Dear Jamie,
I've long admired Snowflake's mission to enable every organization to be data-driven. As a data engineering leader with over 15 years of experience building large-scale data platforms, I'm excited by the opportunity to help drive that mission forward as Snowflake's VP of Engineering.
In my current role as Senior Director of Engineering at RW Data Co, I lead a team of 70 engineers responsible for building and operating our core data infrastructure. Last year, I spearheaded an initiative to migrate our on-prem Hadoop clusters to the cloud, using Snowflake as our data warehouse.
The project was a resounding success, reducing infrastructure costs by 40% while improving query performance by an order of magnitude. I've seen firsthand the power of Snowflake's technology, and I'm eager to help build the next generation of Snowflake's platform.
Prior to RW Data Co, I spent 5 years at Resume Worded, where I built the company's first data engineering team from the ground up.
I'm proud of the culture of innovation and ownership that I fostered on the team. We were among the first to adopt technologies like Kafka and Airflow, which have since become industry standards. I believe that my experience building data platforms at scale, combined with my passion for mentoring and developing engineers, would enable me to make a significant impact at Snowflake.
I'm inspired by Snowflake's vision and the incredible team you've assembled. I would welcome the opportunity to learn more about Snowflake's engineering priorities and discuss how I can contribute to the company's success.
Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to speaking with you.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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