# Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Menlo Park, CA
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $200k – $288k/yr
**Skills:** Snowflake, Python, Go, Java, C++, SQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, AI/ML
**Posted:** 2026-02-04

> Embed with customers to design and implement data solutions on Snowflake AI Data Cloud, optimizing pipelines and enabling AI initiatives. Requires bachelor's degree, programming proficiency (Python, Go, Java, C++), and AI/ML experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- **Software Development**: Design, build, and deploy robust software systems, tooling, and automation for customer solutions on Snowflake. Create comprehensive documentation.
- **Data Engineering & Platform Implementation**: Design and implement scalable data pipelines and modern data architectures on Snowflake. Ensure data quality and integrity.
- **Performance Optimization & Best Practices**: Analyze and optimize data models, queries, and workflows for performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
- **Modern Data Solutions**: Evaluate, recommend, and implement data integration tools for the Snowflake ecosystem.
- **Client Collaboration and Enablement**: Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and training on Snowflake platform, including AI/ML and BI integration.
- **Troubleshooting and Support**: Identify and resolve technical challenges and performance issues.

## Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as **Python**, **Go**, **Java**, or **C++**.
- Experience with developing AI/ML applications.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing, data lakes, and cloud data platforms.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in client-facing environments.
- Up to 20% travel.

## Desirable
- Strong proficiency in **SQL** and experience with relational databases and data integration.
- Experience with cloud platforms (**AWS**, **Azure**, **GCP**).
- Experience implementing solutions on Snowflake Data Cloud.

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