Solutions Architect
US$166,000 – US$218,500 / yr base salary
Posted 16 Apr 2026
Advertised as “Principal Solutions Architect - Migrations”
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- Expected experience
- 7+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Contract
- Full-time
| Base salary | US$166,000 – US$218,500 / yr |
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Field of studyComputer Science, Engineering, Mathematics (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
Snowflake Professional Services is the implementation and strategy experts for the Snowflake platform. We engage with customers at all phases of the customer journey to optimize, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes. Our teams of Solutions Architects demonstrate technical leadership everyday by writing code, constructing solution architectures, and guiding customers through decision paths to achieve impactful outcomes. We advise everyone from developers through senior executives on how best to utilize Snowflake to make their business successful. Our Solution Architects are comfortable with change and live on the cutting edge of technology.
In this role, you will lead and execute complex migrations from legacy systems to the Snowflake platform. You will collaborate closely with customers and system integrators to understand their requirements, design robust migration strategies, and ensure seamless transitions with minimal disruption. Additionally, you will work with a diverse range of teams both inside and outside the company.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Design comprehensive migration plans and solutions tailored to the customer's needs and architecture, ensuring a seamless transition to Snowflake
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Partner with our customers, acting as the technical expert for all aspects of Snowflake during implementation
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Deploy Snowflake following best practices, including ensuring knowledge transfer so that customers are properly enabled and are able to extend the capabilities of Snowflake on their own
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Maintain deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies and vendors and how to position Snowflake in relation to them
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Work with System Integrator consultants at a deep technical level to successfully position and deploy Snowflake in customer environments
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Create presentations and document learnings from the project. Develop utilities and accelerators to streamline migration and related activities