Staff Software Engineer (Apps and Experiences Platform Team)

• The Apps & Experiences Platform team powers the systems and services behind all of our user-facing applications, including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile experiences
• Our mission is to build innovative backend services, developer tooling, platform infrastructure, and AI-powered capabilities that enable exceptional product experiences at scale
• As part of our team, you’ll work across feature development, platform engineering, infrastructure, and internal tooling to support both end users and developers
• We care deeply about building systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and performant
• Snowflake is a high-growth AI Data Cloud company, and we’re looking for exceptional engineers to help us scale the next generation of our platform
• A key part of this is our work on our internal AI developer agent, which is designed to fundamentally democratize end-to-end web app development across all engineering teams by translating product specs and designs into a fully functional, production-ready features
• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and platform infrastructure that power Snowflake’s user-facing applications
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to testing, deployment, and operational excellence
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and platform capabilities
• Drive improvements to system reliability, scalability, performance, and developer productivity
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, helping shape technical direction and engineering best practices
• Build and operate cloud-native infrastructure and services running on Kubernetes
• Improve deployment, observability, and operational workflows for services running in containerized environments
• Debug and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems, Kubernetes infrastructure, and platform services
• Build and enhance internal tools, including our coding agent/orchestrator, to create AI-assisted workflows that enable self-serve building of production features end-to-end on the platform through prompts
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture through code reviews, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and operational ownership

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 building and operating services on Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, service reliability, and observability
• 6+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed or user-facing systems in production environments
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong coding and debugging skills, with the ability to navigate complex system architectures
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building highly reliable, scalable backend systems
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across teams