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Senior AI Applications Engineer, Collaboration

Snowflake

Snowflake

Software Engineering, IT, Data Science
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Posted on Jul 15, 2025

Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.

As a Senior AI Applications Engineer on this pivotal project, you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying the core AI systems that power our intelligent data matching, recommendation, and orchestration engine. You will work with cutting-edge LLMs, graph databases, and advanced data processing techniques to transform complex metadata into actionable insights, enabling our users to discover and leverage data like never before. This is a unique chance to shape a product that fundamentally changes how organizations collaborate on data.

OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE:

  • 7+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting backend large-scale data processing systems in production

  • 3+ years of experience in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) application engineering roles, hands-on experience with LLM architecture, prompt engineering, with a strong focus on building and deploying production-grade AI systems.

  • Experience building and deploying AI solutions on major cloud platforms

  • Strong fundamental computer science skills

  • Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures

  • Knowledge of databases and distributed systems

  • Fluency in Java and SQL

  • BS/MS/PHD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

BONUS SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

  • Prior experience with recommendation systems or search ranking algorithms.

  • Familiarity with data deduplication and entity resolution techniques at scale.

  • Experience building applications on or integrating deeply with Snowflake's ecosystem

  • Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or relevant research publications.

  • Experience with MLOps practices and tools for model deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management.

  • A Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com