Snowflake Computing

Senior Director, Analytics Engineering, Data Analytics & AI

Snowflake Computing$180K — $220K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or data architecture with leadership experience managing multiple teams.
  • Expert knowledge of Snowflake, specifically in data modeling and governance practices.
  • Advanced skills in dbt, including macro development and CI/CD frameworks.
  • Hands-on experience with orchestration tools like Airflow.
  • Proven ability in managing critical data pipelines crucial for finance and revenue.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and grow the Analytics Engineering organization, setting strategic priorities.
  • Drive the internal data transformation to create an AI-ready data foundation.
  • Build and maintain general purpose analytics agents that support cross-organization needs.
  • Champion AI-assisted engineering to enhance analytics workflows and processes.
  • Be the first tester of Snowflake's features, collaborating closely with Product and Engineering teams.
  • Support sales and engineering teams in customer interactions and thought leadership initiatives.
  • Transform upstream business processes and workflows using data-driven insights.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead a significant team within a fast-growing company.
  • Engagement in cutting-edge AI and analytics engineering initiatives.
  • Collaboration with diverse cross-functional teams and industry leaders.
  • Professional growth in a dynamic and innovative environment.
  • In-person collaboration in a vibrant office location in Menlo Park.
Full Job Description
We're hiring for a Senior Director of Analytics Engineering to join our Data, Analytics, and AI organization (DAA), reporting directly to the Chief Data & Analytics Officer. You will lead a team of 20+ Analytics Engineers that build and operate the pipelines behind Snowflake's revenue, bookings, people analytics, and go-to-market reporting within our governed data platform. This role has an in-office requirement - you must be able to work out of our Menlo Park office a minimum of 3 days a week. In This Role You Will • Lead and grow the Analytics Engineering organization: Manage through your direct reports (team leads/managers), setting priorities and technical strategy across the team. • Drive Snowflake's internal data transformation: Lead your teams' ongoing work to create an AI ready data foundation, with an emphasis on documentation, contracts, context, and governance. • Own Snowflake's internal analytics agents: Build, improve, and maintain general purpose analytics agents - and underlying context and semantic layers - that can be used across the organization including evals, orchestration instructions, and ground truth data sets • Champion AI-assisted engineering: Drive adoption of Cortex Code-based agentic workflows and reusable skills across your teams to speed up typical Analytics Engineering jobs-to-be-done, including model development, PR review, and root-cause analysis. • Act as Snowflake's customer zero: Be the first trusted tester of Snowflake's own features across the data engineering and transformation stack, deeply engaging with Product and Engineering teams on product and feature roadmaps • Represent Snowflake: Support our GTM and Frontier Engineering teams by joining customer conversations, supporting speaking engagements, and publishing thought leadership, ultimately demonstrating the art of possible on Snowflake to all our customers and prospects • Continually push our stack forward: Push the boundaries of what we can accomplish on Snowflake, adopting the latest internal Data and AI capabilities. • Partner cross-functionally: Serve as the primary point of escalation for business stakeholders, driving towards a common roadmap and transforming upstream processes and workflows with data in mind • Represent your teams upward and cross-org: Contribute your teams' patterns and learnings to the Data, Analytics, and AI org's broader technical initiatives What You Will Need • 10+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, or data architecture, including second line leadership experience managing managers or senior individual contributors across multiple teams. • A systems thinker at your core: You naturally see how individual data models, pipelines, and architectural decisions connect - and you design for second-order effects, not just the immediate problem. • Deep expertise in Snowflake, including data modeling, data governance (e.g., RBAC design, row access policies and masking policies), and the broader Snowflake feature set (Dynamic Tables, Streams, Tasks, Horizon, Cortex) • Expert-level dbt skills, including macro development, testing and CI/CD frameworks, and large-scale multi-team project management. • Hands-on experience with Airflow or similar orchestration platforms • A track record owning finance- or revenue-critical, deadline-driven data pipelines where accuracy and auditability are non-negotiable. • Familiarity with GTM and sales analytics domains: master data management, consumption & attainment pipelines, quota/territory data. • Advanced adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools - Cortex Code, Claude Code, or similar agent frameworks - including agentic skill development and prompt engineering for data workflows. • A record of driving large scale data transformation initiatives across complex organizations • Experience with downstream BI/consumption layers such as Streamlit, Sigma, Tableau, etc. • Comfort working in a Jira/Confluence-based agile delivery model. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a track record of writing clear technical specs and stakeholder-facing materials for non-technical audiences 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?

About Snowflake Computing

Snowflake is a cloud-based data-warehousing company that was founded in 2012. The company provides a data platform that allows customers to store and analyze data using cloud-based infrastructure. Snowflake's platform is designed to be highly scalable and flexible, allowing customers to easily add or remove computing resources as needed. The company's customers include a wide range of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Snowflake has received significant funding from investors and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about Snowflake Computing
Size
2,037 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$539.1 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$592 million
NASDAQ

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