Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

Praxis

. Own Snowflake platform operations and health across development, test, and production environments .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Snowflake platform operations, including security, access management, and performance optimization. Proficient in automating operational processes and implementing effective monitoring and recovery practices.

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Snowflake OperationsSQL ProgrammingPython ProgrammingAccess Lifecycle ManagementIncident Response

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Hard Skills

SnowflakeSQLPythonAutomationOperational TelemetryAccess ControlsGitMonitoringRoot-Cause AnalysisData Engineering

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationCollaborationProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

AWSVersion ControlAutomated TestingRunbooks

Industry Keywords

Cloud EngineeringData PlatformsAccess HygieneChange ManagementProduction Support

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own Snowflake platform operations and health across development, test, and production environments
Maintain ownership and inventory of critical platform assets
Design and automate role-based access, object ownership, grants, and access lifecycle controls
Partner with Identity and Security teams on least-privilege access, identity integration, access reviews, and removal
Resolve platform issues across workloads, ingestion, dependencies, authentication, and data freshness
Perform root-cause analysis and implement durable solutions
Establish monitoring and alerts to identify issues before users are affected
Build production support practices including runbooks, escalation paths, recovery procedures, and rollback capabilities
Participate in incident response and validate recovery approaches
Cross-train colleagues to eliminate single points of dependency
Manage Snowflake consumption visibility, trends, forecasts, thresholds, and warehouse/workload optimization
Strengthen change management through version control, testing, peer review, automation, and controlled promotion
Coordinate release readiness and regression testing across Snowflake, connected applications, vendor integrations, and AWS dependencies
Report on reliability, access hygiene, consumption, and outstanding risks
Simplify platform complexity, build reusable automation, maintain documentation, and apply AI thoughtfully while protecting data and production quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of relevant experience across data platforms, cloud engineering, or data engineering, or equivalent demonstrated technical depth
Substantial hands-on experience operating Snowflake in production
Strong SQL and Python skills
Experience automating operational work and investigating complex production failures
Deep practical knowledge of Snowflake security and operations, including roles, grants, object ownership, warehouses, tasks, stored procedures, and operational telemetry
Experience managing enterprise identities, service credentials, least-privilege access, and access lifecycle controls
Ability to understand platform consumption and optimize workloads across cost, performance, and reliability
Experience with Git-based development, peer review, automated testing, controlled releases, monitoring, incident response, and documented recovery procedures
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience
Comfort with screen work, basic hand coordination, focus, regular computer/device use, clear communication, and occasional movement
Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities

Benefits

Comp & perks

99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans
Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Voluntary plans to personalize coverage
Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) matching up to 6% on eligible contributions
Long-term stock incentives and ESPP
Discretionary quarterly bonus
Extremely flexible wellness benefit
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Company-wide shutdowns