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Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

CompanySnowflake
LocationMenlo Park, CA, USA
Salary$195000 – $287500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
  • Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java or C++.
  • Experience with developing AI/ML applications.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing & data lake concepts, and cloud data platforms.
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a client-facing environment.
  • To accelerate successful outcomes and foster trust, the role may involve travel up to 20% of the time to collaborate with teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy robust software systems, tooling, and automation required to support customer solutions on Snowflake.
  • Create comprehensive documentation for developed solutions, technical configurations, and best practices.
  • Design and implement scalable data pipelines and modern data architectures on Snowflake.
  • Ensure data quality, integrity, and efficient processing within the customer’s modern data environment.
  • Analyze and optimize data models, queries, and data processing workflows to maximize performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness within the Snowflake environment.
  • Champion Snowflake best practices.
  • Evaluate, recommend, and implement modern data integration tools and techniques suitable for the Snowflake ecosystem, helping customers evolve their data capabilities.
  • Provide expert technical guidance, mentorship, and training to client teams on leveraging the Snowflake platform effectively, including data management, analytics, AI/ML capabilities, and reporting/BI integration.
  • Identify and resolve technical challenges, performance bottlenecks, and operational issues.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in SQL and experience working with relational databases and data integration technologies.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Experience implementing solutions on the Snowflake Data Cloud.