Principal Frontier AI Engineer — Strategic Enterprise Deployments

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 304,000 - 437,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake is hiring a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer II for its Frontier Engineering team. You will serve as the senior technical authority and architectural leader for a portfolio of high-impact customer engagements, shaping AI roadmaps and technical direction at scale.

You will write production code, review designs, and set engineering standards while traveling to customer sites. This role demands deep expertise in enterprise AI architectures and leadership across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise AI/ML or agentic systems.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior technical authority and architectural leader for customer engineering leadership at strategic accounts.
• Drive architecture and technical strategy across multiple high-visibility AI engagements.
• Influence Snowflake product direction based on deployment learnings and customer needs.
• Stay hands-on by writing production code and reviewing designs and code.

Job description

Snowflake is hiring a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer II for its Frontier Engineering team. You will serve as the senior technical authority and architectural leader for a portfolio of high-impact customer engagements, shaping AI roadmaps and technical direction at scale.

You will write production code, review designs, and set engineering standards while traveling to customer sites. This role demands deep expertise in enterprise AI architectures and leadership across multiple teams.