Snowflake Cortex AI Sr. Developer / Lead

Cortex AI Sr. Developer / Lead

Snowflake Cortex AI Sr. Developer / Lead

REMOTE (Candidates located in Dallas, TX preferred)




Experience: 12+ Years




Position Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Developer with expertise in Snowflake Cortex AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI solutions to design and develop intelligent enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in Snowflake, AI/ML technologies, LLM integrations, RAG architectures, Cortex Agents, Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search, and cloud-native application development. The role demands technical leadership, solution design expertise, and the ability to work directly with business stakeholders to deliver enterprise-scale AI-powered solutions.




Key Responsibilities
Design and develop enterprise AI solutions using Snowflake Cortex AI.
Build and deploy Agentic AI applications leveraging Cortex Agents and orchestration frameworks.
Develop and optimize RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) solutions using Cortex Search and Vector Search capabilities.
Configure and manage Cortex Analyst for Natural Language to SQL implementations.
Build semantic models and business layers for AI-driven analytics and self-service reporting.
Develop AI pipelines using Snowpark Python, SQL, and REST APIs.
Integrate LLMs such as OpenAI, Claude, Llama, Mistral, and other foundation models with Snowflake Cortex.
Implement intelligent workflows involving multi-step agent reasoning, tool calling, and autonomous task execution.
Create secure, governed AI solutions using RBAC, masking policies, row-level security, and enterprise governance standards.
Collaborate with data engineering and business teams to transform business requirements into scalable AI solutions.
Mentor junior developers and guide best practices for GenAI development.




Required Skills
Snowflake Architecture
Snowpark (Python)
Cortex AI
Cortex Agents
Cortex Search
Cortex Analyst
Cortex AISQL Functions
Vector Databases
Semantic Models
Data Modeling
Performance Tuning Generative AI & Agentic AI
Large Language Models (LLMs)
Prompt Engineering
Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
AI Agent Development
Multi-Agent Architectures
Agent Orchestration
Evaluation Frameworks
Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies
AI Governance & Responsible AI Development
Python
REST APIs
FastAPI / Flask
LangChain
LangGraph
GitHub
CI/CD Pipelines




Cloud Platforms
AWS / Azure / GCP
Containerization (Docker)
Kubernetes




Qualifications
12+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Analytics, or AI solution development.
4+ years of experience in Generative AI and LLM-based application development.
2+ years of hands-on experience with Snowflake Cortex AI capabilities.
Strong experience designing enterprise-grade AI solutions and production deployments.
Experience implementing AI governance, security, and compliance controls.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.




Preferred Certifications
SnowPro Advanced Certification
Snowflake AI Certifications
Microsoft Azure AI Engineer Associate
AWS Machine Learning Specialty
Databricks Generative AI Certification




Nice to Have
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Agent Frameworks
Knowledge Graphs
Graph Databases
Data Fabric / Data Mesh
MLOps and Model Monitoring
Enterprise AI Governance Frameworks