Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Solve real business needs at large scale by applying software engineering and analytical problem solving skills
• Design, develop, and support a highly-parallel and fault-tolerant database system including a decentralized caching system
• Design and implement core infrastructure features including APIs, DDL transactions, and logs
• Implement advanced features such as cloning, time travel, and snapshots
• Analyze and resolve performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system
• Ensure operational readiness and meet commitments regarding availability and performance

Requirements

• 2+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large scale systems in production
• Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
• Systems programming skills including concurrency, consistency, and caching
• Fluency in Java or similar procedural object-oriented languages
• BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD preferred

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of database internals
• Experience identifying and implementing creative solutions to real customer problems

About the Company

Snowflake is powering the era of the agentic enterprise by providing a high-performance AI Data Cloud that enables businesses to manage and analyze data at massive scale.