Software Engineer - Engineering Systems

Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.

We're at the forefront of the Data and AI revolution, committed to building the world's greatest data and applications platform. Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users.The AI Data Cloud allows sharing live data in governed and secure ways so our customers can solve their business problems.

Our Engineering Systems team is hiring Software Engineers to help us improve the developer experience for engineers at Snowflake. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud technology and an amazing team as you build, test, deploy and operate the tools and services we create to help Snowflake engineers build the industry-leading AI Data Cloud. At Snowflake, we know having great development tools that are customized to the needs of our engineers is critical to our success. If you like the idea of helping other engineers be more productive, we would love to talk to you!

• Design and build features, and/or distributed platforms at scale.

• Drive impactful initiatives for the globally distributed infrastructure

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions.

• Contribute to improving our engineering processes, tooling, and standards.

• 2-5 years' of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production.

• Excellent fundamental computer science skills, deep knowledge of algorithms and data structures.

• Fluency in at least one of these languages Go, C++, Java or Python.

• Experience with distributed systems and cloud computing

• Deep multi-faceted appreciation in building end-to-end customer facing products.

• A passion for building internal engineering systems, or developer productivity tools.

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

• Experience with SQL.

• Operating systems - especially Linux.

• Experience building programming languages, compilers, platform libraries, SDKs, or language run-times.

• Deep experience working with internal or external developer tools, developer productivity, or engineering systems.

• Kubernetes and containerization.

• Experience with multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure GCP, etc.)

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $157,000 - $230,000.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.