[Remote] Solutions Architect, Data Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential, focusing on innovation and collaboration. As a Solutions Architect, you will deliver exceptional outcomes for modernization projects, guiding customers in migrating to modern data architectures and building data pipelines on Snowflake.

Responsibilities

• Be well-versed in migrations of applications, code, and data onto cloud platforms - and how to lead design of the subsequent services onto Snowflake, including lakehouse architectures using Iceberg.
• Have the ability to outline the architecture of Spark, Scala, and Cloudera environments.
• Guide customers on architecting and building data engineering pipelines on Snowflake, including streaming data ingestion and processing.
• Design and implement data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Apache NiFi. Architect and implement Iceberg based lakehouse solutions on Snowflake.
• Run workshops and design sessions with stakeholders and customers.
• Troubleshoot migration and implementation issues.
• Create repeatable processes and documentation as a result of customer engagement. Scripting using Python and shell scripts for ETL workflow.
• Develop best practices, including ensuring knowledge transfer so that customers are properly enabled and are able to extend the capabilities of Snowflake on their own.
• Provide guidance on how to resolve customer-specific technical challenges.
• Outline a testing strategy and plan.
• Optimize Snowflake for performance and cost.
• Design and implement solutions for streaming data ingestion and processing.
• Communicate requirements for capabilities on Snowpark conversion for Scala/Python and Spark based back end software modules.
• Communicate requirements for design and development of back end big data frameworks for enhancements to our Snowpark platform.
• Weigh in on and develop frameworks for Distributed Computing, Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, HBase, Kafka, REST based API, and Machine Learning as part of our tools development (Snowconvert) and overall modernization processes.
• Provide input on Snowflake's Lakehouse capabilities and integration with Iceberg.

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role dealing with complex, technical implementation projects and with a proven track record of delivering results with multi-party, multi-year digital transformation engagements.
• Experience in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, application modernization, lakehouse implementations, or Cloud projects, including building realtime and batch data pipelines using Apache Spark and Apache NiFi.
• Experience with implementing Apache Iceberg or other open table format(Delta,Hudi) based lakehouse solutions.
• Experience with streaming data technologies and patterns.
• Experience with Cloudera platform and migrations from Cloudera.
• Ability to deliver outcomes for customers in a new arena and with a new product set.
• Ability to learn new technology and build repeatable solutions/processes.
• Ability to anticipate project roadblocks and have mitigation plans in-hand.
• Proven ability to communicate and translate effectively across multiple groups from design and engineering to client executives and technical leaders.
• Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations.
• Ability and flexibility to travel to work with customers on-site as needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Flexible spending & health savings account
• At least 12 paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Other company benefits

Company Overview

• Snowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse as a service designed for the cloud. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.snowflake.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Snowflake has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 324 in 2025, 285 in 2024, 156 in 2023, 183 in 2022, 113 in 2021, 98 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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