Snowflake Cortex AI Engineer

Title                                 : Snowflake Cortex AI Engineer

Experience                    : 5+ years

Location                         : Remote

Work type                      : Remote

Employment Type      : Full Time

Notice Period               : Immediate

Work Day                      : Mon to Fri

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Snowflake Cortex AI Engineer with 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, AI, and Snowflake. The ideal candidate will have hands-on expertise in Snowflake Cortex AI, Snowpark, and Generative AI capabilities to build intelligent, scalable, and secure AI-powered data applications. The role involves designing AI-driven solutions, integrating LLM capabilities into enterprise workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver business value.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement AI-powered solutions using Snowflake Cortex AI.
• Build intelligent data applications leveraging Snowpark, Cortex AI functions, and SQL.
• Develop Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions using enterprise data stored in Snowflake.
• Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) into enterprise applications using Snowflake Cortex.
• Design and optimize AI workflows for document summarization, sentiment analysis, classification, translation, question answering, and text generation.
• Develop scalable data pipelines to support AI and machine learning workloads.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to understand AI use cases and deliver effective solutions.

Ensure AI solutions comply with enterprise security, governance, and data privacy standards.

• Optimize Snowflake performance and AI workloads for scalability and cost efficiency.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical documentation.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, AI/ML, or Analytics.
• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake.
• Experience working with Snowflake Cortex AI capabilities.
• Strong understanding of Snowpark (Python or SQL).
• Experience building AI-powered applications using enterprise data.
• Hands-on experience with Python and SQL.
• Knowledge of Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Experience designing and implementing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) solutions.
• Strong understanding of data modeling and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience developing and optimizing ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience integrating REST APIs and external AI services. 

Technical Skills

• Snowflake
• Snowflake Cortex AI
• Snowpark
• SnowSQL
• Snowpipe
• Streams & Tasks
• Secure Data Sharing
• Performance Optimization
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) 

Programming

• Python
• SQL
• AI & Machine Learning
• Generative AI
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Prompt Engineering
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• AI Model Integration
• Text Analytics
• Semantic Search
• Data Engineering
• ETL/ELT Development
• Data Warehousing
• Data Pipelines
• Structured & Semi-Structured Data Processing
• Cloud (Preferred)
• AWS / Azure / GCP

Preferred Skills

• Experience with vector search and semantic search concepts.
• Knowledge of Snowflake Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search, or Cortex Agents.
• Experience with AI governance and responsible AI practices.
• Familiarity with LangChain, LangGraph, or similar AI orchestration frameworks.
• Exposure to ML model deployment and MLOps practices.
• SnowPro certification is an added advantage. 

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, or a related field.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to translate business requirements into AI-driven solutions.
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills.
• Self-driven with the ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Skills

Data engineering, Generative AI, Snowflake, ETL, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)