Senior Software Engineer (Database Engineering)

• We are seeking a highly talented and experienced Software Engineer to join our Database Engineering team. In this role, you will be a key contributor to the evolution of our core product: an elastic, large-scale, high-performance data processing system
• We are looking for smart, enthusiastic engineers who can quickly master complex technical areas and are passionate about building new, industry-leading technologies
• 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

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- 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
• Strong fluency in C/C++ and/or Java
• 6+ years of industry experience working on commercial or open-source software
• 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)
• Working experience in database internal design and implementation, systems programming and large scale distributed systems design and implementation
• Experience with working on design, implementation and production-izing distributed key value stores like FoundationDB across multiple clouds