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Solutions Architect

Snowflake Inc.

White Hall, ILRemoteFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 5mo agoChecked 1w ago

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Compensation
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Location
White Hall, ILRemote
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Snowflake Inc. is hiring a Solutions Architect. The Solutions Architect at Snowflake Inc. will engage with customers to optimize, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes using the Snowflake platform. This role involves demonstrating technical leadership by writing code, constructing solution architectures, and guiding customers through decision paths. The architect will advise on leveraging Snowflake's data and AI tool suite to enhance business success, focusing on AI-native thinking and an experimental mindset.

Key focus areas include Directly engage with customers as a trusted advisor for thought leadership and solution approaches, Extract business requirements from customers and translate them into a well-architected recommendation, and Develop and provide forward-looking guidance and future-state roadmaps.

Successful candidates bring BA/BS In Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics Or Related Fields Or Equivalent Practical Experience, 3 Years Technical Consulting Experience, and Lead Role For Analytics Projects For Large Enterprises Experience. Important skills include Technical Leadership, Solution Architecture, Customer Engagement, Thought Leadership, Extract Business Requirements, and Translate Business Requirements. Preferred (not required): Java, Apache Spark, Building AI/ML Workloads, and Managing AI/ML Workloads.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Technical LeadershipSolution ArchitectureCustomer EngagementThought LeadershipExtract Business RequirementsTranslate Business RequirementsDevelop Forward-Looking GuidanceFuture-State RoadmapsBest PracticesAI/ML Solutions DesignAI/ML Solutions PrototypingAI/ML Solutions ImplementationMLOps Standard PracticesModel DeploymentModel MonitoringModel GovernanceSnowflake CortexStreamlit in SnowflakeSnowflake IntelligenceReplatforming AI/ML WorkloadsData Analytics StackETLData Platform DesignBI ToolsAnalytics ToolsAI/ML LifecycleData PreparationFeature EngineeringModel TrainingModern MLOps ToolsGenerative AILLM Use CasesBI SolutionsSQLPythonLarge-Scale Database TechnologyNetezzaExadataTeradataGreenplumData Security MeasuresAccess ControlsPrompt Engineering TechniquesJavaApache SparkBuilding AI/ML WorkloadsManaging AI/ML WorkloadsApplication Development

Qualifications

BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Related Fields or Equivalent Practical Experience3 Years Technical Consulting ExperienceLead Role for Analytics Projects for Large Enterprises ExperienceImplementing and Operating Snowflake Centric Solutions Experience5 Years Solutions Architect Experience5 Years Data Architect Experience5 Years Database Administrator Experience5 Years Data Engineer ExperienceServices Organization of a Product Company ExperienceLeadership Position Executing Technical Projects ExperienceAWS Cloud Certification(S)Google Cloud Certification(S)

Full job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

Snowflake Services Delivery is the implementation and strategy experts for the Snowflake platform. We engage with customers at all phases of the customer journey to optimise, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes. Our teams of Solutions Architects demonstrate technical leadership everyday by writing code, constructing solution architectures and guiding customers through decision paths to achieve impactful outcomes and thoughtfully use AI to augment their business. We advise everyone from developers through senior executives on how best to utilise Snowflake for their data and AI tool suite to make their business successful. Our Solution Architects are comfortable with change and live on the cutting edge of data and AI.

AS A SNOWFLAKE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT YOU WILL :

  • Customer Engagement & Advisory

    • Directly engage with customers individually or as part of a technical delivery team as a trusted advisor for thought leadership and solution approaches

    • Extract business requirements from customers and translate them into a well-architected recommendation

    • Develop and provide forward-looking guidance and future-state roadmaps

    • Leverage known best practices and solutions to reduce risk to customer implementations

    • Collaborate with Snowflake “Go to Market” teams and product teams to ensure customer alignment to Snowflake goals

  • Technical Leadership & Architecture

    • Oversee and advise on the implementation of the customer’s Snowflake platform

    • Demonstrate technical leadership through personally developed code, solution architectures, and implementation recommendations

  • AI/ML Solutions & ML Ops

    • Design, prototype, and implement end-to-end AI/ML solutions on the Snowflake platform, ensuring scalability and performance

    • Provide customers with standard practices and advice related to AI/ML workloads in Snowflake

    • Define and advise on MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) standard practices for model deployment, monitoring, and governance within the customer’s Snowflake environment

  • Product Adoption

    • Drive the adoption of Snowflake’s AI product suite (e.g., Cortex, Streamlit in Snowflake, Snowflake Intelligence) within customer solutions

    • Experience replatforming AI/ML workloads to Snowflake in line with business and operational requirements

    • Coach and guide customers on how to best leverage Snowflake’s AI product suite to unlock new business value

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR A SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT WILL HAVE :

  • BA/BS in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent practical experience

  • 3 years of technical consulting experience

  • Experience in a lead role for analytics projects for large enterprises

  • Experience implementing and operating Snowflake centric solutions

  • Understanding of complete data analytics stack and workflow, from ETL to data platform design to BI and analytics tools

  • Deep understanding of the complete AI/ML lifecycle, from data preparation and feature engineering to model training, deployment, and ongoing monitoring

  • Familiarity with AI/ML and Transformation technologies

  • Hands-on experience with modern MLOps tools and frameworks for deploying, managing, and governing machine learning models at scale

  • Proven experience with developing generative AI and LLM use cases

  • Familiarity with industry common BI and ETL solutions

  • Hands-on experience in a technical role leveraging SQL and Python (optionally Java or Spark) to build, operate and maintain data analytics solutions

  • Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Snowflake, Netezza, Exadata, Teradata, Greenplum, etc.)

  • Proficiency in implementing data security measures, access controls, and design specifically within the Snowflake platform

  • Familiarity with prompt engineering techniques

AS A BONUS, A STRONG CANDIDATE WILL ADDITIONALLY HAVE :

  • Hands-on experience or significant familiarity with building and managing AI/ML workloads

  • Minimum 5 years of experience as a solutions architect, data architect, database administrator, or data engineer

  • Experience in the services organization of a product company

  • Experience in a leadership position executing technical projects

  • Application Development experience

  • AWS, Google or Microsoft Cloud certification(s)

  • Snowflake Snowpro Advanced Certification(s)

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com http://careers.snowflake.com

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