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SnowflakeSnowflakeMenlo Park, CA

Technical Director for AI Functions

Lead architecture, roadmap, and engineering teams for Snowflake's AI Functions product, embedding advanced AI and LLM-powered capabilities directly into SQL for data analysis. Requires 10+ years software engineering experience, AI/LLM expertise, and prior director-level leadership managing managers.

304k – 437k/yr
Hybrid10+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Create and own architecture and design, influence our product roadmap, and identify new initiatives that push Snowflake's technology forward for our customers.
  • Set the strategic vision for the team and drive accountability for plans and deliverables.
  • Solve real business needs at scale by applying strong software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills.
  • Drive team projects from ideation through implementation in partnership with cross-functional teams.
  • Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while ensuring sound, practical decision-making.
  • Lead organizational structure evolution and improve engineering efficiency.
  • Hire, develop, and mentor senior technical leaders.
  • Manage, grow, and mentor the teams that have a significant impact on the success of the overall Snowflake product.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Computer Science.
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with recent hands-on experience.
  • 2+ years of engineering director experience, including managing managers.
  • Deep experience with AI infrastructure and LLMs.
  • Experience building large-scale query processing or distributed systems.
  • Strong track record of recruiting and growing technical teams.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across global organizations.

Skills

AI InfrastructureLLMslarge-scale query processingDistributed SystemsSoftware EngineeringTeam LeadershipRecruiting

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