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Staff Software Engineer - Ingestion

Snowflake Inc.· Engineering
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Hybrid (US-WA-Bellevue)Full-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer leading the architectural vision and execution for external-facing ingestion services (COPY INTO / Snowpipe) to enable enterprise data ingestion at global scale, with a focus on high-throughput distributed systems, API platform design, and customer-facing feature delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Drive Technical Vision & Architecture: Define the multi-year architecture and technical strategy for high-throughput, external-facing ingestion services and APIs across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Deliver Customer-Facing Innovations: Lead end-to-end execution of enterprise-grade external features, ensuring low-latency data landing, high availability, and seamless ecosystem integration (e.g., Snowpark Connect, partner connectors).
  • Set Technical Direction: Author foundational design documents, establish technical standards for reliability, security, and scalability, and lead high-stakes architectural reviews across engineering orgs.
  • Lead Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Principal Architects, Product Management, Security, and external developer platforms to translate customer requirements into resilient system architecture.
  • Elevate Engineering Excellence: Mentor and sponsor Senior, Mid-level, and Junior engineers; raise the bar for system design, code quality, testing methodologies, and operational maturity.
  • Direct Customer & Strategic Impact: Engage with enterprise customer engineering teams to solve complex integration challenges, debug production edge cases at scale, and turn direct customer feedback into core platform capabilities.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud-native infrastructure in production.
  • Proven architectural leadership, taking complex, customer-facing services or external APIs from concept to GA and global scale.
  • Expert proficiency in Java or C++ (strong preference for cross-language expertise in C++ and Java).
  • Deep expertise in external API design, cloud service orchestration, and building resilient, multi-tenant customer-facing endpoints.
  • Deep domain knowledge in at least one: high-throughput ingestion pipelines, distributed query engines, messaging/streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Pulsar), or database internals.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication with ability to drive technical consensus across leadership, product partners, and external stakeholders.
  • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Salary disclosed: $236K – $339.2K per year (compensation)
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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