Senior Software Engineer

About the Company

Observe by Snowflake is an AI-powered observability platform built on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. It ingests and stores logs, metrics, traces, and events on an open, scalable data lakehouse using open formats like Apache Iceberg to provide rich context and automated workflows for production issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the query execution service, including query caching, incremental execution, query rewrites, and decomposition strategies
• Systematically analyze large volumes of user and system-generated queries to identify performance bottlenecks
• Investigate and resolve customer-reported query latency issues and act as a first responder during deal evaluations
• Work on automated tuning of system parameters to reduce query execution times and costs
• Partner with Snowflake engineering and product teams to advocate for platform improvements
• Propose, scope, and deliver improvements to the query execution pipeline

Requirements

• 5+ years of industry experience building distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with query execution machinery (query planning, caching, rewrite rules, execution engines)
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve database performance issues at scale
• Strong understanding of algorithms, distributed systems architecture, and backend infrastructure
• Ability to rapidly onboard to complex, unfamiliar systems
• Customer-focused mindset with strong communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Snowflake or other cloud data warehouses
• Prior work on observability, monitoring, or telemetry platforms
• Experience with OLAP query optimization, columnar storage, or vectorized execution
• Advanced degree in Computer Science with a focus on databases or systems