Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Senior Solution Engineer roles sit at a pivotal point in enterprise SaaS, where product capability, customer outcomes, and revenue execution intersect. In Snowflake’s case, the focus on data warehousing and adjacent cloud analytics makes the role especially relevant to modern SaaS stacks, where buyers evaluate platforms through hands-on validation rather than messaging alone. The remit spans executive-level storytelling and technical depth, reflecting how sophisticated SaaS purchases are made in data infrastructure.
For a SaaS career, this kind of pre-sales seat builds durable leverage. It develops fluency in translating complex technical architectures into business cases, running proofs of concept, and navigating multi-stakeholder buying committees. The exposure to competitive positioning and collaboration with product and engineering also mirrors how SaaS companies refine roadmap and go-to-market feedback loops, particularly in categories where differentiation is technical and outcomes are measurable.
This role fits professionals who enjoy being the technical counterpart to sales strategy, switching comfortably between whiteboard problem-solving and structured demonstrations. It will suit someone who prefers customer-facing work with clear accountability, and who is motivated by learning evolving cloud, data, and AI-adjacent tooling while staying grounded in practical implementation realities.
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.
We are looking for a Senior Solution Engineer who is accustomed to solving customer’s most complex problems and closing large deals. In this role you will work directly with the sales team and channel partners to understand the needs of our customers, strategize on how to navigate winning sales cycles, provide compelling value-based demonstrations, support enterprise Proof of Concepts, and ultimately close business.
As a Snowflake Solution Engineer you must share our passion about reinventing the database space, thrive in a dynamic environment and have the flexibility and willingness to jump in and get things done. You are equally comfortable in both a business and technical context, interacting with executives and talking shop with technical audiences.
In This Role You Will Get To
Present Snowflake technology and vision to executives and technical contributors at prospects and customers
Work hands-on with prospects and customers to demonstrate and communicate the value of Snowflake technology throughout the sales cycle, from demo to proof of concept to design and implementation
Immerse yourself in the ever-evolving industry, maintaining a deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies and vendors and how to position Snowflake in relation to them.
Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to continuously improve Snowflake’s products and marketing
On Day One We Expect You To Have
7-8 years of industry experience with a minimum of 5 years within a pre-sales environment
Outstanding presenting skills to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos.
Broad range of experience within large-scale Database and/or Data Warehouse technology, ETL, analytics and cloud technologies. For example, Data Lake, Data Mesh, Data Fabric
Hands-on expertise with SQL,SQL analytics, and Python.
Ability to connect a customer’s specific business problems and Snowflake’s solutions
Ability to do deep discovery of customer’s architecture framework and connect those with Snowflake Data Architecture.
Proactive curiosity for the AI landscape, striving to be a visionary and technical thought partner for customers navigating the space.
A proven ability to leverage AI code generation tools to accelerate productivity and efficiency.
University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience preferred. Masters in Data Science or Business Administration is a plus.
Experience with GSIs (EY, Deloitte, Accenture, etc), would be beneficial, but not required
About Our Team
Our Solution Engineers are customer obsessed and we believe in the value we can add and stay honest about it. We love to learn, are open to giving and receiving feedback and are passionate about making our clients successful. Our team works to ensure data is accessible, usable and valuable to everyone.
About Snowflake
Snowflake started with a clear vision: make modern data warehousing effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Because traditional on-premises and cloud solutions struggle with this, Snowflake developed an innovative product with a new built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions.
Compensation & Benefits
$260,000 - $280,000 OTE
Snowflake offers competitive base salary, variable compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits including 401(k), health/dental/vision, flexible PTO, and professional development budget.
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
