Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer
140 Pfizer Inc · Groton, CT
$124,400–$207,400from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Groton, CT
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A principal-level technical leadership role centered on owning and evolving an enterprise Snowflake data platform, including its architecture, security, compliance (GxP and SOX), and AI capabilities such as Cortex. The position involves guiding application and solution teams on platform patterns, driving proofs of concept, managing vendor relationships, and building an internal Snowflake community of practice. It suits a seasoned Snowflake engineer comfortable operating as a hands-on expert and informal leader across large, regulated environments.
Senior level · 6+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Principal Engineer' and 'Practice Lead' but the actual scope — deep SME ownership of a single platform (Snowflake) within a large enterprise — aligns more closely with Senior than Staff/Principal on the career-ladder definition. The title language drove the level advertised in the title to Principal.
The posting is listed in multiple US locations; the primary salary range ($124,400–$207,400/yr) is stated as the general US figure, with a Tampa, FL variant ($111,900–$186,500/yr) also disclosed. The CBSA is not definitively specified; Pfizer's headquarters (New York metro) is used as a best-guess primary location.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily a Snowflake platform architect/data engineer (15-1243 Database Architects), but the emphasis on platform engineering, automation, and AI-driven development also has meaningful overlap with 15-1252 Software Developers.
Degree requirement: the JD states 'BA/BS … with at least 6 years' as the baseline path; an MBA/MS with 5 years or PhD/JD with 1 year are alternatives. A bachelor's degree (or higher) is effectively required — equivalent experience is not offered as a substitute, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
Snowflake features listed in the Basic Qualifications (Dynamic Tables, Snowpipe Streaming, Snowpark/Container Services, Hybrid Tables, Data Sharing, Replication, Iceberg, Openflow) are treated as a single platform competency gate; the most distinct named sub-products are surfaced as individual skills.
dbt and Matillion are listed as interchangeable ETL/ELT examples under Preferred Qualifications; they are emitted as one preferred skill with the other as an alternative. Similarly, Tableau and Power BI are interchangeable BI tool examples under Preferred.
LDAP and Active Directory are listed together as authentication/authorization examples under Preferred; emitted as one preferred skill with the other as an alternative.
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