Senior Software Engineer - Warehouse

Snowflake Inc.
Menlo Park, CA, United States
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Code Review Computer Programming Software Debugging Distributed Systems Systems Development Life Cycle Software Engineering Snowflake Backend Information Technology

Job description

Experteer Overview As a Senior Software Engineer in the Warehouse UX team, you will help build and operate backend systems that power Snowflake warehouses, billing, and usability at scale. You will own medium-sized projects end-to-end and collaborate with product and partner teams to deliver durable, high-impact solutions. The role emphasizes reliability, performance, and operational health in production environments, with opportunities to apply AI-assisted workflows. This is a chance to influence critical platform capabilities used by customers and to contribute to Snowflake’s mission of a high-trust, AI-enabled enterprise. Compensation / Benefits * Design, build, test, deploy, and operate backend software and distributed systems powering Snowflake Warehouses * Own medium-sized engineering projects independently from design through delivery and contribute to larger initiatives * Build and evolve capabilities related to warehouse features, billing, and usability * Improve reliability, scalability, performance, and production health of warehouse systems * Engage in full software lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, rollout, on-call, incident response, and production improvements * Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and adjacent teams to deliver durable customer/business solutions * Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, maintainability, and long-term architectural health * Apply debugging and systems thinking to resolve complex production issues and improve service behavior * Raise the bar via design/code reviews, operational rigor, and clear technical communication * Leverage AI-assisted workflows to boost engineering leverage, speed, or quality without compromising judgment Tasks * BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience * 4 to 7 years of professional software engineering experience * Strong programming, debugging, and software design skills in one or more modern languages * Experience building and operating backend or distributed systems in production * Ability to independently execute medium-sized projects from design to completion * Ability to contribute as a strong technical partner on cross-team projects * Solid understanding of SDLC and engineering best practices across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations * Experience participating in on-call, production support, or incident response * Strong communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego working style * Customer-oriented mindset and good judgment about reliability, usability, and business impact Key requirements * bonus and equity plan * medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance * 401(k) retirement plan * flexible spending & health savings account * at least 12 paid holidays * paid time off; parental leave

Requirements

_ scalability, performance, and production health of warehouse systems * Engage in full software lifecycle including design, implementation, testing, rollout, on-call, incident response, and production improvements * Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and adjacent teams to deliver durable customer/business solutions * Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, maintainability, and long-term architectural health * Apply debugging and systems thinking to resolve complex production issues and improve service behavior * Raise the bar via design/code reviews, operational rigor, and clear technical communication * Leverage AI-assisted workflows to boost engineering leverage, speed, or quality without compromising judgment Tasks * BS in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience * 4 to 7 years of professional software engineering experience * Strong programming, debugging, and software design skills in one or more modern languages * Experience aaaaaa to and operating backend or distributed systems in production * Ability to independently execute medium-sized projects from design to completion * Ability to contribute as a strong technical partner on cross-team projects * Solid understanding of SDLC and engineering best practices across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations * Experience participating in on-call, production support, or incident response * Strong communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego working style * Customer-oriented mindset and good judgment about reliability, usability, and business impact Key requirements * bonus and equity plan * medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance * 401(k) retirement plan * flexible spending & health savings account * at least 12 paid holidays * paid time off; parental leave

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