Principal Technical Architect - AI/ML
Principal Technical Architect advising C-suite on AI/ML strategy, legacy modernization to Snowflake, and enterprise LLM guardrails. Requires 12+ years experience and deep AI/ML expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop reusable solution patterns, global reference architectures, and practice-wide white papers
- Modernize legacy stacks (Netezza, Teradata, Exadata) into Snowflake AI workloads using deep architectural knowledge
- Act as a trusted technical advisor to C-suite stakeholders, bridging business strategy with AI execution
- Solve for LLM robustness, including managing prompt safety, hallucinations, and latency at enterprise scale
- Architect enterprise-grade guardrails for LLMs, ensuring safety and performance
- Facilitate high-complexity data migrations from on-prem legacy systems into AI-ready cloud environments
- Determine technical approaches for assignments that impact regional or global design success
Requirements
- 12+ years of related experience with a Bachelor's; or 8 years with a Master's
- Expert reputation in the AI/ML community and the Snowflake ecosystem
- Visionary thinker with the ability to influence regional practice strategy and create regional frameworks
- Strong executive communication: Ability to present complex AI/ML concepts and ROI to technical and business audiences
Nice-to-Haves
- Adoption rate of authored assets
- Performance in "must-win" strategic accounts
- Regional practice influence
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $196,000 - $257,200
Skills
Snowflake, Vector Data Types, Snowflake Cortex, Llm Frameworks, Generative AI, Legacy Modernization, Netezza, Teradata, Exadata, Prompt Engineering
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