Prinicpal Software Engineer - Streaming Primitives at Snowflake · LumiJobs

Qualification

15+ years of experience designingProficiency in C++ or JavaHands-on background in streamingExperience with CDCSnowflake is growing fastHow do you want to make your impact?For jobs located in the United States

Required

15+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed data systems.
Deep expertise in at least one core area: stream processing, declarative query execution, pipeline orchestration, or data transformation at scale.
Strong computer science fundamentals — distributed systems, algorithms, fault tolerance, and consistency models.
Proficiency in C++ or Java; comfort with systems-level reasoning (latency, throughput, resource efficiency at cloud scale).
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives from blank-page architecture through production at petabyte scale across thousands of concurrent workloads.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to represent complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineering, product, and leadership audiences.

Preferred

Experience with one or more major analytical databases (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Databricks, Teradata, etc).
Hands-on background in streaming, transformation, or event-driven systems (Flink, Kafka, Spark Structured Streaming).
Familiarity with the broader data engineering ecosystem: dbt, Airflow, Fivetran, Iceberg, Delta Lake.
Experience with CDC, change propagation, or incremental computation patterns.
Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, with emphasis on database or distributed systems.
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

Prinicpal Software Engineer - Streaming Primitives

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Qualification

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Preferred

Company

Snowflake

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