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Snowflake Developer

Medavie3 days ago
Remote
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
CA$88,158 - CA$110,197/annual
Senior Level
Full-Time

Top Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Plan
Vision Plan

About the role

Position Type: Permanent If you’re looking for a fulfilling career that can make a real difference in your life, and the lives of others, you’ve come to the right place. As a national health solutions partner, we put people first in everything we do — and that begins with our team of 8,000+ professionals who bring a cross-section of diverse life experiences and career expertise to Medavie. By collaborating and innovating together, our employees are creating industry-leading solutions in insurance, primary care and emergency medical services that impact millions of lives in Canada each year. Our mission is to improve the wellbeing of Canadians so that every life can be lived to the fullest — and it’s reflected in our award-winning culture. We celebrate individuality and value the diverse perspectives and skills our employees contribute. We go beyond providing competitive pay and comprehensive benefits to offer opportunities for personal and professional growth, flexible work options, meaningful experiences, and supportive leadership. Medavie is where employees can be their best selves, feel they belong, and achieve their full potential. Be part of it by applying for a position with us today. The Opportunity As a Medavie Snowflake Developer, you will work with architects, application developers, project stakeholders and business partners to develop data engineering and data deliverables. You will be responsible to design, build, and maintain data pipelines and architectures within the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform. What's in it for you? What makes us a different kind of employer? In this role, we develop cutting edge Digital Health solutions for our members, partners, advisors, health care providers and group administrators. We are an in-house, innovation led, IT shop that is 500+ strong and growing! Whether you are just starting your career as a new grad or you are an experienced developer, we have challenging and rewarding roles and we are looking for top talent. Common goals and collaboration to deliver outstanding service is what our team is all about, we offer: A diverse team of colleagues with multiple fields of expertise A stimulating and flexible working environment Comprehensive health and dental plan that is 100% employer paid effective on your first day Emphasis on work life balance, providing wellness benefits, health resources and fitness center discounts An organization where we encourage personal learning, growth and giving back to our communities What we offer: Permanent full-time position with opportunity to grow in a well-established organization. Flexible work arrangements and emphasis on work-life balance. Remote and hybrid work options. Comprehensive health, vision and dental plan that is 100% employer paid effective on your first day. 100% employer-matched Defined Contribution Pension Plan. Annual Incentive Bonus which recognizes your contribution to our success. In addition to paid vacation, we offer a gifted week of vacation in your first year and an optional Vacation Purchase Program. An organization where we encourage personal learning and growth with opportunities for career development and advancement Providing wellness benefits, health resources and fitness center discounts. Your every day with us consists of: Ingest Bronze data from ADLS Gen2 into Snowflake and build Silver-layer transformation pipelines: cleansing, deduplication, conforming, and applying agreed business rules. Design and build Gold-layer data models optimised for Power BI consumption (star schema or as agreed with each business team). Implement Snowflake objects including Stages, Snowpipe or scheduled Tasks, Streams, Dynamic Tables, and role/privilege structures for each business team’s workspace. Develop dbt (or agreed transformation framework) models with appropriate testing, documentation, and lineage. Collaborate with Power BI developers or business team members to validate semantic layer requirements and ensure Gold models support required reports and dashboards. Work in a paired or shadowing model with business team data leads, building Snowflake capability so teams can maintain and extend pipelines independently. Produce handover documentation and conduct structured knowledge-transfer sessions for each stream before contract conclusion. What you need to be succeed: A clear understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC) Experience Building ETL/ELT pipelines to move data into and within Snowflake using Snowpipe, Streams, and Tasks. Experience designing efficient schema structures and transforming raw data into usable formats for analytics using SQL or Snowpark (Python/Scala). Experience with monitoring and optimizing query performance and managing virtual warehouse usage to control costs. Experience configuring data access controls, encryption, and ensuring compliance with security standards. Experience managing data migration, cloning, and sharing capabilities within the Snowflake environment. Experience gathering functional, non-functional, and transitional requirements Experience working on systems integration and migration related projects Able to translate and communicate complex business logic requirements Experience designing software solution specifications Experience supporting Project Management planning, providing estimates and reporting on progress, issues and risks Able to manage multiple priorities and activities Able to provide supervision, leadership, mentorship and coaching to assigned resources Able to plan and co-ordinate simple to complex projects and activities with team members and any stakeholder both internal to Medavie Blue Cross and external clients Qualifications Education: University degree or college diploma in Computer Science or similar program Work Experience: Specializes in building high-performance data pipelines, ELT processes, and modeling data using Snowflake. Strong SQL proficiency, Python skills, and experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) to design scalable data warehouses. Security Clearance Requirement: In conjunction with our contract with the Federal Government, you will be required to have Reliability Status Clearance (Enhanced Level B). This includes Fingerprinting, Criminal Record Check, Credit Check and you must have resided in Canada for at least 5 years and hold Permanent Resident or Citizenship Status. Skills Strong Snowflake hands-on experience: data modelling, Snowpipe, Tasks, Streams, Dynamic Tables, RBAC, and query optimization. Proficiency with dbt Core or dbt Cloud for transformation; experience writing and testing dbt models at scale. Understanding of how Snowflake integrates with Azure (storage integration, Private Link, Entra ID). Experience building data models for Power BI or similar BI tools, including awareness of DirectQuery vs. Import mode considerations. Ability to explain Snowflake concepts clearly to business analysts or functional staff with limited data engineering background. Familiarity with CI/CD for Snowflake (e.g., SchemaChange, dbt CI) is advantageous. Pay Range: $88,158 - $110,197 CAD #CBM2 #LI-VS1 This posting is for a newly created position within our organization. The Base Pay range may vary depending on the successful candidate or other relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and education/training. In addition to Base Pay, eligible Medavie employees may participate in various performance-based incentive programs. Payments under these programs are discretionary and subject to both individual and organizational results. We believe our employees should reflect the communities we serve and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. To provide the best experience possible, we will support you with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team of your needs. We are committed to making sure recruitment, retention, advancement, and compensation are fair and accessible while following all relevant human rights and privacy laws. We appreciate everyone who has shown interest in this position. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. While Medavie may use automated tools, including AI, to support application screening, candidates are expected to complete all recruitment interactions independently—without AI assistance—to ensure a fair and equitable process. If you experience any technical issues throughout the application process, please email: Medavie.Recruitment@medavie.ca. We're recognized as one of Canada's best places to work and are a leading provider of health solutions and insurance for 1 in 10 Canadians. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. Full careers. Full lives. Medavie is a national health solutions partner and innovative leader in healthcare delivery, benefits management, health management, and primary care. Backed by the strength of a team of 8,500+ professionals from coast to coast, we’re committed to improving the wellbeing of Canadians so that every life can be lived to the fullest. Medavie provides all-in-one private health insurance, public health administration, emergency medical services as Canada's largest contracted provider, as well as primary care, community health, mental health and addictions solutions, medical communications, and clinical training. As a not-for-profit organization, Medavie is one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, certified by Imagine Canada for philanthropy and community engagement, and Rainbow Registered as an organization that champions diversity, equity, and inclusion.

About Medavie

Hospitals and Health Care
1,001-5,000 employees
Founded in 2006

Medavie Health Services is a health care delivery company with a long history of providing innovative Community Paramedicine programs and delivering Mobile Integrated Health Services.

We operate emergency and non-emergency ambulance services, medical communications, community-based health solutions, and provide clinical training. These services are provided through 11 subsidiary companies in Canada. Together, we employ or manage nearly 3,500 dedicated, health care professionals.

We deliver emergency and non-emergency medical services in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in Ontario, Elgin County in Ontario, Saskatoon and surrounding areas in Saskatchewan, and communities across eastern Alberta. Our head office is located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

We are part of Medavie, a health services company that integrates benefits management, health management and health care delivery. You may know our sister company Medavie Blue Cross, Canada’s leading Blue Cross plan with over one million card holders.

Together, with our more than 6,400 employees, we are committed to providing innovative solutions that will help build a healthy Canada. And from our perspective, this will require Canadians to think about health care differently.

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