Job Title: Principal / Senior Snowflake Specialist (Cortex & Agentic AI Focus)

Experience: 12+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time / Independent Contractor

Location: Hybrid (Hyderabad)

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Snowflake Specialist (12+ years) with deep architectural expertise in Snowflake and strong hands-on experience building AI-powered data platforms using Snowflake Cortex and Agentic AI patterns. This role is not limited to traditional data warehousing. The ideal candidate should have experience designing enterprise-scale Snowflake environments and extending them into LLM-driven, agent-based intelligent systems, leveraging Cortex, RAG, semantic layers, and MCP-based tool integrations. The candidate must be capable of leading architecture discussions with US stakeholders while remaining hands-on in implementation.

Required Qualifications Experience

● 12+ years in Data Engineering / Data Architecture

● 5+ years of deep Snowflake hands-on experience

● Proven experience building enterprise-grade Snowflake deployments

● Experience delivering AI/LLM-based production solutions Technical Expertise Snowflake

● Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture internals

● Advanced SQL and query optimization expertise

● Experience with governance, security, and data sharing frameworks

● Cost optimization at enterprise scale Cortex & LLM Systems

● Strong understanding of: ○ LLM fundamentals ○ Prompt engineering ○ Embeddings ○ RAG architectures ○ Agent-based orchestration

● Experience implementing Cortex AI functions in production Integration & Protocol Knowledge

● Strong understanding of MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar agent communication patterns ● Experience building tool-based AI agents

● API design and integration expertise

● Knowledge of hybrid AI architectures (vector + structured)