Staff Software Engineer - Snowhouse

US-CA-Menlo Parkfull timeOn Site

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senior

$236k–$339k

H1B: yes

Snowflake Staff Software Engineer on Snowhouse Foundation team at Snowflake leads design and implementation of distributed data platforms and pipelines. Provides technical leadership and collaborates cross-functionally to deliver scalable data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership: Provide hands-on guidance and code reviews, develop other engineers and raise the quality bar, establish engineering best practices across the team and contribute to the team strategy and future of the platform.
Technical Execution: Design and implement highly available distributed platforms, pipelines, and data infrastructure components to scale global data processing. Solve hard problems, use AI-assisted engineering responsibly to improve velocity and quality.
Problem-space Ownership: Lead cross-functional engineering projects from idea inception through implementation and production deployment across multiple quarters and teams. Develop a deep understanding of the underlying user and company needs.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers, senior ICs, data science teams, and business units to deliver end-to-end data platform capabilities.
Platform Ownership: Own or co-own the reliability, observability, SLOs, capacity, and durable remediation goals for their problem space.

Qualification

ExperienceCloud InfrastructureTechnical DepthCommunicationBonus SkillsEducationSnowflake is growing fastHow do you want to make your impact?For jobs located in the United States

Required

Experience: 12+ years of software development experience in distributed systems, with a strong focus on data warehouse or data infrastructure engineering.
Cloud Infrastructure: Deep experience developing resilient, large-scale services in public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Technical Depth: Demonstrated proficiency in distributed systems architecture and database fundamentals, with a track record of solving complex system design challenges.
Communication: Excellent technical communication and collaborative problem-solving skills across multidisciplinary teams.
Bonus Skills: Familiarity with data or ML orchestration systems across diverse architectures.
Education: BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
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