Snowplow Taxonomy Consultant Specialist (Architect Level)

Location: Remote (Hybrid option available – Costa Mesa, CA)
Contract Type: Consultant / Contract
Duration: 6–12 Months (Extension Possible)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Snowplow Taxonomy Architect to lead the design, implementation, and governance of a scalable event taxonomy framework across web and mobile platforms. This role will align data instrumentation strategy with enterprise architecture principles, enabling consistent, high-quality analytics across the organization.

This is a strategic, hands-on architect role requiring deep expertise in Snowplow, event modeling, schema governance, and cross-platform integration.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Strategy

• Define and implement a scalable Snowplow event taxonomy aligned with enterprise data architecture principles

• Architect Snowplow integration across iOS, Android, and web platforms

• Design and document event schemas using Iglu and JSON Schema standards

• Establish governance and lifecycle management for taxonomy versioning and evolution

Implementation & Integration

• Lead end-to-end Snowplow tracker implementation and pipeline configuration

• Partner with mobile and backend engineering teams for seamless instrumentation

• Integrate taxonomy with SDUI components and GraphQL subgraphs

• Ensure compatibility with downstream platforms such as:

  • Hightouch

  • Redshift

  • SageMaker

  • Spark

Data Quality & Validation

• Define automated schema validation and compliance checks

• Implement monitoring and alerting for pipeline integrity

• Enforce best practices for event naming conventions and metadata tagging

Collaboration & Enablement

• Translate business requirements into structured event definitions

• Conduct workshops and enablement sessions on Snowplow instrumentation

• Develop comprehensive documentation and onboarding materials

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years in data architecture, analytics engineering, or event instrumentation

• 3+ years hands-on experience with Snowplow Analytics, including:

  • Iglu Schema Registry

  • Tracker implementation

  • Pipeline configuration

• Strong expertise in:

  • Event taxonomy design

  • Semantic modeling

  • Schema governance

• Experience integrating Snowplow within mobile apps (Swift/Kotlin)

• Familiarity with GraphQL and modern app architectures

• Strong understanding of data warehousing (Snowflake, BigQuery)

• Experience with BI tools (Looker, Tableau)

• Excellent communication and documentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Apollo Server and GraphQL subgraph architecture

• Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices

• Financial services or Personal Financial Management (PFM) domain experience

• Contributions to Snowplow open-source projects