Lead Cortex AI Engineer

About the role

Role: Lead Cortex AI Engineer

Onsite at Owings Mills, MD

Full Time Direct Hire Role

Job Description

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

· 7+ Hands on experience on Snowflake AI Data Cloud.

· 3+ years of proven experience with building LLM-powered applications including agentic workflows with measurable impacts.

· Strong hands-on experience with Cortex AI services: Analyst, Search, AI SQL, Vector Embedding etc.

· Experience in developing scalable data centric applications using Snowpark containers in Python.

· Hands-on experience in creating conversational agentic apps using natural language prompts in Snowflake Intelligence.

· 5+ years of experience in SQL & Python programming.

· Knowledge of Snowlflake hosted LLM model garden (Claude, Llama, OpenAI, Mistral, Arctic etc) will be a plus.

· Familiarity with LLM model evaluation methodologies.

· Working experience in Snowflake managed / custom MCP servers.

· Strong experience working with GIT and CI/CD pipelines.

· Strong working experience in Agile based product development processes. · Good written and verbal communication skills. · Analytical and problem-solving skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

· Design and implement LLM powered apps in Snowflake using its Cortex AI capabilities.

· Build Cortex Analyst solutions on SQL based semantic models / views through natural language prompts.

· Implement RAG workflows using Cortex search over unstructured documents and texts.

· Design AISQ: pipelines to analyze multimodal data natively in SQL.

· Create Agentic AI orchestration frameworks In Snowflake Intelligence.

· Integrate Snowflake ML assets (Model Registry, Feature Store, Notebooks, Snowpark etc) where custom models are needed.

· Enforce Snowflake Horizon governance patterns including RBAC, data encryption, auditability across internal and external data sources.

· Ensure trusted AI practices (e.g. model safety & filtering).

· Optimize AI pipelines through right sizing of serverless compute, efficient application design, meeting desired latency.

· Establish observability for Cortex AI services for application monitoring and cost management.

· Manage the new requirements, create design artifacts, develop codebase, CI / CD pipelines.

· Lead a team of small to medium capacity in an onsite-offshore model.

· Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders such as Data Engineering, Architecture, Operations, Security/ Risk & Compliance etc.)

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

· Strong experience leading an AI development team of small to medium capacity in onsite – offshore model.

· Strong experience in customer-facing engagement, communication, stakeholder management.

Employee Benefits Summary:

Discretionary Annual Incentive.

Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.

Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.

Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.

Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.

Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.

Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refina ncing.

Desired Candidate Profile

Qualifications : BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Thanks & Regards,

Vaishnav Gupta| Senior Technical Recruiter

KPG99, INC | www.kpgtech.com | MBE Certified Firm

3240 E State, St Ext | Hamilton, NJ 08619

Vaishnav.gupta@kpgtech.com