Director of Engineering, Frontier Engineering

SnowflakeThe RocksOn-siteFull-time1 week ago

Snowflake is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead Frontier Engineering, its forward deployed engineering practice, building and scaling a multi-country team of Forward Deployed Engineers. The role requires 12+ years of software engineering experience with significant leadership, including managing managers, and strong customer-facing executive presence.

What you'll do

Lead a sizeable, multi-country engineering organization
Set the technical and operating vision for Frontier Engineering: how FDE teams scope, build, and ship on Snowflake capabilities such as Snowpark, Cortex AI, and Snowflake Horizon
Serve as a senior customer-facing leader, partnering directly with customer executives to shape engineering engagements and earn trust as a hands-on technical leader, not only a relationship owner
Attract and hire exceptional engineering talent, drawing on your own network to fill open roles, and coach and develop managers and senior engineers to build a durable, high-performing, engineering-first culture across multiple countries and time zones
Partner with Sales, Product, and the global Frontier Engineering organization to connect customer needs to product direction and real engineering outcomes

What you need

Must-have

SnowparkCortex AISnowflake HorizonCloud data platformsAI/MLModern data and application development

Nice-to-have

SnowflakeAWSAzureGCPDatabricksGenAIAgentic application patterns

Soft skills

Executive presenceCustomer-facing leadershipLow-egoCuriosityExperimental mindsetComfort with ambiguityCoachingTalent attraction

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