Snowflake SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - SNOWTRAIL 

United States, Washington, Bellevue 

55610983

• Design, develop and enhance
• Analyze Snowflake performance, correctness, scale, operability, and recommend and develop improvements via Snowtrail
• Design and implement core foundational Snowflake query replay features including isolated shards, non-permanent tables, and re-execution modes
• Apply and develop techniques to generate and optimize Snowtrail query workloads
• Provide mentorship and team-building of junior engineers
• Provide detailed and constructive design and code review

• 8+ years hands-on software engineering experience
• BS, MS or PhD in computer science (or equivalent)
• Knowledge of database internals
• Strong background in Java or Python
• Solid understanding of OS and systems concepts like process management, concurrency, memory management, IO patterns, file systems, block storage devices, etc.
• Work experience in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, GCP
• Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in teams
• Strong technical problem-solving skills, with exceptional public speaking abilities and a gregarious nature that enhances communication and collaboration
• Excitement by the challenge of hard technical problems
• Intense curiosity and willingness to question

• Familiarity with C++ , SML or functional programming languages
• Expertise in AI, specifically Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models, along with proficiency in advanced clustering techniques
• Good working knowledge of Linux / Unix OSes
• Knowledge of KeyValue, NoSQL, SQL databases, database storage engines
• Understanding of relational database concepts and SQL
• Experience working on open source projects

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

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $214,000 - $327,750.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.