Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Snowflake developed an innovative new product with a built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. We are now a global, world-class organization with offices in more than a dozen countries and serving many more.

We’re looking for dedicated students who share our passion for ground-breaking technology and want to create a lasting future for you and Snowflake.

What We Offer:

• Paid, full-time internships in the heart of the software industry
• Post-internship career opportunities (full-time and/or additional internships)
• Exposure to a fast-paced, fun and inclusive culture
• A chance to work with world-class experts on challenging projects
• Opportunity to provide meaningful contributions to a real system used by customers
• High level of access to supervisors (manager and mentor), detailed direction without micromanagement, feedback throughout your internship, and a final evaluation
• Stuff that matters: treated as a member of the Snowflake team, included in company meetings/activities, flexible hours, casual dress code, accommodations to work from home, swag and much more
• When return to office in effect, catered lunches, access to gaming consoles, recreational games, happy hours, company outings, and more

What We Expect:

• Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college/university program during the time of the internship
• Desired class level: 3rd/4th year Undergraduates, Masters, or PhD
• Desired majors: Computer Science, Physics, Math, or related field
• Required Coursework: Algorithms, Data Structures, Operating Systems, 
• Recommended Coursework: database systems, distributed systems
• When: Summer (May - August)
• Duration: 12-16 weeks recommended, more than 16 weeks also encouraged (12 month maximum)
• Excellent programming skills in Python or Java
• Experience with DevOps (Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform) and Containerization (Kuberneters, Docker) a plus
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Strong problem solving and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
• Experience with working as a part of a team
• Dedication and passion for technology 

What You Will Learn/Gain:

• How to build enterprise grade, reliable, and trustworthy software/services
• Exposure to SQL and/or other database technologies 
• Understanding of database internals, large-scale data processing, and data warehouse design
• Delivering quality software in a large distributed system with emphasis on functional and performance automation, workloads and testing
• Experience building automation frameworks and infrastructure to improve efficient of development workflow
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure, AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform in particular

Possible Teams/Work Focus Areas:

• Database Query Engine (QA), Automation Infrastructure and Quality Engineering (AIQ), Cloud Platform & Deployment Engineering 
• Software-as-a-Service platform
• Software frameworks for functional, system, performance & production testing 
• Tooling and infrastructure automation for engineering productivity 
• Multi-cloud release automation