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# Staff Software Engineer - Query Processing (Snowtrail)

- **Company:** Snowflake Inc.
- **Location:** Menlo Park, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $236,000.0 - $339,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Query Optimization, Software Systems, SQL Databases, Snowflake, Build Management
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18160650?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18160650%2FStaff-Software-Engineer-Query-Processing-Snowtrail-California-Menlo-Park

## About the Role

* Experience with SQL or other database technologies including internal design and implementation
 * Experience with query optimization, query execution, compiler design and implementation
 * Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL internals
 * Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems infrastructure
 * Excellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
 * Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineers
 * Ability to work on-site at our Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA offices.

BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 * Experience with Release Validation Pipelines, Test infrastructure in Production.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

## Description

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Snowtrail team, you will help Snowflake realize its mission and vision by accelerating the delivery of high quality software to production. You will have the opportunity to design and build software systems to help engineering teams increase their development velocity and provide quality validation, optimized for cost and performance. You will ensure that the team is executing towards serving the current needs of its customers, while also ensuring that we stay ahead of technological trends and future demands.


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