Senior Software Engineer - Backend

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Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.

There is only one Data Cloud. Snowflake’s founders started from scratch and designed a data platform built for the cloud that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. But it didn’t stop there. They engineered Snowflake to power the Data Cloud, where thousands of organizations unlock the value of their data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. This is our vision: a world with endless insights to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today and reveal the possibilities of tomorrow.

We are investing in initiatives across multiple engineering areas that include: Data Governance, Data Privacy, Database Security, Trust Center, Clean Rooms, Marketplace: Foundation, Monetization, Billing & Payments, and Growth. 

AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, YOU WILL:

  • Design and build features, and/or distributed platforms at scale. 
  • Drive impactful initiatives for the globally distributed infrastructure
  • Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

  • 5+ years industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production.
  • Extremely strong fundamental computer science skills.
  • Fluency in Java, C++, or Python, and SQL
  • Deep multi-faceted appreciation in building end-to-end customer facing products.
  • Knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Familiarity with database internals or data governance, and/or payment systems is a huge plus.
  • Experience in customer-facing product development and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.