Snowflake Data Platform Lead – AI & ML (Hybrid, Zurich)

Annapurna HR Ltd; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Specialist Snowflake environment

Hybrid work from Zurich

Data & AI projects for enterprise

Job summary

Annapurna HR Ltd in Switzerland is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to design and deliver modern data platforms using Snowflake. You will lead technical architecture, build scalable data solutions and help customers turn business requirements into production-ready data and AI platforms.

During delivery you will contribute to presales, support client workshops and mentor engineers across a growing data practice, while collaborating with clients in the DACH region. Hybrid work from Zurich.

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience in data engineering, ideally within consulting.
• Proven experience delivering Snowflake projects in a technical lead or key engineering role.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, performance tuning and cost optimisation.
• Strong SQL and Python skills, plus experience with dbt and modern data modelling.
• Experience with production data integration and orchestration tools.
• Hands-on AWS or Azure experience, including CI/CD and IaC.
• Exposure to AI/ML use cases, ideally using Snowflake Cortex.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage technical and business stakeholders.
• Fluent German and English.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable Snowflake data platforms and migrations.
• Build production data pipelines using SQL, Python, Snowpark and dbt.
• Develop AI/ML use cases using Snowflake Cortex and Snowpark ML.
• Own data modelling, governance, security, performance and cost optimisation.
• Automate deployments using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code, ideally Terraform.
• Integrate enterprise data sources such as SAP, CRM and streaming platforms.
• Support presales through technical workshops, PoCs and solution design.
• Coach colleagues and contribute to technical best practices.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL

Python

dbt

data modelling

CI/CD

IaC

AWS/Azure

communication

Tools

Snowpark

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Job description

Annapurna HR Ltd in Switzerland is seeking a hands-on Technical Lead to design and deliver modern data platforms using Snowflake. You will lead technical architecture, build scalable data solutions and help customers turn business requirements into production-ready data and AI platforms.

During delivery you will contribute to presales, support client workshops and mentor engineers across a growing data practice, while collaborating with clients in the DACH region. Hybrid work from Zurich.