Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations

The role

You will lead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers to manage complex customer migrations and develop AI-powered migration tools. This hybrid role works at the intersection of customer delivery and product engineering.

What you will do

• Manage and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers
• Recruit, hire and onboard engineers
• Grow technical delivery leads and engineering leaders
• Lead complex migrations from legacy platforms to Snowflake
• Provide strategic oversight for customer and Snowflake goals
• Act as the primary escalation point for delivery
• Partner with sales teams to scope opportunities and develop proposals
• Drive the design, development and iteration of AI-powered migration tools
• Turn field insights into engineering roadmap items
• Influence go-to-market strategy and lead improvements across Sales and Engineering

Required qualifications

• University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in technical roles spanning customer-facing delivery and engineering
• 5+ years of people management experience, mentoring and developing technical teams
• 3+ years of experience building and delivering enterprise software products, ideally involving AI/ML or developer tools
• Proven track record of leading teams through complex data platform migrations and cloud transformations
• Strong foundation in databases, data warehousing and data processing
• Hands-on experience on large-scale systems such as Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, SQL Server, Greenplum or Hadoop
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and the full data analytics stack, including ETL, data platform design and BI
• Extensive hands-on expertise in SQL and scripting (Python, Perl or Bash)
• Experience scoping engagements, including delivery estimates, proposals and project plans
• Flexibility to step into product manager, program manager or architect roles when needed
• Excellent presentation skills for technical and executive audiences

Nice to have

• Experience with data integration and transformation tools such as Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion or dbt
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, MicroStrategy or Business Objects
• Experience building GenAI-powered developer tools, such as code translation or co-pilots

About the company

Snowflake redefined the data landscape over a decade ago. The company is building products that understand and rewrite the logic of entire data applications using generative AI.