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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Software Engineer II - **Company:** Snowflake - **Location:** Berlin, Germany - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Apache HTTP Server, Data Infrastructure, Data Systems, Distributed Systems, Metadata, Open Source Technology, Query Optimization, Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Large Language Models, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Apache Flink, Real Time Data, Data Pipelines - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/principal-software-engineer-ii-data-platform-streaming-dynamic-tables-and-more-snowflake-com-8634940 ## About the Role * 14+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems. * Demonstrated track record of defining and delivering platform-scale technical initiatives. * Expert-level knowledge of streaming and/or batch data systems (Flink, Spark, or equivalent), with specialized knowledge in incremental materialization algorithms. * Strong systems thinking - ability to reason across layers of complexity (infra, storage, compute, API). * A passion for engaging directly with customers to gain insight and inspiration * Experience influencing technical direction across organizations * Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and executive audiences. Desirable * Experience with AI-augmented development practices and integrating LLM-based tooling into engineering workflows. * Familiarity with Snowflake platform internals or cloud-native data systems. * Experience with metadata systems, query optimization, or data catalog infrastructure. * Contributions to open source, such as top-level Apache projects 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 Principal Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will be a technical anchor - setting direction, solving the hardest engineering problems, and elevating the entire team. You will work at the intersection of systems design, long-term architecture, and real-world engineering execution. 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