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Staff Software Engineer - Database Engineering

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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US-CA-Menlo Park, US-WA-Bellevue$200k - $287.5kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior-level software engineer role focused on building and optimizing Snowflake's large-scale, distributed data processing and database systems. Key responsibilities include designing query optimization and distributed processing algorithms, developing a petabyte-scale cloud database, delivering end-to-end projects, ensuring production readiness, mentoring engineers, and evangelizing best practices in database usage and architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement novel query optimization or distributed data processing algorithms to maintain Snowflake's industry-leading data warehousing capabilities.
  • Design, develop, and support a petabyte-scale cloud database system, ensuring it is highly parallel and fault-tolerant.
  • Develop and implement the new service architecture required to enable the next generation of the Snowflake Data Cloud.
  • Analyze, understand, and resolve complex performance and scalability bottlenecks within the system.
  • Own the end-to-end delivery of your projects, including identifying solutions, design, implementation, rigorous testing, and safe production rollout.
  • Ensure operational readiness and execute production operations of services, meeting our customer commitments for durability, availability, and performance.
  • Build high-quality, highly reliable software that meets the demands of the world's largest companies.
  • Develop tools to provide customers with greater insight into their workloads.
  • Evangelize best practices for database usage and end-to-end system architecture.
  • Mentor and support the professional growth of junior engineers on the team.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of industry experience working on commercial or open-source software.
  • Strong fluency in C/C++ and/or Java
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
  • Strong systems programming skills, including experience with multi-threading and concurrency.
  • A solid foundation in distributed systems concepts (e.g., consistency, scaling, failure recovery).
  • Experience with implementation testing, debugging, and documentation , specifically within a Linux development environment.
  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Skills

Required:C/C++JavaDistributed systemsMulti-threading and concurrencyLinux developmentProblem solving

Benefits

  • Offers Equity
  • Offers Bonus
  • Salary range: $200K – $287.5K
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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