, data modeling, Integrated Marketing, Conversion Optimization, Apache Iceberg, Leadership, Cloud Data Platform Development, HDFS, Fivetran, Brand Collaboration, Ontology, CI/CD, DTC Marketing, PowerBI, Semantic Modeling, Brand Alignment, Innovation, Event Management, GCP, Informatica, Snowflake, Redshift, Automated Testing, Customer Journey Optimization, Ontology-Driven Data Models, OWL, Tableau, Contract Negotiation, Communication Skills, Sisense, Project Prioritization, Lineage Tracking, Product Presentation, Sigma

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