Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm. We help global organizations get financial clarity into the complex, daily sales, and operational decisions that impact profitable revenue generations, efficient operational performance, and reliable financial management. At Spaulding Ridge, we believe all business is personal. Core to our values is our relationships with our clients, our business partners, our team, and the global community. Our employees dedicate their time to helping our clients transform their business, from strategy through implementation and business transformation. What You Will Do and Learn As a Senior Associate, you'll own the design and delivery of modules or workstreams on Snowflake-based analytics and AI engagements. You'll work independently, review the work of Associates, and act as a day-to-day technical contact for client counterparts on your workstream. You may support POCs and pre-sales activities when needed, but this is primarily a delivery role. Responsibilities - Design and build scalable Snowflake solutions: data modeling, ELT pipelines (dbt, Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks), RBAC/security, and performance and cost optimization - Design and implement RAG-based and GenAI solutions on Snowflake, including chunking strategy, embeddings, Cortex Search, Cortex LLM functions, and retrieval quality evaluation - Build and deploy interactive data and AI applications using Streamlit in Snowflake, and develop React-based front ends that integrate with Snowflake APIs - Convert business requirements into technical designs, estimates for your own workstream, and clear task breakdowns - Review code and designs from Associates; mentor and onboard junior team members - Act as day-to-day technical contact for client stakeholders on your workstream; communicate status, risks, and recommendations - Ensure quality through test strategy, data validation, and UAT support - Support pre-sales on request: contribute to POC builds, demos, and technical inputs for estimation - Contribute reusable accelerators and best practices to the practice Qualifications - 5-7 years in data engineering, BI, or analytics solution delivery, including 2-3+ years hands-on Snowflake including Financial data modelling experience - Experience connecting Snowflake with ERP/EPM systems (SAP, Anaplan, OneStream) - Strong SQL and Python; experience with dbt and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) - Hands-on experience building at least one RAG or GenAI solution (Cortex or an equivalent stack: vector stores, LLM APIs, orchestration frameworks) - Working experience with Streamlit and ReactJS (or a comparable modern front-end framework) - Solid grounding in data modeling (Kimball/Data Vault), data quality, and DevOps/CI-CD practices - Experience writing requirements, user stories, and test cases for data warehouse or data mart initiatives - Consulting or project-based delivery experience in Agile/Kanban teams - Experience with a BI tool (Power BI, Tableau, Looker, ThoughtSpot, or similar) - SnowPro Core certified; SnowPro Advanced (Architect or Data Engineer) preferred or in progress - Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder skills Spaulding Ridge’s Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace When we engage the expertise, insights, and creativity of people from all walks of life, we become a better organization, we deliver superior services to clients, and we transform our communities and world for the better. At Spaulding Ridge, we believe our team should reflect the rich diversity of society and we take seriously the responsibility to cultivate a workplace where every bandmate feels accepted, respected, and valued for who they are. We do this by creating a culture of trust and belonging, through practices and policies that support inclusion, and through our employee led Employee Resource Groups (ERGs): CRE (Cultural Race and Ethnicity), Women Elevate, PROUD and Mental Wellness Alliance. The company is committed to offering Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Spaulding Ridge and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to our VP of Human Resources, Cara Halladay (challaday@spauldingridge.com). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disability.

Snowflake Senior Associate

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