We’re at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world’s greatest data and applications platform. Our ‘get it done’ culture allows everyone at Snowflake to have an equal opportunity to innovate on new ideas, create work with a lasting impact, and excel in a culture of collaboration.

Our Sales Engineering organization is seeking a Performance Architect, Performance Solutions, Field CTO focused on performance and cost optimization to join our Field CTO Office who can provide leadership in working with both technical and business executives in the design and architecture of the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform as a critical component of their enterprise data architecture.

In this role you will work with sales teams, product management, and technology partners to leverage best practices and reference architectures highlighting Snowflake’s Cloud Data Platform as a core technology enabling platform for various workloads throughout an organization.

As a Performance Architect, you must share our passion and vision in helping our customers and partners drive faster time to insight through Snowflake’s Cloud Data Platform, thrive in a dynamic environment, and have the flexibility and willingness to jump in and get things done. You are equally comfortable in both a business and technical context, interacting with executives and talking shop with technical audiences.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO:

• Engage with our sales teams and our customers to understand performance challenges that might interfere with the successful onboarding of a workload onto the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform
• Assess performance concerns presented by our sales teams and/or our customers, and if appropriate, conduct detailed investigations to identify underlying causes and propose prioritized solutions/recommendations to resolve performance issues
• Apply your foundational understanding of data platforms and distributed systems to drive customers towards optimal outcomes for their workloads on our Cloud Data Platform
• Provide expertise while presenting Snowflake technology and vision to executives and technical contributors at strategic prospects, customers, and partners
• Collaborate closely with our Product team to effectively influence the Snowflake’s product roadmaps based on field team and customer feedback
• Partner with Product Marketing teams to spread awareness and support pipeline building via customer roundtables, conferences, events, blogs, webinars, and whitepapers

ON DAY ONE, WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:

• 5+ years of experience in delivering high performance architectures, models, and solutions on distributed data platforms
• Expert level knowledge of the SQL language (no exceptions)
• Deep technical hands-on expertise in query tuning and optimization
• Comprehensive understanding of data pipelines and data engineering best practices
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (such as Python) and the ability to write clean and efficient code that interacts with modern data platforms
• Ability to assess gaps in technical understanding of others, and to clearly articulate complex concepts in simple terms to bridge/close gaps and drive better outcomes
• Outstanding presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
• Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred.

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? 

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.

The application window is expected to be open until July 31, 2024. This opportunity will remain posted based on business needs, which may be before or after the specified date.