Senior Snowflake Architect with AI Data Platform Expertise
About the Position
We are looking for a Senior Snowflake Specialist who can assess a broader data ecosystem, define strategic initiatives, and provide hands on guidance for platform architecture and optimization. You will work in a stakeholder facing role with the opportunity to lead discovery activities, challenge assumptions, influence technical direction, and present recommendations to leadership. The client is headquartered in California, USA. The engagement starts with a full time onsite period of 4 to 8 weeks in California, followed by a part time commitment of approximately 20 hours per week. Candidates should have a valid B1/B2 or Tourist visa, as a work visa is not required for this engagement. Travel includes the initial onsite period in California, with additional travel to client locations, including Europe, potentially required based on project needs. This is a senior level position designed for experienced professionals who can combine strategic consulting with hands on technical leadership.
About the Project
You will contribute to a data platform initiative centered on Snowflake, data lake or lakehouse architecture, and strategic platform improvement. The project also includes stakeholder discovery, leadership presentations, and defining practical AI and GenAI initiatives across the broader data ecosystem. Project nickname: Data Platform Strategy
About the Team
You will work with a multidisciplinary team consisting of data architects, data engineers, analytics specialists, AI practitioners, and business stakeholders. The collaboration model is highly interactive, with regular engagement with leadership teams, technology partners, and business stakeholders to define and deliver strategic initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Assess the overall data ecosystem and data platform strategy
- Run discovery activities with stakeholders
- Challenge existing approaches and present initiatives to leadership
- Propose concrete initiatives for platform improvement
- Support Snowflake architecture decisions
- Improve platform scaling, governance, and cost and performance optimization
- Contribute to data lake or lakehouse design
- Contribute to data modelling and data quality practices
- Apply AI and GenAI capabilities on top of the data platform
Requirements
- Deep hands on Snowflake platform expertise
- Experience with Snowflake architecture, scaling, cost and performance optimization, best practices, and governance
- Experience with data platform architecture
- Experience with data lake or lakehouse design
- Experience with data modelling and data quality
- Practical experience applying AI or GenAI on top of a data platform
- Strong communication and stakeholder facing skills
- Ability to run discovery workshops or sessions
- Ability to challenge stakeholders constructively and present initiatives to leadership
- Strategic mindset to assess a data ecosystem and propose concrete initiatives
Nice to Have
- 3 month checkpoint on delivered impact
Technologies
Technology Stack & Infrastructure: Snowflake, data lake, lakehouse, AI, GenAI
