What you’ll do
Implement, test, and improve database-engine features across indexing, data pruning and skipping, query optimization, and execution.
Investigate performance and scalability bottlenecks using debugging, instrumentation, and measurement, then drive fixes through validation.
Write maintainable, reliable code and tests in C++ and/or Java.
Build and improve components in a highly parallel database engine, reasoning about how changes affect query execution end to end.
Work with teammates and partner engineering groups to refine designs, deliver changes, and share results.
Evaluate changes against customer workloads and system behavior, and measure their performance impact.
What you’ll bring
Experience building software through professional work, internships, research, or substantial personal or open-source projects.
Proficiency in C++ and/or Java, with an interest in writing efficient, reliable systems software.
Foundational knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design.
Familiarity with SQL and core database concepts, or a strong interest in developing that knowledge.
Foundational understanding of concurrency and multithreading.
A proactive, self-motivated approach to hard problems: you take initiative, pursue issues to root cause, and work through ambiguity while communicating progress and incorporating feedback.
Professional proficiency in English.
A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Helpful experience
Exposure to database internals, query engines, storage engines, indexing, or query execution.
Experience analyzing performance in concurrent, multithreaded, or otherwise performance-sensitive systems software.
Familiarity with SQL workloads or columnar data formats such as ORC or Parquet.
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
