Snowflake Architecht

Snowflake Architect
Role Level: Manager (M)
Practice: AI & Data
Focus Areas: Snowflake Architecture, Snowpark, Snowflake Cortex & AI/ML Integration, Data Governance, Cloud Data Platforms, RAG & Vector Search.
Location: Bangalore/Kolkata/Hyderabad
Role Summary
We are seeking an experienced Snowflake Architect – Manager Level to lead the design, governance, and evolution of the enterprise data platform on Snowflake, while driving integration of AI/ML capabilities into the data ecosystem. This is a hands-on architecture role — the ideal candidate operates as a senior technical leader who sets standards, guides other engineers through influence and review (not formal management), and owns delivery of complex platform initiatives.
Experience
8+ years of experience in data engineering/architecture, including 4+ years hands-on with Snowflake in production environments
Practical experience with Snowflake Cortex or equivalent LLM-in-warehouse capabilities
Experience integrating AI/ML workflows (RAG, embeddings, vector search, model deployment) with cloud data platforms
Proven ability to work independently and drive technical decisions with minimal oversight
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture
Own end-to-end architecture of the Snowflake data platform: data modeling, ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers.
Architect solutions using Snowpark (Python/Java/Scala), Streams & Tasks, Dynamic Tables, Iceberg Tables, External Tables, and Data Sharing/Marketplace.
Design integration patterns with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), ETL/ELT tools (dbt, Fivetran, Matillion, Airflow), and BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker).
Performance, Cost & Security
Define standards for performance optimization, warehouse sizing, and auto-suspend/scaling policies.
Own cost optimization recommendations and monitor credit usage across the platform.
Set data security standards — RBAC, masking, row-access policies, encryption — and monitor platform SLAs for availability, performance, and data freshness.
AI/ML Integration
Lead adoption of Snowflake Cortex (LLM functions, Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search) for natural-language analytics and AI-powered applications.
Design and build Cortex Agents and Snowflake Intelligence agents to orchestrate multi-step reasoning across structured and unstructured data.
Define and maintain Semantic Views to provide governed, business-friendly data models for natural-language querying and agentic consumption.
Architect Snowpark ML pipelines for feature engineering, model training, and inference.
Guide integration of external AI/LLM services (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI) via APIs, vector embeddings, and RAG patterns.
Evaluate and implement vector/semantic search for unstructured data use cases.
Partner with data science teams to operationalize ML models and ensure MLOps best practices within the Snowflake ecosystem.
Technical Leadership & Delivery
Act as the final technical authority on Snowflake-related design decisions; lead architecture review sessions.
Provide technical guidance and code/design review to engineers working within the platform.
Own project scoping, technical planning, and delivery of major architecture initiatives.
Partner with product, analytics, security, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Produce architecture documentation, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials to ensure continuity of the platform.
Stakeholder Management
Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to define data platform and AI roadmaps.
Conduct demos, training sessions, and enablement workshops on Snowflake and AI/ML capabilities.
Mentor junior engineers and support proposal/pre-sales activities where applicable.
Manage project deliverables, risks, and client/stakeholder communications.
Preferred Certifications
SnowPro Advanced Certification
SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer certification
SnowPro Advanced: Data Scientist / Data Analyst Certification
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related discipline.

Work arrangement
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