Senior Data Engineer (Lead, Principal) – Snowflake AWS & Analytics (d/m/w)

About

For our Data & Analytics Services team within the IT business unit, we are looking for a Senior Data Engineer (Lead, Principal) – Snowflake AWS & Analytics (m/f/d) at our Freiburg location, starting as soon as possible.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Engineer specializing in Snowflake and AWS, you will design and implement robust, cloud-native, enterprise-level Snowflake solutions. This hands-on engineering position has significant architectural influence and acts as a technical counterpart to Data Architects. You will work intensively with Snowflake, AWS, dbt, and other modern data tools.

Your core tasks:

• Snowflake Platform Engineering: Account setup, warehouse, performance optimization
• Cloud Integration & Data Pipelines: including ELT with Fivetran/dbt, Snowpipe, AWS S3/Stages
• Governance Implementation: DQ tests (dbt), tagging/masking policies, data contracts
• Self-Service Enablement: Analytics Engineering Patterns, Data Products

Profile

Your profile:

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Data Engineer (m/f/d) with a focus on cloud data architectures.
• Very good German and fluent English (C1) in speaking and writing complete your profile.

Technical Expertise (Must-Have):

• Snowflake-AWS Integration: including architecture, RBAC, performance tuning, S3, IAM
• Data Ingestion: ELT platforms (e.g., Fivetran, Stitch, Snowpipe)
• SQL & Data Modeling: SQL, dbt, dimensional modeling, and Data Vault
• Programming: Python for data processing and automation
• DataOps: Analytics Engineering, Data Mesh, and Self-Service Principles

Nice-to-have:

• Deployment Backbone: Terraform including versioning, state management, possibly GitOps workflows.
• Understanding of Data Management and Data Governance frameworks as well as data quality.
• Experience with data validation, testing methodologies (dbt tests).
• Orchestration & DevOps: Airflow/Dagster, CI/CD, Git workflows.
• Familiarity with visualization tools including: Tableau, Power BI, Streamlit.
• Certifications or equivalent experience such as Snowflake SnowPro, AWS, Terraform.

We Offer

At Haufe Group, we create pioneering working conditions where each of us can contribute and develop optimally. With us, you receive space and responsibility, as well as the opportunity to work hybrid – meaning a combination of office presence and home office, depending on needs and team agreement. You also benefit from flexible working hours and have diverse training and development opportunities. We are tangible and officially a Great Place to Work®.

Shape Change. Work in the Haufe Group.

Our world of work is diverse, complex, and constantly changing. At Haufe Group, we actively shape change. With content, software, and further education, we empower people to work successfully and self-determinedly. As a family company with around 2,500 employees and ten locations in Germany and Europe, we support more than 1 million customers in their sustainable development and the design of transformation processes.

We value diversity and are convinced that employees with diverse backgrounds bring different perspectives and strengths to us. Therefore, we welcome all applications – regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, and sexual orientation and identity. As signatories of the Charta der Vielfalt, we are committed with conviction to diversity, tolerance, fairness, and appreciation.