Principal Architect, Snowflake
Applications & Collaboration
AI Data Cloud for data sharing and app building
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AI Data Cloud for data sharing and app building
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
On a mission to mobilize the world's data.
Role
Who you are
- This position demands a visionary who is equally comfortable discussing data architectures, building application experiences, and shaping strategic business initiatives
- Extensive Experience: Proven track record in a senior technical role, such as Principal Architect, Solutions Engineer, or Field CTO
- Snowflake Expertise: In-depth knowledge of Snowflake’s collaboration features, including Data Sharing, Clean Rooms, Listings, and Organization 2.0
- Application Development: Experience building with Snowflake’s application framework, including Streamlit, Snowpark, and Snowpark Container Services
- Data Architecture: Deep understanding of modern data architecture patterns, such as data mesh, decentralized governance, and multi-tenant SaaS models
- Cloud Platforms: Strong familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP environments and how they integrate with Snowflake
- Security & Governance: Knowledge of security practices related to data sharing, identity federation, and regulatory compliance
- Visionary Thinking: Ability to anticipate collaboration trends and align technical strategies with evolving data and application needs
- Exceptional Communication: Skilled at translating complex technical concepts into accessible language for technical and business audiences
- Customer-Centric: Deeply invested in understanding and solving customers’ collaborative and application development challenges
- Collaborative Leadership: Proven ability to mentor, align, and inspire cross-functional teams
- Resilience: Comfortable navigating ambiguity, making trade-offs, and adapting to fast-moving environments
- Integrity and Empathy: Embody transparency, authenticity, and respect in all professional interactions
- Internal Motivation: Driven by curiosity, continuous learning, and a strong sense of purpose and ownership
- Relevant certifications (e.g., SnowPro Advanced: Architect or Application Developer) are a plus
- If you are a passionate technologist with a strategic mindset and a people-first approach, we invite you to bring your expertise and vision to our team
What the job involves
- We are seeking an exceptional individual to join our team as the Workload Field CTO for Collaboration & Applications (Official title: Applied Field Engineer for Collaboration & Applications)
- This strategic and technical leadership role will serve as a bridge between our product, platform, and go-to-market teams, with a strong focus on Snowflake’s capabilities in collaboration, data sharing, and application development
- The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise with outstanding interpersonal skills to drive innovation, enable data ecosystem strategies, and foster collaboration across business units
- Act as a trusted advisor to customers and internal stakeholders, guiding them on how Snowflake’s collaboration and application features align with their business goals
- Drive the adoption of Snowflake’s Data Sharing, Data Clean Rooms, and Organization 2.0 features to enable scalable data ecosystems
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to influence the roadmap based on customer feedback and innovation trends in the data collaboration space
- Lead architectural discussions and solution designs focused on data mesh, multi-domain data governance, and inter-organizational collaboration
- Provide hands-on technical guidance in the implementation of Snowflake native applications, Streamlit dashboards, and Snowpark Container Services
- Stay current on developments in cloud platforms and data-sharing protocols, identifying integration opportunities with Snowflake’s platform
- Build strong relationships with key customers, acting as their advocate within Snowflake to ensure alignment and satisfaction
- Deliver compelling technical presentations, workshops, and demonstrations on Snowflake’s collaboration and application capabilities
- Partner with strategic customers to co-develop new collaborative use cases and application experiences that drive value
- Mentor internal teams on data sharing best practices, application development, and data mesh adoption
- Work with sales, marketing, and customer success teams to align around customer outcomes and vertical-specific collaboration opportunities
- Contribute to Snowflake’s thought leadership through blogs, white papers, and public speaking engagements
Our take
Developed as a fresh alternative to the archaic systems of data governance and information silos, Snowflake is a frictionless cloud data platform that removes the barriers preventing organizations of all sizes from unleashing the true value of their data.
The company equips organizations with a single, integrated platform that offers the only data warehouse built for the cloud; instant, secure and governed access to their entire network of data; and a core architecture to enable many types of data workloads, including a single platform for developing modern data applications.
Major competitors include Azure, SQL and AWS, and Snowflake has managed to keep ahead of the competition, cementing itself as a global force. Across its 1300+ partners, the company's cloud manages over 250PB of data (with more than 515 million data workloads running every day). Its continued focus on product R&D and partnership expansion have Snowflake well-positioned to manage itself amidst the competition.
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Insights
37% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2020
$479m
LATE VC
Oct 2018
$450m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.4bn
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance plans
- Health savings accounts
- Robust retirement plans
- Life and disability insurance
- Weekly online lunch and learns
- Virtual workout classes
- Ergonomic work-from-home equipment
- On-demand mental health and wellness programs
- Fertility benefits and family planning resources
- Generous time-off and various leave plans
- Onsite and Remote Work
- Employee discounts and pre-tax selections
- New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Quarterly bonus or commission program
Company HQ
Bozeman, MT
Leadership
Benoit Dageville
(Co-Founder)Benoit, a leading expert in parallel execution and self-tuning databases, founded Snowflake after 10+ years at Oracle as a lead architect. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has 270+ patents.
Thierry Cruanes
(Co-Founder)Thierry is a leading expert in query optimization and parallel execution. He has a PhD in Computer Science with a focus in Database Systems and is a named inventor on 200+ patents.
Sridhar Ramaswamy
(Chief Executive Officer)Sridhar joined Snowflake in 2023 via the Neeva acquisition as SVP of AI and later became CEO. He co-founded Neeva and previously led Google’s Ads business, growing it from $1.5B to $100B.
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