# Principal Technical Architect - AI/ML

**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Solutions Architecture
**Salary:** $196k – $257k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Snowflake, Vector Data Types, Snowflake Cortex, Llm Frameworks, Generative AI, Legacy Modernization, Netezza, Teradata, Exadata, Prompt Engineering
**Posted:** 2026-06-15

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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