Snowflake Sr. DataAI Engineer

This position is based in our CGI Minneapolis office and is a billable client-facing consulting role.

CGI is looking for an experienced Senior Snowflake Data and AI Engineer to design build and optimize modern data solutions on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. This role pairs deep data engineering expertise with hands-on use of Snowflake Cortex AI to bring generative AI directly to governed client data. You will build scalable pipelines develop Cortex-powered applications and use AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate delivery all while working alongside a collaborative team of data professionals in an advanced technology environment.

Design and implement scalable incremental data pipelines using modern Snowflake features including Dynamic Tables Streams Tasks Snowpipe Streaming and Openflow.
Develop and optimize ELT workflows using Snowpark dbt Projects on Snowflake and SQL favoring declarative serverless transformations.
Build AI-powered data applications using Cortex AISQL functions Cortex Search and Cortex Analyst to process structured unstructured and multimodal data.
Leverage AI-assisted coding tools such as Snowflake Cortex Code to accelerate development debugging and optimization of SQL and Python.
Implement data governance and security including role-based access control row-level security dynamic data masking and tags.
Conduct performance tuning and cost optimization across queries warehouses and ingestion and support migration of workloads into Snowflake.
Provide technical mentorship and code reviews and act as a trusted advisor to client and internal teams.

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience.
5 years of data engineering experience including 3 years hands-on with Snowflake.
Advanced SQL development and performance tuning plus strong proficiency in Python with Snowpark experience strongly preferred.
Hands-on experience with modern Snowflake pipeline features such as Dynamic Tables Streams and Tasks Snowpipe and Snowpipe Streaming and Openflow or comparable tooling.
Practical experience with Snowflake Cortex AI including Cortex AISQL functions Cortex Search or Cortex Analyst or a demonstrated ability to rapidly build LLM and RAG solutions.
Experience using AI-assisted development tools to accelerate engineering work.
Experience with ELT and transformation tooling such as dbt Matillion Informatica or Talend.
Solid understanding of at least one cloud platform AWS Azure or GCP and strong data modeling skills.
Consulting or client-facing experience with excellent communication skills.

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