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Software Engineer Intern - Zurich (2026)

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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CH-Zurich-ObserveInternPosted 5mo ago

About the role

Observe by Snowflake is an AI-powered observability platform. The Infrastructure team builds, scales, and operates the development and production environments for the observability platform. This internship offers exposure to a fast-paced engineering environment, collaboration with experts, and opportunities to contribute to a real system used by customers.

Responsibilities

  • Not explicitly listed in bulleted form in the description.

Qualifications

  • Must be actively enrolled in an accredited college/university program during the time of the internship
  • Completed BS degree, MS or PhD in progress
  • Majors: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Math, or related field
  • Required coursework: algorithms, data structures, and operating systems
  • Recommended coursework: Database systems, distributed systems, cloud computing, compilers
  • Bonus experience: Research or publications in databases or distributed systems and contributions to open source
  • Experience working with big data (engineering / processing) and data migration
  • Duration: 4–12 months (6 months recommended); start date flexible
  • Target start dates: January 2027 and onward
  • Excellent programming skills in C++ or Golang
  • Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
  • Strong problem solving and ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
  • Fluent English (oral and written)
  • Experience working as part of a team
  • Dedication and passion for technology
  • Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.

Skills

Required:C++GolangAlgorithmsData structuresTeam collaboration

Benefits

  • Paid, full-time internships
  • Post-internship career opportunities (full-time and/or additional internships)
  • Exposure to a fast-paced, startup culture
  • Work with world-class experts on challenging projects
  • Meaningful contributions to a real system used by customers
  • High level of access to supervisors (manager and mentor) with feedback and final evaluation
  • Treated as a member of the Snowflake team; included in meetings/activities
  • Flexible hours, casual dress code, accommodations to work from home
  • Swag and more
  • Catered lunches, access to gaming consoles, recreational games, happy hours, company outings, and more
  • Embraced as a full member of the diverse Snowflake engineering team
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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