Principal - Snowflake Architect

What You’ll Do

As an Architect for the Snowflake CoE you will be expected to:

• Lead a small to medium size agile program pod to deliver cutting‑edge solutions utilizing the Snowflake ecosystem and adjacent technologies to deliver holistic solutions.
• Comfortable leading development on at least one of the main cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP).
• Maintain “active” status of a Snowflake SnowPro Core certification and one advanced Snowflake certification of your choice.
• Work as the Solution Architect of a delivery pod with a Delivery Owner to design complex delivery patterns, implement solutions, and build components of our clients’ data platform solutions.
• Lead a delivery pod in Agile ceremonies and design sessions, break down complex development tasks, take responsibility for the timely completion of your pod’s assigned development items in the backlog.
• Contribute to the Snowflake CoE, the internal capability growth, and partnership initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with other Slalom data leaders to drive sales, recruiting, account management, consulting, and operational excellence across the capability.
• Act as a Snowflake SME, supporting business development efforts and guiding clients through best practices in architecture, core data engineering, and scalable analytics.
• Be a mentor and thought leader, regularly recommending emerging technologies and tools that align with client goals and future‑state data strategies.
• Bring a business‑first lens to every conversation, driving impactful, tech‑enabled outcomes that elevate our clients’ competitive edge.
• Embody Slalom’s core values and culture, bringing authenticity, curiosity, and care into every interaction.

What You’ll Bring

As an Principal in the Snowflake CoE capability, you will bring a curious mindset to your client’s engagement, a thirst for knowledge, and a hunger for fearless experimentation in new and interesting ways to meet our clients’ most pressing data challenges. You will have an insatiable need to become the best at what you do and will have opportunities to gain hands‑on experience with new tools, features, and platforms as you explore the range of technologies that we help our clients with.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement data solutions using Snowflake, while collaborating with team members to leverage its capabilities.
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of learning and innovation, while driving best practices in data management and performance optimization.
• Engage with clients to understand their business challenges and deliver solutions that align with their goals, utilizing Snowflake’s capabilities to enhance outcomes.

Requirements

• Expert in capturing end user requirements and aligning technical solutions to the business objectives.
• Experience in leading, designing and implementing Cloud Data strategies, including designing multi‑phased implementation roadmaps.
• Significant experience in Snowflake and acted as lead data architect on at least two Snowflake implementations.
• Expertise in data architecture concepts such as dimensional modelling, data vault, data mesh.
• Understanding data management and governance concepts such as data quality, metadata management, etc.
• Experience in designing data engineering solutions using open source and proprietary cloud data pipeline tools.
• Experience in leading data platform development teams.
• Knowledge of data science and visualization.
• Must have Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification and ideally SnowPro Advanced.
• Experience designing Snowflake‑native architectures to support AI and generative AI use cases, including Cortex AI (Analyst, Search, Agents) within a secure, governed platform.

Hybrid/In Office

We are hybrid but there are expectations that if your team leader requires you onsite that you are able to meet those expectations/requirements.

Compensation

Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the expected base salary pay range is $130,000 to $188,000. In addition, there is potential for a 12% discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance. Actual compensation will depend upon individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and other relevant factors.

Benefits

Culture & fun!

• Lunch & learns
• Health & wellness activities
• Holiday parties
• Employee community groups
• Social clubs & activities
• Vacation (20 days prorated based on start date & wellness/sick days)

Tangible perks

• Competitive compensation package
• $100 cell phone monthly reimbursement
• Registered Retirement Program (RRSP) & Employer Matching
• Tax‑Free Savings Account (TFSA)
• Family planning/ Fertility Benefit
• Maternity/Parental Leave Top‑Up
• Medical & Dental Benefits
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Access to Supplementary Life and AD&D Insurance
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Inkblot Therapy
• And more!

*All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact if you require accommodations during the interview process.