# Principal AI/ML Architect, Applied Field Engineering

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $189k – $248k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Python, LangChain, pandas, scikit-learn, PyTorch, dbt, Apache Airflow, Spark, RAG, Prompt Engineering, Fine-Tuning, AWS, Azure, GCP, Llamaindex
**Posted:** 2026-06-11

> Principal-level AI/ML Architect providing hands-on expertise to design and architect AI solutions on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, driving POCs and influencing product roadmaps.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Be the technical expert positioning Snowflake’s AI and ML features and value to technical stakeholders at customers across the Americas
- Partner with account teams and customer champions to scope and drive POCs to success, including executive readouts and business value cases
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to influence Snowflake’s AI and ML roadmaps based on customer feedback
- Publish content such as blog posts, conference presentations, technical collateral, notebooks, and demos
- Influence, tailor, and maintain Sales Engineering AI and ML selling assets including customer presentations, demonstrations, and customer stories

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience building and deploying machine learning and generative AI solutions in the cloud
- Familiarity with generative AI techniques like RAG, few-shot learning, prompt engineering, or fine-tuning for enterprise use cases (interactive chat applications, text processing)
- Deep knowledge of Python and common ML packages (LangChain, pandas, sklearn, PyTorch)
- Experience with data engineering tools and technologies (dbt, Airflow, Spark)
- Strong presentation skills for both technical and executive audiences (whiteboarding, formal readouts, demos)
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields (or equivalent experience) preferred

## Nice-to-Haves
- Working knowledge of LLM ecosystem tools (LangChain, LlamaIndex, or other OSS packages)
- Experience with large-scale IaaS platforms (AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP)
- 1+ years of practical Snowflake experience
- Knowledge of large-scale database technology (Snowflake, Netezza, Exadata, Teradata, Greenplum)

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