Commercial Solutions Engineer - UK

Snowflake
London
1 year ago
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Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.

Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Snowflake developed an innovative new product with a built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. We are now a global, world-class organization with offices in more than a dozen countries and serving many more.

Our Commercial Solutions organization is actively seeking a Commercial Solutions Engineer to join our rapidly growing team. In this role you will collaborate hand-in-hand with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to help bring Snowflake to market and grow the company. 

You will have the opportunity to apply your passion for reinventing the data industry and thrive in our dynamic environment, stay up to date on the ever-evolving technology landscape and act as a technical evangelist for both internal teams and customers. 

In This Role You Will Get To: 

Present Snowflake technology and vision to executives and technical contributors at prospects and customers.

Work hands-on with prospects and customers to demonstrate and communicate the value of Snowflake technology throughout the sales cycle, from demo to proof of concept to design and implementation.

Maintain deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies and vendors and how to position Snowflake in relation to them.

Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to continuously improve Snowflake’s products and marketing.

On Day One We Will Expect You to Have: 

Minimum 2 years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role

Understanding and experience with data architecture, data analytics and cloud technology 

Hands on experience with SQL required

Experience working with database technology Netezza, Exadata, Teradata, Redshift) and scripting languages Python, Ruby, Perl and Bash) a plus 

Ability to solve customer specific business problems and apply Snowflake’s solutions 

Customer facing skills to effectively communicate our vision to a wide variety of technical and executive audiences 

University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience.

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. 

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