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Data Engineer jobs at Snowflake involve building and maintaining the pipelines, transformations, and infrastructure that power its cloud data platform. The company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas for this function, making it a realistic target if you're on F-1 OPT, H-1B visa, or another employer-sponsored visa pathway.
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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.
At Snowflake, we empower both enterprises and individuals to reach their full potential. Our culture prioritizes impact, innovation, and collaboration, making Snowflake the ideal place to build ambitious projects, execute quickly, and advance technology — and your career — to the next level.
The Role
We are seeking a Manager, Applied Field Engineering - AI/ML Product Specialists to lead a high-performing team of Applied Field Engineers within the Applied Field Engineering organization.
In this hands-on leadership role, you will manage a team of Applied Field Engineers who specialize in Generative AI, Machine Learning, and Advanced Analytics. You will be responsible for coaching your team through technical sales engagements, driving execution excellence, and ensuring customers successfully activate and consume Snowflake's AI/ML capabilities. You will translate team-level insights into feedback that shapes broader strategy, working closely with your manager and cross-functional partners to align execution with organizational priorities.
Responsibilities & Focus Areas:
Technical Execution & Consumption Activation:
- Drive team performance toward Consumption Activation — ensuring customers successfully move workloads into production and realize contracted credit value
- Coach AFEs on technical sales engagement best practices, helping them identify and prioritize high-impact opportunities
- Review and provide hands-on guidance on customer architectures to prevent technical debt and ensure scalability
- Actively participate in customer engagements as a player/coach, modeling excellence in architectural discussions and executive-level conversations
Product Feedback & Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Aggregate and communicate field insights to senior leadership; surface recurring product gaps and customer blockers to inform roadmap discussions
- Partner with Sales leadership to ensure technical resources are aligned to regional pipeline and key account priorities
- Participate in Communities of Practice and support knowledge-sharing initiatives across the team
Team Leadership & Development:
- Recruit, onboard, and develop a team of Applied Field Engineers, with a focus on technical growth and performance management
- Build a culture of Technical Sales excellence where AFEs serve as trusted advisors to customers throughout the sales and post-sales lifecycle
- Conduct regular 1:1s, provide ongoing feedback, and support career development for direct reports
On day one we will expect you to have:
- 8+ years of industry experience in a pre-sales, technical sales, or technical consulting capacity
- 2+ years of people management experience, preferably leading technical overlay or specialist teams
- Experience with Consumption-based models: Ability to drive not just deal closures, but actual activation and usage of software services
- Technical credibility: Hands-on depth in at least one of the following: GenAI/LLMs, Machine Learning, Data Engineering, or Cloud Data Architecture
- Communication skills: Ability to engage confidently with VP and Director-level stakeholders and translate technical value into business outcomes
- Education: University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related fields (or equivalent experience)
About Our Team
Our Applied Field Engineering team consists of highly skilled and experienced technical specialists. We are passionate about client and internal stakeholder success, ensuring data is accessible, usable, and valuable to everyone.
Why Snowflake
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.
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.
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
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 $276,000 - $362,250. The estimated base salary for this role is $207,000 - $271,688.
- 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.
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Align your portfolio with Snowflake's stack
Snowflake's Data Engineer roles lean heavily on SQL, dbt, and cloud-native pipeline tooling. Before applying, make sure your portfolio projects demonstrate hands-on work with these specifically, not just generic ETL experience or on-premise data warehousing.
Target roles flagged for international hiring
Snowflake posts Data Engineer roles across multiple offices. Filter for positions in locations where Snowflake has filed LCAs with the DOL previously, as those offices have established sponsorship workflows and move faster through the H-1B petition process.
Search open Data Engineer roles on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Snowflake's Data Engineer openings by visa type. This surfaces roles where sponsorship is confirmed, saving you time spent applying to positions that won't support your immigration status.
Clarify your status before the offer stage
When a recruiter screens you, name your visa type and remaining authorized work period upfront. For F-1 OPT students, the 60-day grace period after employment ends is unforgiving, so Snowflake's recruiting team needs lead time to initiate petitions without gaps in your status.
Understand the H-1B cap lottery timing
If you need a new H-1B, USCIS opens registration in March for an October 1 start date. Snowflake's hiring cycles for technical roles often run year-round, so time your active applications to ensure an offer can realistically align with the next available cap season.
Get your credentials evaluated before interviews
Snowflake's technical bar for Data Engineers expects a relevant bachelor's degree or higher. If your degree is from outside the U.S., get a credential evaluation completed in advance so your petition for a specialty occupation role isn't delayed after an offer is extended.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Snowflake sponsor H-1B visas for Data Engineers?
Yes. Snowflake sponsors H-1B visas for Data Engineer roles and has done so consistently across its engineering and data functions. If you're on OPT or an expiring visa, you'll want to raise your immigration status early in the recruiting process so the team can plan the petition timeline around USCIS's April filing window and October 1 cap-subject start date.
How do I apply for Data Engineer jobs at Snowflake?
Applications go through Snowflake's careers portal. For international candidates, Migrate Mate is the most direct way to browse Snowflake's Data Engineer openings filtered by visa sponsorship type, so you're only looking at roles where your status is supported. Tailor your resume to reflect Snowflake's core stack, including SQL, dbt, and cloud data pipeline experience, before submitting.
Which visa types does Snowflake commonly sponsor for Data Engineer roles?
Snowflake sponsors H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, TN visa, J-1 visa, and Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3 for Data Engineer positions. TN visas apply to Canadian and Mexican nationals in qualifying technical roles. Green Card sponsorship typically follows a period of H-1B employment and involves PERM labor certification filed with the DOL.
What qualifications does Snowflake expect for Data Engineer roles?
Snowflake's Data Engineer roles typically require a bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a closely related field, combined with hands-on experience building data pipelines and working with cloud platforms. For H-1B purposes, USCIS classifies Data Engineer as a specialty occupation requiring a specific degree nexus, so a generalist background without a relevant degree can complicate the petition.
How do I manage the timing between a Snowflake offer and my visa filing?
For cap-subject H-1B cases, your start date can't be earlier than October 1 of the fiscal year USCIS approves your petition. If Snowflake extends an offer outside that window, you'll work on OPT or another authorized status until the H-1B takes effect. Premium processing, which USCIS offers for an additional fee, can reduce the approval wait to roughly 15 business days and gives both you and Snowflake more certainty on timing.