Snowflake Cortex/AI Engineer

Ascendion; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking a Snowflake Cortex/AI Engineer to join our Gurugram team. You will build and optimize AI-powered data products, focusing on governance, latency reduction, and cost efficiency.

You will design generative AI applications, implement LLM workflows, and tune SQL/Python code while leveraging Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowpark.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL with hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Experience deploying AI apps and ML pipelines.
• Ability to optimize prompts, context, models, and queries.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy generative AI apps, LLM workflows, and ML pipelines using Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowpark.

Skills

Python

SQL

AI frameworks

Tools

Snowflake Cortex AI

Snowpark

Job description

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a leader in AI-Native platform driven software engineering company that underwrites outcomes, helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with Global 2000 clients across North America, UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI™ (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascendion.com

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a leader in AI-Native platform driven software engineering company that underwrites outcomes, helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with Global 2000 clients across North America, UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI™ (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascendion.com

Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

• Build the coolest tech for world's leading brands
• Solve complex problems – and learn new skills
• Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
• Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

Experience a community of change makers! Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

About The Role

This role addresses a critical expertise gap in Snowflake Cortex and enterprise AI engineering required to enable and scale the existing data agent across new data products. The specialist will establish governed semantic layers, improve response and SQL accuracy, and apply prompt, context, model, and query optimization practices to reduce token consumption, latency, Snowflake credits, and overall operating cost. The role will accelerate delivery, create reusable implementation standards, strengthen monitoring and controls, and enable secure, reliable adoption of Cortex capabilities.

Job Title: Snowflake Cortex/AI Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• esign and deploy generative AI applications, LLM workflows, vector search, and machine learning pipelines using Snowflake Cortex AI and Snowpark.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with proven hands-on experience utilizing Snowflake features (such as Snowpark and Cortex AI) and AI frameworks

Location: Gurugram