Associate Principal Engineer - Snowflake AI Architect
Core
Architect and lead enterprise-scale Snowflake Cortex AI solutions, including RAG pipelines, conversational analytics, text-to-SQL, and AI-powered data workflows.
Role type
Associate Principal Engineer - Snowflake AI Architect
Builds
Enterprise AI/ML platforms, scalable data pipelines, and governed semantic models on Snowflake
Domain
Data Engineering & Generative AI on Snowflake
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Snowflake Cortex AI, Generative AI fundamentals, Snowpark (Python/Java/Scala), Snowflake ML, vector search, embedding models, Python, SQL, ETL, data modeling, data warehousing
Preferred skills
Snowflake certifications (SnowPro Core/Advanced Architect)
Technologies
Snowflake, Snowpark, Airflow, dbt, Matillion, MCP servers, Model Registry
Responsibilities
Design RAG pipelines with Cortex Search; build conversational analytics and text-to-SQL experiences; configure Cortex Sense for agent context; expose Cortex Agents via MCP servers; lead integration of vector search; define technical architecture and roadmap for AI/data platforms; develop and deploy models using Snowflake ML; establish governance frameworks; partner with stakeholders on AI use cases; mentor senior engineers
Seniority
Associate Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership