Senior Solution Engineer

Snowflake Snowflake · Data AI · TX, United States · Remote · Solution Engineering

Senior Solution Engineer at Snowflake, acting as a technical trusted advisor to enterprise customers. The role involves leading technical discovery, solution design, and proof-of-value engagements, translating business requirements into architectures leveraging the Snowflake Data Cloud, and delivering technical presentations. This role partners with sales, serves as the voice of the customer, and builds reusable assets. It requires experience in data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, software development, or cloud architecture, with proficiency in SQL, programming languages, cloud platforms, and modern data stack tooling. Preferred qualifications include experience with AI/ML workflows like model training, LLMs, RAG, and MLOps.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead technical discovery, solution design, and proof-of-value engagements with enterprise customers across all industries
  2. Translate complex business requirements into architectures leveraging the Snowflake Data Cloud (data engineering, data science/AI/ML, data sharing, applications, and security/governance)
  3. Deliver compelling technical presentations, demos, and workshops to audiences ranging from individual contributors to C-suite executives
  4. Partner with Account Executives to drive pipeline, accelerate deals, and close business
  5. Serve as the voice of the customer back to Product and Engineering teams

Skills

Required

  • 8+ years of experience spanning multiple disciplines: data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, software development, cloud architecture, or technical consulting
  • Demonstrated ability to design end-to-end data platforms (ingestion, transformation, orchestration, serving, governance)
  • Hands-on proficiency with SQL and at least one programming language (Python, Java, Scala)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and modern data stack tooling (dbt, Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Terraform, or equivalent)
  • Proven track record of delivering technical solutions in a customer-facing, pre-sales, or consulting capacity
  • Exceptional communication skills — can articulate deeply technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and hold credibility with engineering teams simultaneously
  • Experience engaging with executive leadership (CTO, CDO, CIO, CFO) on business strategy and technology roadmap discussions

Nice to have

  • Experience with AI/ML workflows: model training, LLMs, RAG architectures, MLOps, feature engineering
  • Background in software engineering — building production applications, APIs, CI/CD pipelines
  • Prior consulting experience (Big 4, boutique, or internal) with demonstrated ability to scope, plan, and deliver complex technical programs
  • Familiarity with data governance, compliance frameworks, and security best practices
  • Experience with Snowflake or competing platforms (Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift)
  • Industry domain expertise (Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Media, or Public Sector)

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of experience spanning multiple disciplines: data engineering, analytics, AI/ML, software development, cloud architecture, or technical consulting
  • Proven track record of delivering technical solutions in a customer-facing, pre-sales, or consulting capacity
  • Experience with AI/ML workflows: model training, LLMs, RAG architectures, MLOps, feature engineering