Apple · 7 hours ago
Snowflake Platform Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
3+ years expApple is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Snowflake Platform Engineer to optimize their data warehouse operations. The role involves performance tuning, automation, and managing Snowflake environments to enhance data processing capabilities and ensure compliance with data protection standards.
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Responsibilities
Snowflake Platform Administration: Manage accounts, virtual warehouses, and database objects. This includes configuring auto-scaling, monitoring warehouse utilization, and implementing backup strategies via Time Travel and Cloning
Advanced Cost Management: Implement autonomous warehouse management, right-sizing clusters based on real-time usage patterns, and configuring auto-suspend/resume with 60-second timeouts to eliminate idle compute waste
Lakehouse Implementation: Design and manage unified storage using Apache Iceberg to allow open-format data to be queried directly in Snowflake with warehouse-level performance
Python-Driven Automation: Develop advanced scripts and pipelines using Snowpark Python and Snowpark pandas APIs for scalable data transformations. Automate administrative tasks such as environment provisioning and security policy enforcement through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform
Qualification
Required
3+ years in database administration or Performance Tuning with specific hands-on Snowflake experience
Deep understanding of multi-cluster shared data architecture and micro-partitioning
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
Preferred
Master's Degree, Computer Science or equivalent degree
Deep understanding of Snowflake's multi-cluster shared data architecture and micro-partitioning
SnowPro Core Certification is highly preferred, along with cloud-specific associate or professional certifications
Proactively monitor and tune workloads using Snowsight Performance Explorer and ACCOUNT USAGE schemas
Optimize query execution by analyzing query profiles for disk spillage, identifying Cartesian joins, and implementing Search Optimization Services or Query Acceleration where necessary
Analyze credit consumption and query performance to reduce spend while maintaining SLAs
Develop advanced scripts and pipelines using Snowpark Python and Snowpark pandas APIs for scalable data transformations
Automate administrative tasks such as environment provisioning and security policy enforcement through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform
Company
Apple
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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