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Software Engineer, AI & Data Platforms (AiDP)

Apple Inc
  • Austin, TX
    10 days ago

    Job Description

    A specialized role for a Snowflake Platform Administration & Performance Engineer role focuses on the seamless synergy between automated administration and high-tier workload optimization. This position is about transforming the data warehouse into an autonomous, high-performance engine that fuels real-time decision-making. Performance Tuning & Optimization: Proactively monitor and tune workloads using Snowsight Performance Explorer and account usage schemas.

    You will optimize query execution by analyzing query profiles for disk spillage, identifying Cartesian joins, and implementing Search Optimization Services or Query Acceleration where necessary. 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.

    Cloud: Manage Snowflake Iceberg Tables in AWS cloud.Experience in cloud s3, gateway, private link, EKS, Load Balancing, VPC peering, and secure data sharing

    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

    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

    Security & Governance: Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and data masking policies. You are responsible for ensuring compliance with data protection standards like GDPR or HIPAASnowflake 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.Snowflake experience Data Engineer or Database Administration or Performance Tuning experience Architecture Knowledge: Deep understanding of multi-cluster shared data architecture and micro-partitioning Bachelors Degree, Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience2+ years in database administration or Performance Tuning with specific hands-on Snowflake experience

    Masters Degree, Computer Science or equivalent degree

    Architecture Knowledge: Deep understanding of Snowflake's multi-cluster shared data architecture and micro-partitioning.

    Certifications: SnowPro Core Certification is highly preferred, along with cloud-specific associate or professional certifications

    Performance Tuning & Optimization: Proactively monitor and tune workloads using Snowsight Performance Explorer and ACCOUNT USAGE schemas.

    You will optimize query execution by analyzing query profiles for disk spillage, identifying Cartesian joins, and implementing Search Optimization Services or Query Acceleration where necessary.

    Cost Optimization: Analyze credit consumption and query performance to reduce spend while maintaining SLAs

    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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationAustin, TX
    IndustryComputer/IT Services
    Company Size10,000 employees or more
    Year Founded1976
    Websitehttps://www.apple.com/jobs

    About Company

    We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

    We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

    About Apple

    There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

    Skills

    • Access Controlunmatched
    • Administrative Skillsunmatched
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
    • Apacheunmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Authenticationunmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Autoscalingunmatched
    • Cloningunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Cost Controlunmatched
    • Credit Analysisunmatched
    • Data Clusteringunmatched
    • Data Formatsunmatched
    • Data Warehousingunmatched
    • Database Administrationunmatched
    • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
    • Load Balancingunmatched
    • Maintain Complianceunmatched
    • Performance Engineeringunmatched
    • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Query Analysisunmatched
    • Query Optimizationunmatched
    • Right-Sizingunmatched
    • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
    • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)unmatched
    • Security Policyunmatched
    • Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
    • Snowflake Schemaunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Warehousingunmatched

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