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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Engineer, Identity Data Security and Trust - **Company:** Snowflake Inc. - **Location:** Menlo Park, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Information Leak Prevention, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Cryptographic Protocols, Zero Trust Network Access, Software Engineering, Transport Layer Security, Snowflake, Multi-Cloud, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Low Latency - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/principal-engineer-identity-data-security-and-trust-snowflake-com-8303523 ## About the Role * Experience: 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in a principal or architect role focusing on infrastructure or security. * Security Expertise: Deep understanding of network security protocols (TLS/SSL, HTTP/S, DNS), Zero Trust architectures, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies. * System Design: Proven track record of designing and deploying high-scale distributed systems (Java, Go, or C++). * Cloud Infrastructure: Strong experience with cloud-native security controls in AWS, GCP, or Azure (e.g., VPC Service Controls, Private Link). * AI Forward: Effective deployment of AI models and tooling to improve team productivity and execution. * Communication: Excellent ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both executive leadership and individual contributors. ## Description At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset - who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done., As a Principal Engineer in the Data Protection group, you will be the technical lead for the Data Exfiltration Protection (DXP) and Data Movement Policy (DMP) initiatives. You will bridge the gap between high-level security policy and low-level system enforcement, ensuring that our perimeter controls are robust, scalable, and deeply integrated with context-aware access policy frameworks. You will be responsible for the architectural evolution of our egress control systems, moving from simple IP-based rules to sophisticated, content-aware, and identity-driven data movement governance., * Architectural Leadership: Lead the design and implementation of the Data Movement Policy (DMP) framework, ensuring it can handle complex multi-cloud and hybrid environments. * DXP Strategy: Define the roadmap for Data Exfiltration Protection, evolve and enhance ingress and egress controls, and intelligent anomaly detection for data egress. * Policy Unification: Drive the technical effort to unify Context-Aware Access policies with egress perimeter controls, creating a single, cohesive policy engine for all data movement. * Design Specification: Author and review complex design documents for DMP and Perimeter Policy, ensuring high reliability, low latency, and auditability. * Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with Product Management to refine the DXP product requirements and translate business goals into actionable engineering milestones. * Mentorship: Guide senior and staff engineers across multiple teams, fostering a culture of security-first engineering and rigorous design standards. ## Related Videos - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [The Open-source Java SDK for Multi-Cloud Development - Sandeep Pal](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2113-the-open-source-java-sdk-for-multi-cloud-development-sandeep-pal) - [Swapping Low Latency Data Storage Under High Load](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/746-swapping-low-latency-data-storage-under-high-load) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Leverage Cloud Computing Benefits with Serverless Multi-Cloud ML ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/78-leverage-cloud-computing-benefits-with-serverless-multi-cloud-ml) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The Best X (Twitter) Accounts for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/294-the-best-x-twitter-accounts-for-developers) - [Trustworthy AI Starts at Deployment: 5 Checks Before You Ship](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/753-trustworthy-ai-starts-at-deployment-5-checks-before-you-ship) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers)