Senior Software Engineer - Warehouse UX

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., * Design, build, test, deploy, and operate backend software and distributed systems that power Snowflake Warehouses.

• Own medium-sized engineering projects independently from design through delivery, and contribute to larger initiatives across the warehouse organization.
• Build and evolve capabilities related to warehouse features, billing, and usability.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and operational health of warehouse systems in production.
• Work across the full software lifecycle, including technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, on-call participation, issue triage, and follow-through on production improvements.
• Partner closely with engineers, product managers, and adjacent teams to deliver durable solutions to customer and business problems.
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, maintainability, and long-term architectural health.
• Use strong debugging and systems thinking to resolve complex production issues and improve service behavior over time.
• Raise the bar through design reviews, code reviews, operational rigor, and clear technical communication.
• Apply AI-assisted workflows where they increase engineering leverage, speed, or quality without compromising judgment.

This role is best suited for an engineer with 4 to 7 years of experience who can independently drive medium-sized projects end to end, contribute effectively to larger cross-team efforts, and bring strong technical judgment to systems that matter deeply to customers and the business., * BS in Computer Science or a related technical 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 on medium-sized projects and deliver them to completion.
• Ability to contribute as a strong technical partner on larger, cross-team projects.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and engineering best practices across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Experience participating in on-call, production support, or incident response for live systems.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego working style.
• A customer-oriented mindset and good judgment about reliability, usability, and business impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or large-scale backend services.
• Experience working on billing, metering, control plane systems, or customer-facing platform capabilities.
• Familiarity with performance-sensitive or highly reliable production environments.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and breaking down complex technical problems into practical solutions.

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.

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $287,500.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: 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; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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