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# Distributed Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Snowflake Inc.
- **Location:** Bellevue, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Memory Management, Fault Tolerance, Software Engineering, System Programming, Multithreading, Google Cloud, System Availability, Concurrency, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/senior-software-engineer-cloud-provisioning-service-snowflake-com-10252256

## About the Role

* 7+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production.
 * 2+ years experience in leading a group of junior and senior engineers.
 * Experience building large scale distributed fault tolerant services and control planes including components of compute, storage and networking configuration and monitoring.
 * Excellent understanding of low level operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage, performance and scale.
 * Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
 * Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc. Fluency in C++ or Java preferred.
 * Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions.
 * Experience with cloud infrastructure: AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
 * BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD preferred.

## Description

* Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills.
 * Design and implement scalable distributed systems for our services layer.
 * Analyze fault-tolerance and high availability issues, performance and scale challenges, and solve them.
 * Lead cross-functional initiatives, and collaborate with engineers, product managers and Technical Program Managers across teams.
 * Understand trade-offs between consistency, durability and costs to build solutions which can meet the demands of rapidly growing services.
 * Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding availability and performance.


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