Senior Snowflake Administrator

About Tala

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World's Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief's The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our m ission.By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!

The Role

This person not only operates Snowflake securely and efficiently but also collaborates actively with peers, enabling productivity while ensuring data handling adheres to privacy policies and governance standards.

What You'll Do

• Design and maintain RBAC architecture across environments
• Automate role provisioning and audits (Terraform, custom scripts)
• Configure warehouse sizing, auto-suspend/resume, multi-cluster
• Set up and monitor resource monitors to control runaway costs
• Apply and enforce PII tagging and masking policies
• Track access patterns using ACCESS_HISTORY and OBJECT_DEPENDENCIES
  

What You'll Need

• Previous experience in a software company or a platform team
• 3+ years experience working with Snowflake
• Plus: Python | DBT | Airflow knowledge
  

Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.