Snowflake
Solution Engineering
DataPlatformArchitect,Postgres
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“Data Platform Architect, Postgres at Snowflake. Skills: Data Platform Architecture, Postgres, Snowflake Data Cloud. Convey the strategic advantages and technical application of Snowflake Postgres capabilities, address client inquiries, and conduct follow-up engagements to facilitate sales progression.. Articulate Snowflake's Postgres functionalities and provide a comparative analysis with competitor offerings for prospective clients.”
What You'll Achieve.
successful execution and customer adoption of Snowflake’s solutions; facilitate sales progression; successful outcomes and demonstrable technical achievements that validate Snowflake's capabilities; comprehensive executive summaries and business value assessments
Industry & Context.
solve problems and accelerate your impact; Recognize, address, and reconcile discrepancies between Snowflake's methodologies and client-specific requisites concerning transactional features.; Provide comprehensive resolutions to client objections and concerns.
follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data, abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties, keep customer information secure and confidential
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years Postgres architecture experience, Curiosity and drive to help companies leverage the Snowflake Data Cloud, presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether whiteboarding sessions or formal readouts and demos, Knowledge of and experience with OLTP database technology (e. g. Snowflake, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server etc. ), Knowledge of indexing strategies for transactional workloads
Nice to Have
Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred, Previous leadership experience, Previous FCTO experience, Practical database migration experience, 1+ years of practical Snowflake experience
What You'll Do.
Convey the strategic advantages and technical application of Snowflake Postgres capabilities
address client inquiries
and conduct follow-up engagements to facilitate sales progression.
Articulate Snowflake's Postgres functionalities and provide a comparative analysis with competitor offerings for prospective clients.
Ascertain client-defined success metrics for the adoption and utilization of Snowflake's Postgres features.
and reconcile discrepancies between Snowflake's methodologies and client-specific requisites concerning transactional features.
Provide comprehensive resolutions to client objections and concerns.
Develop and deliver bespoke demonstrations that highlight Snowflake's value proposition
tailored to address specific client requirements pertaining to transactional functionalities.
Demonstrate the ability to elucidate Snowflake's security
and governance considerations with respect to transactional workloads.
Be the technical expert in the room that positions Snowflake’s Postgres features and value to technical stakeholders at Snowflake’s customers across the Americas.
Function as the principal technical authority
articulating Snowflake's transactional functionalities and value proposition to technical stakeholders within customer organizations across the Americas.
Collaborate with Snowflake account teams and customer advocates to define and execute Proof of Concepts
ensuring successful outcomes and demonstrable technical achievements that validate Snowflake's capabilities
including comprehensive executive summaries and business value assessments.
Develop and disseminate content to facilitate team and organizational growth
such as blog articles
conference presentations
and technical materials including notebooks and demonstrations.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
works closely with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and the broader field organization; Collaborate with Snowflake account teams and customer advocates
Communication Scope
presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences; whiteboarding sessions; formal readouts and demos; Articulate Snowflake's Postgres functionalities; Demonstrate the ability to elucidate Snowflake's security, privacy, and governance considerations; articulating Snowflake's transactional functionalities and value proposition
Full Job Description
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done. Build the future of the Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team. Our Solution Engineering organization is seeking a Data Platform Architect, Postgres, who can provide hands-on expertise and support while working with technical decision makers to design and architect transactional solutions built on the Snowflake Data Cloud. This is a strategic role that works closely with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and the broader field organization to ensure successful execution and customer adoption of Snowflake’s solutions. IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO: - Convey the strategic advantages and technical application of Snowflake Postgres capabilities, address client inquiries, and conduct follow-up engagements to facilitate sales progression. - Articulate Snowflake's Postgres functionalities and provide a comparative analysis with competitor offerings for prospective clients. - Ascertain client-defined success metrics for the adoption and utilization of Snowflake's Postgres features. - Recognize, address, and reconcile discrepancies between Snowflake's methodologies and client-specific requisites concerning transactional features. - Provide comprehensive resolutions to client objections and concerns. - Develop and deliver bespoke demonstrations that highlight Snowfla
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