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Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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PL-Warsaw-Lixa CFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

AI-native Forward Deployed Engineer in Snowflake’s Cortex AI team, partnering with customers to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI solutions at scale using Snowflake AI Platform, Cortex, and native LLM capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Drive Customer Impact: Architect, build, and deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions, including sophisticated AI agents. Build and iterate on AI pipelines and agents within a team-led engagement from prototype to production, contribute to evaluation frameworks and observability infrastructure for complex business challenges.
  • Deliver with Velocity: Rapidly design, iterate, and ship high-quality code and ML pipelines. Translate ambiguous business objectives into robust, scalable, and performant solutions using Python and SQL.
  • Productionize AI at Scale: Own the full lifecycle of AI solution implementation, from developing prototypes to deploying, monitoring, and optimizing them in secure, large-scale production environments.
  • Be a Strategic Technical Advisor: Partner directly with customer data science and engineering teams, serving as a technical expert and trusted advisor on how to best leverage AI for their business challenges.
  • Ensure Operational Excellence: Architect and implement rigorous data validation, maintain strict SLA observability, and manage complex system interdependencies to guarantee reliable AI performance.
  • Collaborate to Innovate: Work cross-functionally with Product and Engineering teams to share real-world feedback from customers, influencing the future of Snowflake's AI platform.
  • Have a real opportunity for growth: Progress from building components to owning a workstream and customer engagements with observable, coachable milestones.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • A passion for tackling complex and ambiguous technical challenges, leveraging cutting-edge research and AI to deliver impactful solutions.
  • Hands-on experience building and shipping LLM-based or ML applications.
  • Proven hands-on experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT development, and performance tuning.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python, Java, C++ or other backend programming languages with experience scripting and automating data workflows.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with an ability to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
  • A desire to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and the ability to adapt quickly to the ever-changing world of Generative AI.

Skills

Required:LLM-based or ML applications developmentData modeling, ETL/ELT developmentPythonSQLProblem solving & communication
Last updated Aug 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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