Full-Time
Principal Engineer
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Data cloud platform for multi-cloud warehousing
Senior, Expert
San Mateo, CA, USA
- 10+ years hands-on software engineering experience in distributed stateful systems, databases or other relevant fields
- Significant background in database internals or building core components for data processing systems
- Strong database fundamentals including SQL, performance and schema design
- Strong systems fundamentals including multi-threading, IO subsystem and scheduling
- Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
- Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
- Experience with Big Data storage technologies, Scalable Key-Value stores, Advanced Analytics systems, and Distributed systems
- Track record of identifying problems, solutions and delivering highly complex projects in distributed systems or databases
- BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD Preferred
- Maintain technical ownership and ensure concise collaboration with the technical leadership of other major parts of Snowflake
- Set the technical direction for the team and help guide the engineering vision
- Architect critical systems and anticipate strategic challenges and opportunities in key areas such as query processing, transaction management or distributed data processing algorithms
- Design, develop, and support highly-parallel and fault-tolerant database systems
- Own the production rollout of the features of your area while at the same time leveraging and growing other strong engineering talent in your team
- Evaluate and determine priorities with a critical understanding of where performance matters most
- Analyze and understand performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system and solve them
- Pinpoint problems, instrument relevant components as needed, and ultimately implement solutions
- Represent your area to Snowflake’s customers as a technical expert
- Influence the industry by participating in conferences and technical forums
Snowflake offers a Data Cloud platform for data warehousing, data lakes, and data application development, enabling secure sharing of governed data across multiple public clouds. The platform supports diverse analytic workloads with near-unlimited scale and performance.
Company Stage
IPO
Total Funding
$2.5B
Headquarters
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Founded
2012
6 month growth
↑ 1%1 year growth
↑ 11%2 year growth
↑ 62%Benefits
We've got your back - We offer comprehensive health insurance plans, health savings accounts, robust retirement plans, and generous life and disability insurance.
A Balanced Lifestyle - All Snowflakes have access to our weekly online lunch and learns, virtual workout classes, and ergonomic work-from-home equipment. We offer on-demand mental health and wellness programs to support our employees and their families.
Your People Matter - Help offset the cost of growing your family with our fertility benefits and family planning resources. Count on our generous time-off and various leave plans for you to rest, refuel, and sustain a great work-life balance.
Global Snowflake Team - No matter where you are in the world, we will get you connected and supported with a work-from-home setup.
Treat Yourself - Personalize your Snowflake benefits by tapping into our employee discounts and pre-tax selections.
Invest In Your Future - Eligible employees enjoy new hire equity, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and a quarterly bonus or commission program.