Snowflake

Technical Instructor

Brazil

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Data Warehousing, Cloud Computing, DatabaseIndustries

About the Role

Location Type: Remote Employment Type: FullTime

Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.

The Technical Instructor for the Snowflake Customer Education and Training Team will be responsible for creating and delivering compelling education contents and training sets that make complex concepts come alive in instructor-led classroom venues. The senior instructor will be seen as a subject matter expert and leader in transferring knowledge of Snowflake to customers, partners and internals and in accelerating their technical on-boarding journey.

This role will also be responsible for the cross-training efforts, program management and help strategically ramp multiple resources within our external stakeholders. This role is a unique opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to high value and high impact delivery at a very exciting time for the company. Snowflake is an innovative, high-growth, customer-focused company in a large and growing market. If you are an energetic, self-managed professional with experience teaching data courses to customers and possess excellent presentation and communication skills, we’d love to hear from you.

As a Technical Instructor at Snowflake, You Will:

  • Teach a breadth of technical courses to onboard customers and partners to Snowflake, the data warehouse built for the Cloud
  • Cross-train a breadth of technical courses to qualified individuals and resources
  • The scope of course concepts may include foundational and advanced courses in the discipline which includes Snowflake data warehousing concepts, novel SQL capabilities, data consumption and connectivity interfaces, data integration and ingestion capabilities, database security features, database performance topics, Cloud ecosystem topics and more
  • Apply database and data warehousing industry/domain/technology expertise and experience during training sessions to help customers and partners ease their organizations into the Snowflake data warehouse from prior database environments
  • Deliver contents and cross train on delivery best practices using a variety of presentation formats including engaging lectures, live demonstration, and technical labs
  • Work with customers and partners that are investing in the train the trainer program to certify their selected trainers ensuring they are well prepared and qualified to deliver the course at their organization
  • Strong eye for design, making complex training concepts come alive in a blended educational delivery model
  • Work with the education content developers to help prioritize, create, integrate, and publish training materials and hands-on exercises to Snowflake end users; drive continuous improvement of training performance
  • Work with additional Snowflake subject-matter-experts in creating new education materials and updates to keep pace with Snowflake product updates

Our Ideal Technical Instructor Will Have:

  • Strong data warehouse and data-serving platform background
  • Recent experience with using SQL including potentially in complex workloads
  • 5-10 years of experience in technical content training development and delivery
  • Strong desire and ability to teach and train
  • Prior experience with other databases (e.g. Oracle, IBM Netezza, Teradata,…)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Innovative and assertive, with the ability to pick up new technologies
  • Presence: enthusiastic and high energy, but also poised, confident and extremely professional
  • Track record of delivering results in a dynamic start-up environment
  • Experience working cross functionally, ideally with solution architects, technical writers, and support
  • Strong sense of ownership and high attention to detail
  • Candidates with degrees from fields such as Computer Science or Management Information Systems
  • Comfortable with travel up to 75% of the time

Bonus Points For Experience With the Following:

  • Experience with creating and delivering training programs to mass audiences
  • Experience with other databases (e.g. Teradata, Netezza, Oracle, Redshift,

Skills

Snowflake
Data Warehousing
SQL
Cloud Ecosystem
Database Security
Database Performance
Data Integration
Data Ingestion
Presentation Skills
Communication Skills
Technical Training
Customer Onboarding

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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