Sr Data Engineer/Data Architect With SnowflakeLocation: Downtown Chicago, IL (Hybrid Onsite)Duration: 6+ months contractIV: Phone and VideoVisa: USC and GC onlyQualifications (Must Haves):Excitement to learn new things6+ years of experience building complex distributed systems2+ years using Snowflake in end to end solutionsTeam playerExperience with one of the following is required:Identifying and overcoming performance bottlenecksIdentifying and overcoming scalability challengesPutting together disparate data into a consolidated viewWorking on a scalable and distributed system in public cloudsExpert in SQL and the Python programming languageDaily Tasks & Responsibilities:Work across functions and across teams - we don't only work on code that we own, we work with other parts of Snowflake every dayDesign and develop features in Snowflake, understand customer requirements and meet business goalsBuild highly reliable Snowflake solutions to meet the needs of the largest customersEnhance the programmability surface of Snowflake and improve the experience of the data developerAnalyze fault-tolerance and high availability issues, performance and scale challenges, and solve themEnsure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding reliability, availability and performance