Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Principal Data Engineering Solutions Specialist sits at a core intersection in modern SaaS: turning data platform capabilities into repeatable customer outcomes. With Snowflake positioned as an established cloud data company, the role reflects how mature SaaS vendors drive adoption by pairing deep product knowledge with field execution, especially around ingestion and lakehouse patterns such as Iceberg and Polaris.
For a SaaS career, the long-term value is exposure to how platform businesses scale consumption-based workloads across enterprise accounts. The work spans discovery, executive-level technical storytelling, and feedback loops into product direction, building a practical understanding of how roadmap, go-to-market strategy, and customer architecture influence one another. Experience here tends to translate across data infrastructure SaaS, where specialization in a workload and the ability to quantify impact are central to sustained growth.
This role fits professionals who enjoy being an overlay partner to account teams while owning a clear technical domain. It will suit someone comfortable operating with autonomy, working across Sales Engineering, Product, and Services, and using metrics to refine approach over time. A background that blends data engineering concepts with complex enterprise selling aligns well with the day-to-day shape of the work.
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Job Description
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 is seeking an accomplished Principal level Data Engineering Solutions Specialist (Openflow and Iceberg/Polaris) to drive sales execution for our ingestion workloads. This is a strategic role that works closely with the broader field organization to ensure the successful customer adoption of Snowflake’s Data Engineering and Data Lake capabilities.
Responsibilities:
Achieve pipeline generation and revenue targets for allocated accounts and/or territory on a quarterly and annual basis by developing a sales strategy in the allocated territory with a target account list
Execute tailored sales plays to capture market opportunities in Data Engineering, helping customers optimize their use of Snowflake's platform.
Work directly with customers to understand their Data Engineering needs, communicating insights to inform Snowflake’s product roadmap and ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
Become an expert in Snowflake’s Data Engineering and Data Lakehouse capabilities and provide executive-level insights to customers and partners, guiding strategic discussions that emphasize the value of Snowflake’s Data Engineering capabilities.
Work with our Account Executives, Sales Engineers, Leadership and Field CTOs to drive customer engagements from discovery and qualification through solution implementation and deployment
Track, analyze, and report on Data Engineering sales performance metrics, using data-driven insights to optimize strategies and drive continuous improvement
Partner with the broader cross-functional organization to integrate Data Engineering sales efforts with Snowflake’s overall go-to-market plans.
Driving the forecast of the region and exceeding revenue targets on consumption
Minimum Qualifications:
10+ years of professional experience and at least 6 of years sales experience with consistently exceeding sales objectives selling technical solutions and software products into the enterprise market
A strong track record of meeting or exceeding revenue targets in highly competitive markets
A familiarity with solution-based approach to selling, have experience managing a complex sales process and possess excellent presentation and listening skills, organization and contact management capabilities
Proven ability to independently manage, develop, and close new client relationships
Strong presentation and communication skills, capable of engaging with senior executives and key decision-makers at both technical and business levels.
In-depth knowledge of Data Engineering, Data Lakehouse, Ingestion and Transformation technologies, with proven expertise in driving successful sales initiatives within these domains
Strong ability to work across cross-functional teams including Sales Engineering, Professional Services, Marketing, and Product
Preferred Qualifications:
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
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