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Principal Software Engineer (Semantic Views)

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Principal Software Engineer (Semantic Views)

Snowflake

Principal Software Engineer (Semantic Views)

Skills

SQL QueriesJavaData AnalysisAI

2 months ago

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Contract type:

Permanent

Salary:

$264,000 – $379,500 / year

Location:

Menlo Park, CA, USA

Work mode:

Onsite

Published on:

8 August 2026

What they need


  • Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem-solving skills
  • Design, develop, and support the semantic modeling layer that translates semantic queries into correct, high-performance SQL
  • Create architecture and design, influence the semantic layer roadmap, and take ownership over new capabilities spanning metrics, dimensions, relationships, and governance
  • Ensure semantic queries produce correct results while meeting the performance and scale demands of interactive analytics over petabyte-scale data
  • Partner with the Cortex and AI teams to make the semantic layer the reliable grounding source for natural-language and agent-driven analytics
  • Understand the trade-offs between expressiveness, correctness, performance, and cost, and build solutions that hold up as usage grows
  • Mentor and grow engineers, and raise the technical bar across the team
  • Ensure operational readiness of the features we ship and meet our commitments to customers on correctness, availability, and performance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance plans
  • Health savings accounts
  • Robust retirement plans
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Weekly online lunch and learns
  • Virtual workout classes
  • Ergonomic work-from-home equipment
  • On-demand mental health and wellness programs
  • Fertility benefits and family planning resources
  • Generous time-off and various leave plans
  • Onsite and Remote Work
  • Employee discounts and pre-tax selections
  • New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Quarterly bonus or commission program- A track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions to complex, ambiguous problems
  • Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis
  • 15+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale data or systems software
  • BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD preferred
  • Fluency in Java or another similar object-oriented language is preferred
  • Ability to work effectively across engineering teams in multiple locations
  • Deep experience with at least one of: query compilation and optimization, database or query engine internals, semantic/metrics layers, or BI and analytics infrastructure
  • A strong grasp of SQL semantics and relational modeling, and an appreciation for why correctness of results is non-negotiable

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