# Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - Migration
**Company:** [Snowflake](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/snowflake)
**Location:** Menlo Park, CA
**Salary:** $236K-$339K
**Skills:** Python, Go, Java, C++, AI/ML, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, Cloud Data Platforms, Data Pipelines
**Posted:** 2026-05-12
> Lead Forward Deployed Engineer driving customer migrations and modernization of data ecosystems on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Partners with clients to design scalable architectures, optimize performance, and deliver AI/ML solutions while mentoring teams.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Lead scoping, architecture, and direction as the FDE team embeds with customers to modernize their data and application ecosystem using the Snowflake AI Data Cloud
- Partner closely with clients to understand business challenges and design, build, and implement cutting-edge data solutions on Snowflake
- Work with multiple FDE teams, setting architecture and direction to design, build, and deploy robust software systems, tooling, and automation for customer solutions
- Build prototypes, contribute to feature development, and fix problems to drive impact on the roadmap and improve product depth
- Provide expert technical guidance, mentorship, and training to client teams on leveraging the Snowflake platform, including data management, analytics, AI/ML capabilities, and reporting/BI integration
- Design scalable data pipelines and modern data architectures on Snowflake, ensuring data quality, integrity, and efficient processing
- Analyze and optimize data models, queries, and data processing workflows to maximize performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness
- Champion Snowflake best practices and evaluate, recommend, and implement modern data integration tools and techniques
- Identify and resolve technical challenges, performance bottlenecks, and operational issues
- Travel up to 20% to collaborate with teams and stakeholders

## Requirements
- Prior experience working with customers on complex, multi-faceted projects
- Prior experience delivering complex data-driven application migrations (big plus)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
- Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java or C++
- Experience with developing AI/ML applications
- Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing & data lake concepts, and cloud data platforms
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a client-facing environment
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