Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Data Platform Architect role sits at the intersection of modern cloud data platforms and transactional database workloads, a combination that is increasingly relevant as SaaS products consolidate analytics and application data in a single cloud environment. With Snowflake positioned as a data cloud provider, the focus on Postgres and OLTP architecture signals work that connects classic database design concerns with cloud-native delivery and governance expectations.
For a SaaS career, the long-term value is in building fluency across the full lifecycle of platform adoption: translating technical capabilities into stakeholder outcomes, shaping solution designs, and supporting proof-of-concept execution. Experience comparing alternatives, defining success metrics, and addressing security and privacy considerations maps well to how SaaS platforms are evaluated and rolled out across enterprises. The content-creation element also builds a durable skill set in technical storytelling, which matters in platform-led ecosystems.
This role tends to suit architects who enjoy being the technical authority in customer-facing settings and who can switch between whiteboarding with engineers and summarizing tradeoffs for executives. It aligns with professionals who prefer hands-on depth in Postgres and transactional patterns while working closely with product, engineering, and field teams to guide real-world implementations.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
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.
Build the future of the Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.
Our Solution Engineering organization is seeking a Data Platform Architect, Postgres, who can provide hands-on expertise and support while working with technical decision makers to design and architect transactional solutions built on the Snowflake Data Cloud.
This is a strategic role that works closely with cross-functional teams, including product, engineering, and the broader field organization to ensure successful execution and customer adoption of Snowflake’s solutions.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL GET TO:
Convey the strategic advantages and technical application of Snowflake Postgres capabilities, address client inquiries, and conduct follow-up engagements to facilitate sales progression.
Articulate Snowflake's Postgres functionalities and provide a comparative analysis with competitor offerings for prospective clients.
Ascertain client-defined success metrics for the adoption and utilization of Snowflake's Postgres features.
Recognize, address, and reconcile discrepancies between Snowflake's methodologies and client-specific requisites concerning transactional features.
Provide comprehensive resolutions to client objections and concerns.
Develop and deliver bespoke demonstrations that highlight Snowflake's value proposition, tailored to address specific client requirements pertaining to transactional functionalities.
Demonstrate the ability to elucidate Snowflake's security, privacy, and governance considerations with respect to transactional workloads.
Be the technical expert in the room that positions Snowflake’s Postgres features and value to technical stakeholders at Snowflake’s customers across the Americas.
Function as the principal technical authority, articulating Snowflake's transactional functionalities and value proposition to technical stakeholders within customer organizations across the Americas.
Collaborate with Snowflake account teams and customer advocates to define and execute Proof of Concepts, ensuring successful outcomes and demonstrable technical achievements that validate Snowflake's capabilities, including comprehensive executive summaries and business value assessments.
Develop and disseminate content to facilitate team and organizational growth, such as blog articles, conference presentations, and technical materials including notebooks and demonstrations.
ON DAY ONE, WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO HAVE:
5+ years Postgres architecture experience
Curiosity and drive to help companies leverage the Snowflake Data Cloud
Strong presentation skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether whiteboarding sessions or formal readouts and demos.
Bachelor’s Degree required, Masters Degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred.
Knowledge of and experience with OLTP database technology (e.g. Snowflake, Postgres, Oracle, SQL Server etc.)
Knowledge of indexing strategies for transactional workloads.
BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
Previous leadership experience
Previous FCTO experience
Practical database migration experience
1+ years of practical Snowflake experience.
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
This role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's commission plan and it is common for employees in this role to receive total on-target earnings of $207,500 - $288,750. The estimated base salary for this role is $155,000 - $216,500.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s equity plan.
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.
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?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
