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Principal Software Engineer - Agentic Pipelines

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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US-WA-Bellevue$264k - $379.5kFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Principal Software Engineer focused on agentic data pipelines and AI-enabled data engineering at Snowflake. Build and own core data engineering primitives, streaming and transformation capabilities, and scalable pipeline infrastructure with a strong emphasis on performance, reliability, and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the technical direction for Snowflake's core data engineering and streaming transformation primitives, spanning Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and adjacent pipeline constructs.
  • Identify and lead multi-quarter technical investments — performance, scalability, correctness, and reliability — translating ambiguous problem spaces into concrete engineering plans with measurable outcomes.
  • Partner with product, research, and peer engineering teams to co-design primitives that compose cleanly across the data engineering stack.
  • Operate as a force multiplier: run architectural reviews, set the technical bar for design documents, and help engineers grow through high-quality feedback and sponsorship.
  • Work directly with customers and field teams to understand real-world usage patterns; use that signal to prioritize what matters next.
  • Contribute to Snowflake's technical reputation — through internal design influence, external talks, or research publications in the data engineering space.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed data systems.
  • Deep expertise in at least one core area: stream processing, declarative query execution, pipeline orchestration, or data transformation at scale.
  • Strong computer science fundamentals — distributed systems, algorithms, fault tolerance, and consistency models.
  • Proficiency in C++ or Java; comfort with systems-level reasoning (latency, throughput, resource efficiency at cloud scale).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives from blank-page architecture through production at petabyte scale across thousands of concurrent workloads.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to represent complex technical trade-offs clearly to engineering, product, and leadership audiences.

Skills

Required:Distributed data systemsStream processing / pipeline orchestrationC++ or JavaCross-team technical leadership

Benefits

  • Salary: $264K – $379.5K
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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