AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL
Own features end-to-end for Snowflake Database Engineering products, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production operations.
Design and build reliable, scalable systems for complex database and data platform workloads, with a focus on performance, correctness, and operability.
Lead the adoption of modern AI-driven development practices, using coding agents, automated verification, and continuous benchmarking to build higher-quality software at speed.
Partner with product and infrastructure teams to translate customer and engineering problems into robust product capabilities and production-ready systems.
Work with a highly experienced team of engineers to build and evolve core Snowflake products.
OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field. Master’s or higher degree preferred, but not required.
2+ years of software engineering experience building and operating complex production systems.
Solid distributed systems fundamentals, with exposure to areas such as distributed execution, storage systems, concurrency, fault tolerance, performance optimization, or large-scale data processing.
Strong hands-on experience with AI coding agents, including advanced use across the software development lifecycle and strong intuition for model strengths, failure modes, and limitations.
Proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C++, Java, Go, Rust or Python.
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Power user of modern coding agents who goes beyond adoption by systematically measuring their effectiveness, identifying failure modes, and improving their use in engineering workflows.
Familiarity with database internals, including query languages, compilation, query optimization or execution, semantic layers, or large-scale storage and retrieval systems.
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 $160,000 - $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.
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