SNOWFLAKE FRONTIER ENGINEERING MANAGER, MIGRATIONS
Snowflake · US-CA-Menlo Park
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## SNOWFLAKE FRONTIER ENGINEERING MANAGER, MIGRATIONS At Snowflake, we’re powering the era of the **agentic enterprise**—and we’re looking for **AI-native thinkers** who are energized by reinventing how work gets done. This role sits at the intersection of **customer delivery** and **product engineering**, leading a team of forward-deployed engineers while driving the development of **AI-powered migration tools and products**. --- ## What you’ll do ### Team Leadership & People Management - Manage and mentor a team of **Forward Deployed Engineers** (feedback, growth paths, career development) - **Recruit, hire, and onboard** new team members - Foster a culture of **creativity, innovation, and practical decision-making** - Support engineers’ development across both delivery and engineering leadership tracks ### Customer Delivery & Project Execution - Provide strategic oversight for migration projects and ensure alignment with customer and company goals - Lead complex migrations from legacy systems (e.g., **Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, SQL Server**) to the **Snowflake platform** - Serve as the **primary escalation point** for delivery concerns (working with customers and system integrators) - Stay hands-on on strategic projects to assess quality and unblock teams - Partner with Sales to scope opportunities, develop proposals, and execute account strategy ### Engineering & Product Build - Drive design, development, and iteration of **AI-powered migration tools/products** based on real customer needs - Guide the team through an evolving AI ecosystem (e.g., **code translation, developer co-pilots, semantic validation**) - Translate field insights into engineering roadmap items and product improvements - Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to deliver high-quality solutions - Promote best practices, utilities, and accelerators that streamline migrations and feed back into product ### Cross-Functional Impact - Influence GTM strategies and lead initiatives across **Sales and Engineering** - Facilitate knowledge sharing between field engineers and product engineering teams - Present to technical and executive audiences—articulating migration strategy, product vision, and business outcomes --- ## What you bring - **University degree** in CS/Engineering/Math or related field (or equivalent experience) - **7+ years** in technical roles involving customer-facing delivery and engineering - **5+ years** people management experience (mentoring/coaching technical teams) - **3+ years** building/delivering enterprise software products, especially **AI/ML** or developer tools - Proven success leading teams through **complex data platform migrations** and **cloud transformation** - Strong foundation in **databases, data warehouses, and data processing** - Hands-on experience with large-scale systems (e.g., **Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, SQL Server, Greenplum, Hadoop**) - Deep understanding of cloud platforms (**AWS, Azure, GCP**) and the data analytics stack (ETL, data platform design, BI/analytics) - Familiarity with data integration/transformation tools (e.g., **Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion, dbt**) and BI tools (e.g., **Tableau, MicroStrategy, Business Objects**) - Extensive hands-on expertise with **SQL** and scripting (**Python, Perl, Bash**) - Ability to scope engagements, develop delivery estimates/proposals/project plans - Outstanding presentation skills for both technical and executive audiences --- ## Location / Co
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