Senior Principal Architect Global Retail CTO
@ Snowflake

Hybrid
$276,000
Hybrid
Full Time
Posted 21 hours ago

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Overview

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.

This role is for a Senior Principal Architect Global Retail CTO, focused on the Retail and Consumer Goods industry. You will apply your expertise in Data, Cloud, and AI to drive transformational change and work closely with strategic customers, sales teams, and partners.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with strategic Retail and Consumer Goods customers.
  • Develop and present technical architectures and solution briefings.
  • Partner with sales, marketing, product management and channel partners.
  • Create industry-specific technical assets including reference architectures, case studies, demos, and blogs.
  • Advocate customer needs and trends across internal teams.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of architecture experience in the Retail and Consumer Goods sector.
  • Expertise in database, data warehouse technology, ETL, analytics and public cloud platforms.
  • Strong understanding of Data Science, Machine Learning, and SQL/Python; Java or Scala a plus.
  • 3+ years experience in customer facing cloud provider architecture.
  • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
  • Ability to travel for client engagements, events, and pilots.

Compensation & Benefits

Estimated base salary range: $222,000 - $330,700. Role is eligible for bonus, equity, and a competitive benefits package including health, retirement, and more.

Additional Information

Snowflake values confidentiality, security, and a high level of commitment to customer success and internal collaboration. Expect to contribute to both internal enablement and external industry events.

Key skills/competency

  • Retail
  • Consumer Goods
  • Data
  • Cloud
  • AI
  • Architecture
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Presentation
  • Collaboration

How to Get Hired at Snowflake

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📝 Interview Preparation Advice

Technical Preparation

Review cloud platform case studies.
Practice SQL and Python exercises.
Study data warehousing design patterns.
Examine recent Retail technology trends.

Behavioral Questions

Describe a time you solved complex problems.
Explain how you manage client expectations.
Share examples of teamwork in challenging settings.
Discuss managing high-level stakeholder communications.

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