Snowflake

Solution Innovation Architect - AI/ML

California, United States

$163,000 – $232,000Compensation
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Cloud Computing, Data Warehousing, Artificial Intelligence, AI & Machine LearningIndustries

Solution Innovation Architect - AI/ML

Salary: $163K - $232K Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Overview

We are seeking a talented AI/ML and Cloud Architecture specialist to join our Solution Innovation team. This role is dedicated to leading, curating, and maintaining critical demos for Snowflake SE and Product organizations. You’ll be instrumental in evolving flagship demos and creating custom demonstrations using our suite of features like Snowpark ML, Snowflake Cortex, and Snowpark Container Services.

Based in the Sales Engineering organization, you will collaborate with internal teams, including Product, Sales, and the FCTO organizations, to ensure the timely release of cutting-edge features. This role combines demo design, hands-on development, machine learning engineering, and strategic advisory work. Staying current with the rapid pace of change in the AI/ML landscape is crucial to effectively leverage new advancements.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build AI/ML Demos using the Snowflake platform.
  • Collaborate closely with the Product team to align demo creation with product releases, ensuring timely delivery of functional demos that showcase new features.
  • Provide technical expertise on all aspects of Snowflake in relation to the AI/ML suite of features to sales engineering teams.
  • Have a strong understanding of the data science modeling lifecycle, including model development, model training, and MLOps.
  • Have a strong understanding of the Generative AI landscape, its use, and application.
  • Have a strong understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), and the different architectures that are appropriate for each use case.
  • Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI/ML.
  • Provide thought leadership through external content such as webinars, event presentations, and blog posts.

AI and ML Engineering Skills:

  • Work with large datasets, and perform data quality evaluation/checks.
  • Feature engineering.
  • Determine relevant features for training and evaluation.
  • Optimization of model performance/accuracy.
  • MLOps and lifecycle management.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8 years in a Data Science role, where you will have built and deployed at least 2 models into production.
  • Minimum of 10 years experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role.
  • Thorough understanding of the complete Data Science life-cycle including feature engineering, model development, model deployment, and model management.
  • Strong understanding of MLOps, coupled with technologies and methodologies for deploying and monitoring models.
  • Hands-on scripting experience with Python, with experience using libraries such as Pandas, XGBoost, PyTorch, TensorFlow, SciKit-Learn or similar.
  • Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos.
  • University degree in data science, mathematics, or related fields, or equivalent experience.

Bonus Points For:

  • Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, and Vector Databases.
  • Experience with Databricks/Apache Spark.
  • Experience implementing data pipelines using ETL tools.
  • Vertical expertise in a core vertical such as FSI, Retail, Manufacturing etc.

About Snowflake

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.

Skills

AI/ML
Cloud Architecture
Snowpark ML
Snowflake Cortex
Snowpark Container Services
Data Science
Model Development
Model Training
MLOps
Generative AI
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Data Quality Evaluation
Machine Learning Engineering

Snowflake

Data management and analytics platform

About Snowflake

Snowflake provides a platform called the AI Data Cloud that helps organizations manage and analyze their data. This platform allows users to store and process large amounts of data efficiently, offering services like data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, and data sharing. Snowflake's system works by uniting data from different sources, enabling secure sharing and performing various types of analytics. What sets Snowflake apart from its competitors is its ability to operate seamlessly across multiple public clouds, allowing users to access their data from anywhere. The company's goal is to help businesses leverage their data for better decision-making by providing a flexible subscription-based service that scales according to their needs.

Bellevue, WashingtonHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$1,341.3MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
5,001-10,000Employees

Benefits

We've got your back - We offer comprehensive health insurance plans, health savings accounts, robust retirement plans, and generous life and disability insurance.
A Balanced Lifestyle - All Snowflakes have access to our weekly online lunch and learns, virtual workout classes, and ergonomic work-from-home equipment. We offer on-demand mental health and wellness programs to support our employees and their families.
Your People Matter - Help offset the cost of growing your family with our fertility benefits and family planning resources. Count on our generous time-off and various leave plans for you to rest, refuel, and sustain a great work-life balance.
Global Snowflake Team - No matter where you are in the world, we will get you connected and supported with a work-from-home setup.
Treat Yourself - Personalize your Snowflake benefits by tapping into our employee discounts and pre-tax selections.
Invest In Your Future - Eligible employees enjoy new hire equity, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and a quarterly bonus or commission program.

Risks

Integration challenges from Datavolo acquisition may disrupt operations and customer service.
Increased competition from Mistral AI could challenge Snowflake's market position.
Convertible senior notes pricing may increase financial pressure if market conditions worsen.

Differentiation

Snowflake offers a unified platform for diverse data workloads, unlike traditional solutions.
The AI Data Cloud enables near-unlimited scale and performance for data mobilization.
Snowflake's seamless multi-cloud experience ensures efficient data operations across locations.

Upsides

Acquisition of Datavolo enhances Snowflake's open data integration capabilities.
Investment in Metaplane boosts AI-driven data quality solutions for Snowflake users.
Snowflake Ventures' investment in Hex expands accessibility of data tools to non-technical users.

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