Develop features in the access and user model, including authorization, secure administration flows, and customer-facing management capabilities.
Improve the reliability, observability, and operability of asynchronous workflows and background systems that keep the service healthy.
Partner with product, security, and adjacent engineering teams to deliver simple customer experiences on top of complex infrastructure.
Investigate production issues, participate in on-call, and drive fixes that improve resilience and reduce operational burden.
Contribute to technical design, code review, and mentoring while helping raise the engineering bar across the team.
Our ideal candidate will have
2+ years of experience building production software in backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems environments.
Strong programming skills in one or more of Java, Go, C++, or Python.
Strong computer science fundamentals, including concurrency, networking, APIs, and data structures.
Experience designing and operating reliable services in production, including debugging, monitoring, and incident response.
Experience working across technical boundaries with product, security, and other engineering teams.
BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
Experience with PostgreSQL, database internals, or managed database platforms.
Experience with identity, authorization, RBAC, or other security-sensitive systems.
Experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with workflow orchestration, control plane systems, or highly asynchronous service architectures.
Why join this team?
Work on a strategic product area that expands Snowflake into transactional and operational database workloads
Build systems that directly shape how customers create, manage, and secure Postgres inside Snowflake
Tackle a mix of product engineering, infrastructure, reliability, and security problems.
Join a collaborative team with meaningful ownership, strong technical challenges, and room to grow
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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