Snowflake SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER QUERY OPTIMIZER 

United States, Washington, Bellevue 

630046150

• Work on the design, development and support of a highly distributed and performant database system with a specific focus on the Query Optimizer
• Lead and participate in technical, design, and product discussions relating to your team
• Use your strong foundation as a technical leader to reliably deliver on complex projects while keeping the quality bar high
• Grow and lead junior engineers in the team

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Rock solid engineering fundamentals with the focus of query processing internals
• Fluency in object-oriented programming and SQL semantics and optimization
• Strong problem solving skills and excellent interpersonal communication skills

• Query Optimizer; heuristic based query rewrites, cost based optimizations, cardinality estimations, plan stability, interleaved query optimization based on runtime feedback
• Designed and implemented cloud-scale distributed database system internals

This is an excellent opportunity to:

• Work with an exceptional team of industry veterans and rising stars building the industry-leading data management system that customers love
• Take charge of your own career – this role will push you to grow as a technical leader
• Learn at scale as you deliver essential components of a highly distributed, robust and secure enterprise SaaS platform that services thousands of customers and more than a billion complex queries every day

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $187,000 - $276,000.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.