Solution Innovation Architect

Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.

Summary

We are seeking a Solution Innovation Architect to join our newly formed Solution Innovation team focused on building repeatable solutions for our most strategic customers that capitalize on Snowflake's emerging product capabilities.

In this role you will be working as a cross-functional team member on building repeatable strategic solutions, enabling solution engineers and customers on these solutions, and continually improving the solutions for customers. You will have the opportunity to put your technical leadership to use, and deliver memorable, high impact solutions that influence Snowflake's future product and engineering roadmaps.

• Leverage emerging features and capabilities to create scalable and repeatable solutions for customers

• Document technical requirements and create technical solution design and scope

• Ensure technical design is flexible enough to be repeatable and scalable

• Be responsible for all code development, testing, and remediation of identified issues

• Build good rapport and collaborate with cross-functional team members to build best-in-class solutions for scale

• Present technical material in an easy-to-understand manner

• Apply Snowflake best practices to solution design

• Provide thought leadership through external content such as blog posts, webinars, event presentations, and videos

• Help shape future innovations by identifying emerging trends, white-space opportunities, and building innovative solutions that expand Snowflake's product offerings and/or influence Product & Engineering roadmaps

• Provide technical expertise on all aspects of Snowflake in relation to Native Application features and capabilities that apply to customers' solution requirements

• Have a strong understanding of software development lifecycle, and comfortable leading customer projects from an internal perspective

• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience in solution architecture design and implementation

• Minimum of 3 years experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role

• Direct experience working in the Enterprise SaaS space - AI/ML, Apps, Data Science, Data Engineering, Data Warehouse, Cloud, Analytics and/or Business Intelligence

• Deep understanding of on-prem/cloud data platform architectures and databases

• Basic understanding of, or some experience with data platform deployments, AI/ML, and enterprise applications

• Experience in effectively breaking down complex technical topics for mixed technical and business audiences

• Experience in customer-facing roles where you were able to translate customer use cases/needs into technical requirements and design

• Organized and able to manage and deliver against multiple projects efficiently and effectively at the same time

• Knowledge of SQL, and Javascript, Python, Java, Scala, Go, Ruby or other languages

• Knowledge of platform and container technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, or Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Knowledge of data formats or languages that manage data, including SQL, JSON, AVRO, Apache Parquet or XML

• Experience with Open Data table formats like Iceberg and data processing engines like Spark is a plus

• Bachelor's Degree required, Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred

Our Solution Engineers are customer obsessed and we believe in the value we can add and stay honest about it. We love to learn, are open to giving and receiving feedback and are passionate about making our clients successful. Our team works to ensure data is accessible, usable and valuable to everyone.

Snowflake is growing fast and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We're passionate about our people, our customers, our values and our culture! We're also looking for people with a growth mindset and the pragmatic insight to solve for today while building for the future. And as a Snowflake employee, you will be accountable for supporting and enabling diversity and belonging.

Snowflake started with a clear vision: make modern data warehousing effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Because traditional on-premises and cloud solutions struggle with this, Snowflake developed an innovative product with a new built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.

Snowflake is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

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

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $95,000 - $138,800.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.