Snowflake Senior Software Engineer on Security Foundations team at Snowflake building security capabilities to protect platform from abuse. Develop AI/ML-driven security platforms and real-time detection systems.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and scale security-by-default capabilities across multi-cloud environment
Develop intelligent security platforms leveraging AI/ML and risk scoring
Build real-time detection and prevention systems for account compromise and data exfiltration
Create security intelligence and monitoring capabilities
Partner across Security, Engineering, and Product teams to define security strategy
Set standards for system design, code quality, operational excellence, and scalable security architecture
Qualification
Proficiency in PythonExperience designing
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of experience in software development with JavaScript, Java, Python, C, C++, or Go
Proficiency in Python, SQL, or similar language for building detections and data pipelines
Experience designing, testing, and maintaining software solutions with a security focus
Track record of leading projects independently and setting technical direction
Preferred
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
Experience working with infrastructure across major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Hands-on experience with security primitives including static analysis, dynamic analysis, authentication and access management, DDoS mitigation, or security scanning
Background in secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices
Strong interpersonal and communication skills for cross-functional partnerships
WHY JOIN OUR ANTI-ABUSE TEAM AT SNOWFLAKE?
The Anti-Abuse team sits at the intersection of security engineering and platform scale — you’ll be building foundational capabilities that protect millions of customers across every cloud, rather than maintaining legacy point solutions. You’ll have real influence over the roadmap and the opportunity to work on some of the hardest adversarial engineering challenges in the industry: fraud, account takeover, data exfiltration, and emerging AI security threats.
Our culture is built on ownership and collaboration. Every engineer has an equal opportunity to innovate, drive impact, and grow. If you’re energized by working at the frontier of security and data — where “get it done” means building things that last — this is where you want to be.
