Senior Software Engineer (Database Engineering)

• We are seeking a highly talented and experienced Software Engineer to join our Database Engineering team. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the evolution of our core product: an elastic, large-scale, high-performance data processing system

• We are looking for smart, enthusiastic engineers who can quickly master complex technical areas and are passionate about building new, industry-leading technologies

• Design and implement novel query optimization or distributed data processing algorithms to maintain Snowflake’s industry-leading data warehousing capabilities

• Design, develop, and support a petabyte-scale cloud database system, ensuring it is highly parallel and fault-tolerant

• Develop and implement the new service architecture required to enable the next generation of the Snowflake Data Cloud

• Analyze, understand, and resolve complex performance and scalability bottlenecks within the system

• Own the end-to-end delivery of your projects, including identifying solutions, design, implementation, rigorous testing, and safe production rollout

• Ensure operational readiness and execute production operations of services, meeting our customer commitments for durability, availability, and performance

• Build high-quality, highly reliable software that meets the demands of the world’s largest companies

• Develop tools to provide customers with greater insight into their workloads

• Evangelize best practices for database usage and end-to-end system architecture

• Mentor and support the professional growth of junior engineers on the team

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance plans

• Health savings accounts

• Robust retirement plans

• Life and disability insurance

• Weekly online lunch and learns

• Virtual workout classes

• Ergonomic work-from-home equipment

• On-demand mental health and wellness programs

• Fertility benefits and family planning resources

• Generous time-off and various leave plans

• Onsite and Remote Work

• Employee discounts and pre-tax selections

• New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Quarterly bonus or commission program- Experience with implementation testing, debugging, and documentation , specifically within a Linux development environment

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field

• Strong fluency in C/C++ and/or Java

• 6+ years of industry experience working on commercial or open-source software

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems

• Strong systems programming skills, including experience with multi-threading and concurrency

• A solid foundation in distributed systems concepts (e.g., consistency, scaling, failure recovery)

• Working experience in database internal design and implementation, systems programming and large scale distributed systems design and implementation

• Experience with working on design, implementation and production-izing distributed key value stores like FoundationDB across multiple clouds