Senior Data & AI Engineer – Snowflake (all genders)

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Data & AI Engineer – Snowflake (all genders) to lead data platform architecture and implementation on Snowflake in Zürich, Switzerland. As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for the architecture and implementation of modern data platforms on Snowflake – from target architecture to productive operations. Together with business and IT, you will translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and establish Snowflake best practices in your teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement modern data platforms on Snowflake
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions
• Establish Snowflake best practices in your teams
• Build scalable data pipelines with SQL, Python/Snowpark, and dbt
• Integrate source systems such as SAP, CRM, and streaming data
• Implement GenAI and ML use cases with Snowflake Cortex AI
• Ensure quality and cost efficiency through clean data modeling, governance, role and access concepts, performance, and cost optimization
• Automate deployments with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform) on AWS or Azure
• Run workshops and PoCs in sales/presales, estimate effort, and help shape proposals
• Coach colleagues and actively build our Snowflake community in the DACH region

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Data Science, or a comparable qualification, and at least 6 years of experience in data engineering, ideally in consulting
• Several successfully delivered Snowflake projects in a key role, e.g. cross-departmental platforms or migrations from legacy systems (Oracle, Teradata, SAP BW)
• Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture (warehouse sizing, clustering, caching, query tuning, monitoring, and cost optimization)
• Strong SQL and Python skills, experience with dbt and modern data modeling (e.g. star schema, Data Vault)
• Experience with data integration and orchestration of production pipelines (e.g. Airflow, Dagster, Fivetran, or Openflow)
• Hands-on experience with at least one hyperscaler (AWS or Azure) as well as CI/CD and IaC
• Experience with AI/ML use cases, ideally with Snowflake Cortex or Snowpark ML
• Structured, accountable way of working and the ability to explain complex topics clearly to both business and IT stakeholders
• Fluent in German and English

Nice to Have

• SnowPro Certification (Core or Advanced)
• Experience with Coalesce, Apache Iceberg, or Streamlit
• Experience with SAP BW transformations

We Offer

• Snowflake focus with strong backing: As a Snowflake Elite Partner, we offer you direct access to Snowflake, early access to new features, and a growing internal Snowflake community.
• Certifications & learning: We cover the costs for your SnowPro and cloud certifications.
• Projects with impact: You work on data and AI platforms for well-known customers in the DACH region – from strategy to go-live.
• Entrepreneurship as a core value: If you have an idea, you get the space and backing to realize it – from our internal accelerator to new service offerings.
• A team that has your back: Appreciation, short decision paths, and colleagues who enjoy sharing their knowledge. We shape your path together with you.
• Flexible working: Flexible working hours, the option to work from home, and a modern, centrally located office in Zurich where we like to meet – to work, for team days, and to celebrate.
• Growing through networks: Exchange with data & AI experts across the valantic group and within the Snowflake Elite Partner community, which you actively help shape.

About the Company

valantic GmbH is a leading IT service provider in the DACH region, specializing in data and AI solutions. As a Snowflake Elite Partner, we offer our clients direct access to Snowflake, early access to new features, and a growing internal Snowflake community.