Salary: £38,000 - 78,000 per year
Requirements:
- Experience working with modern data technology (e.g. dbt, Spark, containers, DevOps tooling, orchestration tools, Git, etc.)
- Solution engineering or solution architect experience in a SaaS environment, or relevant industry experience such as analytics, data science, or data engineering
- Outstanding presentation skills for both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
- Understanding of and experience with data architecture, data analytics, and cloud technology
- Hands-on experience with SQL
- Ability to solve customer-specific business problems and apply our solutions
- Customer-facing skills to effectively communicate our vision to a wide variety of technical and executive audiences, both written and verbal
- Preferred: experience in Wealth & Asset Management
- Preferred: hands-on experience with Python
- Preferred: experience with AI, data science, and machine learning technologies
Responsibilities:
- Work directly with the account sales team and channel partners to understand customer needs, strategize on support, and help customers choose our solution
- Present our 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 our technology throughout the sales cycle, from demo to proof of concept to design and implementation
- Create and develop technical champions in accounts to drive deals and achieve a technical win
- Present roadmap features and functionality to customers and prospects
- Maintain a deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies and vendors, and position our solution effectively
- Work closely with other sales engineers to learn from wins and losses and improve together
- Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to improve our products and marketing
- Represent us at industry or customer events
- Work with ecosystem and implementation partners to build joint architectures and collaborate on account strategies and initiatives
- Contribute to and help co-develop account and territory plans while engaging with the broader internal and external ecosystem
Technologies:
- AI
- Architect
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Git
- Support
- Machine Learning
- Marketing
- Python
- SQL
- Snowflake
- Spark
- dbt
More:
We are Snowflake, and we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. We are looking for AI-native thinkers who are energized by reinventing how they work, using AI as a high-trust collaborator, and thriving in dynamic, fast-moving environments with an experimental mindset. We are hiring a Principal Solution Engineer for the UK market, based in London, to help solve our customers most complex problems and support our growth. This is a full-time role in our Solution Engineering department.
last updated 37 week of 2026
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Principal Solution Engineer in London employer: Snowflake
At Snowflake, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and innovative work culture. As an Account Executive in Sales, you'll have the opportunity to drive significant enterprise deals while collaborating with talented teams in a fast-paced environment that values growth and adaptability. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on redefining how work gets done, Snowflake offers a unique chance to make a meaningful impact in the AI and data infrastructure space.
