Snowflake AI Engineer

Photon; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Photon is hiring a Snowflake AI Engineer to join our Digital Engineering team in Las Vegas, NV. You will design and operationalize AI-powered data solutions on Snowflake, focusing on Cortex AI, CoCO, and modern data platforms.

The role blends data engineering, solution architecture, and customer-facing engagements, building scalable pipelines and AI applications with Snowflake Cortex AI and related tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Data Platforms.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture, security, governance, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on Cortex AI, CoCO, CoCO Desktop, Snowpark, and AI/ML integration patterns.
• Strong SQL and Python skills; experience with LLM, RAG, vector search, and enterprise AI patterns.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-powered data solutions using Snowflake Cortex AI, CoCO, and CoCO Desktop.
• Develop and deploy RAG, agentic workflows, semantic layers, and enterprise AI apps.
• Architect scalable data platforms leveraging Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, dbt, and cloud services.
• Build robust ELT/ETL pipelines and real-time integrations.
• Lead workshops, architecture reviews, PoCs, and production deployments.
• Develop reusable accelerators and best practices.

Skills

Snowflake AI

GenAI / Agentic AI

SQL

Python

Customer-facing communication

Tools

Airflow

dbt

Spark

Kafka

Snowpark

CoCO

CoCO Desktop

Snowflake Cortex AI

Job description

We hope you are good! We are hiring Snowflake AI Engineer - to join our Digital Engineering team.

Who are we?

For the past 20 years, we have powered many Digital Experiences for the Fortune 500. Since 1999, we have grown from a few people to more than 4000 team members across the globe that are engaged in various Digital Modernization. For a brief 1 minute video about us, you can check https://youtu.be/uJWBWQZEA6o.

Must Have Experience:

• Snowflake AI: Strong hands-on Snowflake experience, especially Cortex AI, CoCO, CoCO Desktop and Snowpark.
• GenAI / Agentic AI: Experience building RAG solutions, vector search, LLM integrations and AI agents.
• Data Engineering: Strong Python and SQL, with experience in Airflow, dbt, Spark and Kafka.

About the Role

We're seeking a hands-on Engineer who can help design, build, and operationalize AI-powered data solutions on Snowflake. This role combines customer engagement, solution architecture, data engineering, and AI implementation, with a strong focus on Snowflake Cortex AI, CoCO, CoCO Desktop, and modern enterprise data platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-powered data solutions using Snowflake Cortex AI, CoCO, and CoCO Desktop.
• Develop and deploy RAG, agentic workflows, semantic layers, and enterprise AI applications.
• Architect scalable data platforms leveraging Snowflake, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, dbt, and cloud-native services.
• Build robust ELT/ETL pipelines and real-time integrations.
• Lead workshops, architecture reviews, PoCs, and production deployments.
• Develop reusable accelerators and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Data Platforms.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture, security, governance, and performance optimization.
• Hands-on experience with Cortex AI, CoCO, CoCO Desktop, Snowpark, and AI/ML integration patterns.
• Experience building LLM, RAG, vector search, and agentic AI solutions.
• Strong SQL and Python skills.
• Experience with Airflow, dbt, Spark, Kafka, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong customer-facing communication and solution architecture skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Snowflake certifications (Architect, Data Engineer, AI specialization).
• Experience with Streamlit, Dynamic Tables, Snowpipe, and Native Apps.
• Experience integrating OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or open-source models.
• Knowledge of enterprise security, governance, privacy, and compliance frameworks.

Ideal Candidate

• A highly technical, customer-focused engineer who can engage executives, architect solutions, and build production-grade AI and data platforms hands-on.