SNOWFLAKE FRONTIER ENGINEERING MANAGER, MIGRATIONS
About The Position
Snowflake is seeking a Manager, Frontier Engineering (Migrations) to work at the intersection of customer delivery and product engineering. The role leads a team of Forward Deployed Engineers who work directly with customers and partners on complex migration projects while developing AI-powered migration tools and products. The team turns migration patterns and field insights into scalable, automated solutions. The manager oversees customer migrations from legacy systems to Snowflake, provides technical and people leadership, and collaborates with Sales, Engineering, Product Management, customers, and system integrators. The role also guides development of AI-first migration products, including code translation, developer co-pilots, and semantic validation. The position requires both strategic oversight and hands-on participation in important projects.
Requirements
- University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of experience in technical roles involving customer-facing delivery and engineering.
- 5+ years of people management experience, including mentoring, coaching, and developing technical teams.
- 3+ years of experience building and delivering enterprise software products, particularly involving AI/ML or developer tools.
- Demonstrated success leading teams through complex data platform migrations and cloud transformation projects.
- Strong foundation in databases, data warehouses, and data processing, with hands-on experience in large-scale systems such as Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, SQL Server, Greenplum, or Hadoop.
- Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and the data analytics stack, including ETL, data platform design, and BI/analytics tools.
- Familiarity with data integration and transformation tools such as Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion, or dbt, and BI tools such as Tableau, MicroStrategy, or Business Objects.
- Extensive hands-on expertise with SQL, SQL analytics, and scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or Bash.
- Resourcefulness, a data-driven approach, strong partnership skills, and ability to step into roles such as project manager, program manager, or architect when needed.
- Experience hiring and growing teams, providing technical leadership including for staff+ engineers, driving projects from idea to production, and partnering across teams and with customers.
- Strong experience scoping engagements, developing delivery estimates, proposals, and project plans.
- Outstanding presentation skills for technical and executive audiences.
Responsibilities
- Manage and mentor Forward Deployed Engineers, provide feedback, identify strengths, and support career development and growth paths.
- Recruit, hire, and onboard team members, preparing them for customer delivery and engineering contributions.
- Foster creativity, innovation, and practical decision-making across delivery and engineering workstreams.
- Provide strategic oversight for migration projects and align them with customer objectives and company goals.
- Lead teams carrying out complex migrations from legacy systems such as Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, and SQL Server to Snowflake.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for delivery concerns and work with customers and system integrators to address them.
- Maintain a hands-on presence on strategic projects, assess technical quality, and unblock teams.
- Collaborate with Sales to scope opportunities, develop proposals, and execute account strategies.
- Drive the design, development, and iteration of AI-powered migration tools and products based on customer needs.
- Guide the team in building AI-first products, including code translation, developer co-pilots, and semantic validation.
- Translate field insights and customer requirements into engineering roadmap items and product improvements.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to align priorities and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Promote the development and sharing of best practices, utilities, and accelerators that streamline migrations and inform product development.
- Work with organizational leaders to influence go-to-market strategies and lead initiatives across Sales and Engineering.
- Facilitate knowledge sharing between field engineers and product engineering teams.
- Present migration strategies, product vision, and business outcomes to technical and executive audiences.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
