Snowflake Architect

Job Requirements Senior Lead Software EngineerPython, Agentic AI Cloud 4–10 Years ExperienceMust-Have SkillsPython strong, production-grade proficiencyDatabases solid relational/SQL fundamentals; schema design, query optimization, data modelingCloud platform strong hands-on experience with at least one of: Google Cloud Platformor AWS4+ years of professional software engineering experienceDesign Architecture ThinkingStrong grounding in modular design clear separation of concerns well-boundedcomponents/services low coupling / high cohesionAbility to design systems that scale horizontally statelessness where it matters partitioning/shardingstrategy load distribution avoiding single points of contentionWorking fluency in core design patterns and principles and knowing when toapply vs. avoid themAPI & Real-Time Integration Best PracticesStrong grasp of RESTful API design resource modeling versioning pagination idempotency forretries, proper status codes/error contractsPractical experience with WebSocket-based real-time communication — connection lifecyclemanagement, reconnection/backoff strategy heartbeat/keep-alive handling and graceful degradationwhen a socket dropsUnderstands tradeoffs between REST WebSockets and event-driven/streaming integration patternsand picks the right one for the use caseDesigns integrations for observability and resilience structured logging timeouts circuit breakers andclear failure modes rather than silent dropsHighly DesiredJava working knowledge candidates comfortable in both Python and Java are idealHealthcare domain experience prior work on healthcare health-tech or health-data platforms is astrong plusML/AI exposure enough to reason about model outputs,confidence, and integration patternsRole Expectations by LevelSenior EngineerContributes to architecture discussions; applies design patterns appropriatelyMentors junior engineers informallyNice to HaveDeep AI/ML research background not required this is an application/systems engineering role thattouches AI tooling not a research roleWhat We're Really Screening ForStrong in Python SQL databases as a baselineSolid architectural instincts modular scalable design not just make it workComfortable or curious about JavaOpen to learning already exposed to agentic AI MCP server patternsWork Experience 5-7YearsJob SummaryJob number: P- Profession: OtherExperience: 5-7Years