Account Engineer - Activation

Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.

The Account Engineer is a high-impact, cross-functional role designed to accelerate the customer journey from initial acquisition to successful platform adoption and expansion on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud
. You will contribute to this mission by driving initial utilization, leveraging modern AI-powered tools and coding agents to ensure technical success.

This role bridges the critical gap by helping new and early-stage customers achieve rapid implementation, quick value, and a world-class experience on the Snowflake platform. You will be the dedicated customer technical partner, responsible for driving technical enablement and supporting the overall activation and adoption of our customers' initial use cases.

This is a fantastic opportunity for technical professionals to develop deep expertise in cloud data architecture
, make a measurable impact on customer success, and contribute to one of the fastest-growing technology companies.

• Lead Your Account Micro-Business: Take ownership of the technical success and consumption trajectory within your assigned portfolio, driving adoption metrics in your assigned accounts, acting as a single point of contact for all customer needs.
• Driving Outcome-Based Utilization: Apply an outcome-based selling mindset to customer engagements, focusing on how the Snowflake AI Data Cloud helps them solve complex data challenges and unlock maximum business value
  —not just product features.
• Strategic Advisory and Guidance: Serve as a trusted strategic advisor immediately following the initial contract close, providing guidance on data strategy, technology stack integration, and ensuring a swift, successful activation of Use Cases.
• Deliver Technical Value with AI:
  Deliver technical value efficiently by leveraging cutting-edge AI-powered development tools and automation to accelerate solutions and implementation guidance, helping customers move faster to production.

• Architectural Leadership: Provide customers with critical, Snowflake-specific foundational guidance, including Architectural Best Practices
  , Workload Isolation & Warehouse Utilization
  , Resource Monitoring & Alerts, Budgeting, and RBAC/Security Setup
  .
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:
  Collaborate effectively with the Account Team to highlight risks and establish and nurture trusted relationships with internal Snowflake teams (e.g., Professional Services, Support) and external partners to ensure seamless resource orchestration.
• Develop Scalable Programs: Create and deliver reusable, high-impact programs, such as Hands-on Labs (HoLs) and webinars, to educate a wide customer audience on specific platform features and industry best practices.
• Technical Feedback Loop & Innovation: Act as a key feedback loop from the field to influence future product development, working closely with Product Management and Engineering teams.
• Expert Support and Triage: Efficiently triage a broad array of incoming customer inquiries, assisting the field team with demos, troubleshooting, and identifying opportunities to qualify potential business value for the Expansion team.

• Technical Aptitude:
  Hands-on experience with SQL is required.
• Data & Cloud Knowledge: Strong foundational understanding and experience with data architecture, data analytics, and the core concepts of major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Growth Mindset: A strong desire to learn, grow your technical skills, and become an expert in the Snowflake platform.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Professional
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and possess Project…