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Staff Software Engineer - Query Processing (Snowtrail)

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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US-CA-Menlo Park$236k - $339.2kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer role on the Snowtrail team at Snowflake, focusing on accelerating delivery of high-quality software, building systems to increase development velocity, and ensuring readiness for current and future customer needs in a fast-moving, AI-enabled environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build software systems to help engineering teams increase development velocity and provide quality validation, optimized for cost and performance
  • Ensure the team is delivering to current customer needs while staying ahead of technological trends and future demands
  • Contribute to delivering high-quality software to production and accelerate delivery on Snowflake’s mission and vision

Qualifications

  • Experience with SQL or other database technologies including internal design and implementation
  • Experience with query optimization, query execution, compiler design and implementation
  • Experience with MySQL, PostgreSQL internals
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems infrastructure
  • Excellent problem solving skills, strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
  • Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineers
  • Ability to work on-site at Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA offices.

Skills

Required:SQL/database technologiesQuery optimization and executionMySQL and PostgreSQL internalsDistributed systemsCS fundamentalsCollaboration and mentoringOn-site work
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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