diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7794f3757cf..280458671c0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 - Added support for following functions in `functions.py`:
   - `size` to get size of array, object, or map columns.
   - `collect_list` an alias of `array_agg`.
+  - `concat_ws_ignore_nulls` to concatenate strings with a separator, ignoring null values.
+  - `substring` makes `len` argument optional.
 - Added parameter `ast_enabled` to session for internal usage (default: `False`).
 
 #### Improvements
diff --git a/docs/source/snowpark/functions.rst b/docs/source/snowpark/functions.rst
index 71e83093565..ba97c62a93a 100644
--- a/docs/source/snowpark/functions.rst
+++ b/docs/source/snowpark/functions.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ Functions
     column
     concat
     concat_ws
+    concat_ws_ignore_nulls
     contains
     convert_timezone
     corr
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py
index 8c08810efcb..38b3d0e1359 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/functions.py
@@ -3017,7 +3017,7 @@ def split(str: ColumnOrName, pattern: ColumnOrName, _emit_ast: bool = True) -> C
 def substring(
     str: ColumnOrName,
     pos: Union[Column, int],
-    len: Union[Column, int],
+    len: Optional[Union[Column, int]] = None,
     _emit_ast: bool = True,
 ) -> Column:
     """Returns the portion of the string or binary value str, starting from the
@@ -3030,16 +3030,26 @@ def substring(
 
     :func:`substr` is an alias of :func:`substring`.
 
-    Example::
+    Example 1::
         >>> df = session.create_dataframe(
         ...     ["abc", "def"],
         ...     schema=["S"],
-        ... ).select(substring(col("S"), 1, 1))
-        >>> df.collect()
+        ... )
+        >>> df.select(substring(col("S"), 1, 1)).collect()
         [Row(SUBSTRING("S", 1, 1)='a'), Row(SUBSTRING("S", 1, 1)='d')]
+
+    Example 2::
+        >>> df = session.create_dataframe(
+        ...     ["abc", "def"],
+        ...     schema=["S"],
+        ... )
+        >>> df.select(substring(col("S"), 2)).collect()
+        [Row(SUBSTRING("S", 2)='bc'), Row(SUBSTRING("S", 2)='ef')]
     """
     s = _to_col_if_str(str, "substring")
     p = pos if isinstance(pos, Column) else lit(pos, _emit_ast=_emit_ast)
+    if len is None:
+        return builtin("substring", _emit_ast=_emit_ast)(s, p)
     length = len if isinstance(len, Column) else lit(len, _emit_ast=_emit_ast)
     return builtin("substring", _emit_ast=_emit_ast)(s, p, length)
 
@@ -3392,6 +3402,46 @@ def concat_ws(*cols: ColumnOrName, _emit_ast: bool = True) -> Column:
     return builtin("concat_ws", _emit_ast=_emit_ast)(*columns)
 
 
+@publicapi
+def concat_ws_ignore_nulls(
+    sep: str, *cols: ColumnOrName, _emit_ast: bool = True
+) -> Column:
+    """Concatenates two or more strings, or concatenates two or more binary values. Null values are ignored.
+
+    Args:
+        sep: The separator to use between the strings.
+
+    Examples::
+        >>> df = session.create_dataframe([
+        ...     ['Hello', 'World', None],
+        ...     [None, None, None],
+        ...     ['Hello', None, None],
+        ... ], schema=['a', 'b', 'c'])
+        >>> df.select(concat_ws_ignore_nulls(',', df.a, df.b, df.c)).show()
+        ----------------------------------------------------
+        |"CONCAT_WS_IGNORE_NULLS(',', ""A"",""B"",""C"")"  |
+        ----------------------------------------------------
+        |Hello,World                                       |
+        |                                                  |
+        |Hello                                             |
+        ----------------------------------------------------
+        <BLANKLINE>
+    """
+    # TODO: SNOW-1831917 create ast
+    columns = [_to_col_if_str(c, "concat_ws_ignore_nulls") for c in cols]
+    names = ",".join([c.get_name() for c in columns])
+
+    input_column_array = array_construct_compact(*columns, _emit_ast=False)
+    reduced_result = builtin("reduce", _emit_ast=False)(
+        input_column_array,
+        lit("", _emit_ast=False),
+        sql_expr(f"(l, r) -> l || '{sep}' || r", _emit_ast=False),
+    )
+    return substring(reduced_result, 2, _emit_ast=False).alias(
+        f"CONCAT_WS_IGNORE_NULLS('{sep}', {names})", _emit_ast=False
+    )
+
+
 @publicapi
 def translate(
     src: ColumnOrName,