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SnowflakeSnowflakeUnited States

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.

196k – 257k
Remote12+ YOESolutions Architecture

About the role

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

SnowflakeVector Data TypesSnowflake CortexLlm FrameworksGenerative AILegacy ModernizationNetezzaTeradataExadataPrompt Engineering

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