Solutions Architect

Summary

Join Snowflake's Professional Services team as a Solutions Architect to deploy cloud products and services for customers, leveraging expertise in data engineering and application development.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales and post-sales technical roles, including a track record of success selling data and/or analytics software to enterprise customers and identifying/presenting information to key stakeholders and both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with hands-on full-stack development, from backend development to front-end UI/UX design, as well as experience in data engineering
• Experience building applications on multiple target platforms and frameworks in one or more of the major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCS) and knowledge of application frameworks like Node.js, React, Flask, Django, Ruby, Force.com, Angular, or Spring
• Software development experience with Java, .NET, and Python and scripting experience with Python, Powershell, Bash
• Knowledge of data formats or languages that manage data, including SQL, JSON, AVRO, Apache Parquet or XML
• Proficiency in Agile DevDps and DataOps practices using Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) and Database Change Management (e.g. Liquibase, Flyway) and relevant tooling (e.g. Terraform)

Responsibilities

• Be a technical expert on all aspects of Snowflake
• Guide customers through the process of building applications on Snowflake and develop methodologies to improve the application development process
• Deploy Snowflake following best practices, including ensuring knowledge transfer so that customers are properly enabled and are able to extend the capabilities of Snowflake on their own
• Work hands-on with customers to demonstrate and communicate implementation best practices on Snowflake technology
• Maintain deep understanding of existing application development frameworks and how to position and rationalize Snowflake in relation to them
• Work with System Integrator consultants at a deep technical level to successfully position and deploy Snowflake in customer environments
• Provide guidance on how to resolve customer-specific technical challenges
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to continuously improve Snowflake’s products and marketing and offer support to other members of the Professional Services team develop their expertise

Benefits

• Unique opportunity to work on a truly disruptive software product
• Get unique, hands-on experience with bleeding edge data warehouse technology
• Develop, lead and execute an industry-changing initiative
• Learn from the best! Join a dedicated, experienced team of professionals