Software Engineering Manager, AI Migrations

Overview

Lead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers working directly with customers and partners on complex data platform migrations to Snowflake, while driving the development of AI-powered migration tools and products.

What you'll do

• Manage and mentor a team of Forward Deployed Engineers, giving clear feedback and building growth paths
• Recruit, hire and onboard engineers who can succeed in both customer delivery and engineering
• Grow technical delivery leads and engineering leaders, including staff-level engineers
• Foster a culture of creativity, innovation and practical decision-making
• Lead complex migrations from legacy platforms such as Oracle, Teradata, Netezza and SQL Server to Snowflake
• Provide strategic oversight so projects align with customer objectives and Snowflake's goals
• Act as the primary escalation point for delivery, working closely with customers and system integrators
• Stay hands-on in strategic projects to assess quality and unblock teams
• Partner with sales teams to scope opportunities, estimate effort, develop proposals and support account strategy
• Drive the design, development and iteration of AI-powered migration tools based on real customer needs
• Guide the team in building AI-first products, including code translation, developer co-pilots and semantic validation
• Turn field insights into engineering roadmap items and product improvements
• Partner with Engineering and Product Management to align priorities and deliver high-quality solutions
• Develop and share best practices, utilities and accelerators that speed up migrations and feed back into the product
• Influence go-to-market strategy and lead improvements across Sales and Engineering
• Encourage knowledge sharing between field engineers and product engineering teams
• Present migration strategy, product vision and business outcomes to technical and executive audiences

What you'll need

• A university degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of experience in technical roles spanning customer-facing delivery and engineering
• 5+ years of people management experience, mentoring and developing technical teams
• 3+ years of experience building and delivering enterprise software products, ideally involving AI/ML or developer tools
• A proven track record of leading teams through complex data platform migrations and cloud transformations
• A strong foundation in databases, data warehousing and data processing, with hands-on experience on large-scale systems such as Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, SQL Server, Greenplum or Hadoop
• A deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and the full data analytics stack, including ETL, data platform design and BI
• Extensive hands-on expertise in SQL and scripting (Python, Perl or Bash)
• Experience scoping engagements, including delivery estimates, proposals and project plans
• The flexibility to step into product manager, program manager or architect roles when needed
• Excellent presentation skills for technical and executive audiences

Nice to have

• Experience with data integration and transformation tools such as Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion or dbt
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, MicroStrategy or Business Objects
• Experience building GenAI-powered developer tools, such as code translation or co-pilots

Details

• Location: Pune, India
• Hybrid role