Solutions Architect, Snowflake
Data Engineering & Snowpark
$147-204.7k
+ Bonus plan + Equity plan
Cloud data platform providing data warehouse-as-a-service for the cloud
Be an early applicant
Cloud data platform providing data warehouse-as-a-service for the cloud
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$147-204.7k
+ Bonus plan + Equity plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
On a mission to mobilize the world's data.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent practical experience
- 6+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role dealing with complex, technical implementation projects and with a proven track record of delivering results with multi-party, multi-year digital transformation engagements
- Experience in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, AI/ML, application modernization, or Cloud projects, including building realtime and batch data pipelines using Spark and Scala
- Ability to deliver outcomes for customers in a new arena and with a new product set
- Ability to learn new technology and build repeatable solutions/processes
- Ability to anticipate project roadblocks and have mitigation plans in-hand
- Proven ability to communicate and translate effectively across multiple groups from design and engineering to client executives and technical leaders
- Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations
- Ability and flexibility to travel to work with customers on-site as needed
What the job involves
- As a Solutions Architect in our team, you will be responsible for delivering exceptional outcomes for our teams and customers during our modernization projects
- You will engage with customers to migrate from Scala environments into Snowpark
- You will act as the technical lead and expert for our customers throughout this process
- In addition to customer engagements, you will work with our internal team to provide requirements for our Snowconvert utility, based on project experiences
- This ensures that our tooling is continuously improved based on our implementation experience
- This role will report to the Director of Data Engineering and Snowpark within the Workload Solutions team in the PS&T organization at Snowflake
- Be well-versed in migrations of applications, code, and data onto cloud platforms - and how to lead design of the subsequent services onto Snowflake
- Have the ability to outline the architecture of Spark and Scala environments
- Guide customers on architecting and building data engineering pipelines on Snowflake
- Run workshops and design sessions with stakeholders and customers
- Troubleshoot migration issues
- Create repeatable processes and documentation as a result of customer engagement
- Scripting using python and shell scripts for ETL workflow
- Develop best practices, including ensuring knowledge transfer so that customers are properly enabled and are able to extend the capabilities of Snowflake on their own
- Provide guidance on how to resolve customer-specific technical challenges
- Outline a testing strategy and plan
- Optimize Snowflake for performance and cost
- Communicate requirements for capabilities on Snowpark conversion for Scala and Spark based back end software modules
- Communicate requirements for design and development of back end big data frameworks for enhancements to our Snowpark platform
- Weigh in on and develop frameworks for Distributed Computing, Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, HBase, Kafka, REST based API, and Machine Learning as part of our tools development (Snowconvert) and overall modernization processes
Application process
- The application window is expected to be open until October 6, 2024
- This opportunity will remain posted based on business needs, which may be before or after the specified date
Our take
Developed as a fresh alternative to the archaic systems of data governance and information silos, Snowflake is a frictionless cloud data platform that removes the barriers preventing organizations of all sizes from unleashing the true value of their data.
The company equips organizations with a single, integrated platform that offers the only data warehouse built for the cloud; instant, secure and governed access to their entire network of data; and a core architecture to enable many types of data workloads, including a single platform for developing modern data applications.
Major competitors include Azure, SQL and AWS, and Snowflake has managed to keep ahead of the competition, cementing itself as a global force. Across its 1300+ partners, the company's cloud manages over 250PB of data (with more than 515 million data workloads running every day). Its continued focus on product R&D and partnership expansion have Snowflake well-positioned to manage itself amidst the competition.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2020
$479m
LATE VC
Oct 2018
$450m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.4bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance plans
- Health savings accounts
- Robust retirement plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Weekly online lunch and learns
- Virtual workout classes
- Ergonomic work-from-home equipment
- On-demand mental health and wellness programs
- Fertility benefits and family planning resources
- Generous time-off and various leave plans
- Onsite and Remote Work
- Employee discounts and pre-tax selections
- New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Quarterly bonus or commission program
Company values
- Put Customers First - We only succeed when our customers succeed
- Integrity Always - Be open, honest and respectful
- Think Big - Be ambitious and have big goals
- Be Excellent - Quality and excellence count in everything we do
- Get It Done - Results matter. Work hard and smart
- Own It - Build our product and our company like it’s yours, because it is
- Make Each Other the Best - Treat people with kindness and respect
- Embrace Each Other's Differences - Accept and appreciate everyone from every walk of life
Company HQ
Bozeman, MT
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Leadership
Benoit Dageville
(Co-Founder)Benoit, a leading expert in parallel execution and self-tuning databases, founded Snowflake after 10+ years at Oracle as a lead architect. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has 270+ patents.
Thierry Cruanes
(Co-Founder)Thierry is a leading expert in query optimization and parallel execution. He has a PhD in Computer Science with a focus in Database Systems and is a named inventor on 200+ patents.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Snowflake
- At Snowflake, embracing each others’ differences is a core value of our organization. We recognize and appreciate the importance of creating an environment in which all employees feel valued, included, and empowered to do their best work and bring great ideas to the table. Promoting the values of diversity and fostering an inclusive workplace culture takes each of us working together, caring deeply, and acting intentionally.
- Since Day 1, Snowflake and its culture belong to each of us, We “own it.” Owning it means we continually look for ways to improve and it’s in that spirit that our Diversity Council was formed. Our Council spans every functional area with an eye towards diverse representation across a range of demographics - 50% female, 50% persons of color, 21% LGBTQ, 7% persons with disabilities, and four generations. The Council narrowed in on three priority areas to focus our initiatives and impact positive change.
- 1. Enabling employee and community readiness by creating focus groups and using data to reveal deeper insights into our community and our specific needs and challenges to guide our future efforts and target initiatives.
- 2. Empowering employees’ voices by organizing outlets for conversation, spotlighting different employee stories, building mentorship programs, and supporting cultural inclusion.
- 3. Building external partnerships to broaden demographic representation in our candidate pipeline and educational partnerships to enable equitable opportunities for generations to come.
- As a company of action, we are committed to managing and measuring our forward progress around diversity and inclusion. And because we are a data company, the approach of gaining insights from the data, setting targets, measuring results, and iterating is in our DNA. We have put in place the foundational groundwork to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion for right now and for the future of Snowflake.
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