Director of Engineering, Cortex LLM Platform

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The Role: Director of Engineering, Cortex LLM Platform

We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our Cortex LLM Platform team, a critical component of Snowflake's AI strategy. This platform underpins all AI products that use LLMs, including Snowflake Intelligence, AISQL, REST API, and other customer-facing solutions. The role involves managing engineering teams that develop high-performance and scalable services, integrating expertise in AI systems, service deployment, and data infrastructure.

In This Role at Snowflake, You Will:

• Set the strategic vision for the team and drive accountability for plans and deliverables
• Hire, develop, and mentor talented senior technical leaders
• Drive team projects from ideation through implementation with partner teams
• Translate product requirements into engineering initiatives and coordinate cross-functionally
• Foster a culture of creativity and innovation while ensuring practical decision-making
• Lead organizational structure evolution and improve engineering efficiency

We Would Love to Hear From You If You Have:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science
• 2+ years of engineering director experience, including managing managers
• 5+ years of experience leading teams to build database system internals
• Deep experience with LLM serving and AI infrastructure
• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong track record of recruiting and growing technical teams
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across global organizations

Why Join Our Team at Snowflake?

Join us at the forefront of AI innovation where you'll lead transformative initiatives that shape the future of data and artificial intelligence. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge LLM technology while building and mentoring high-performing engineering teams. Our culture promotes innovation, technical excellence, and collaborative problem-solving, offering you the platform to make a significant impact on enterprise AI solutions.

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.

Compensation and Benefits:

The estimated base salary range for this role is $268,000 - $437,000. Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan. The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

Key skills/competency:

• Engineering Leadership
• LLM Platform Development
• AI Infrastructure
• Database Systems
• Scalable Services
• Technical Strategy
• Team Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Innovation Culture
• Distributed Systems