Services: Design, build and maintain a set of common services and features like authentication, session management, notifications, caching and many more that our front end experiences need.
Developer Platform: Design, develop and maintain modules and recipes that full stack teams can leverage to develop, build and maintain their own services
Developer Environments: Provide backend environments so internal developers can iterate quickly and safely
Infrastructure: Automate and run our global fleet of services deployed across multiple cloud provider (AWS, Azure and GCP) regions.
OUR IDEAL PRINCIPAL ENGINEER WILL HAVE:
10+ years industry experience working on reliable large-scale cloud SaaS environments supporting mission critical, highly-concurrent, high-throughput and low-latency systems.
Experience leading teams as well as the ability to be an individual contributor and solve deep technical challenges.
Deep understanding of relational databases and/or key value stores. Experience with Postgres and Redis is desirable.
At least 3+ years experience in Kubernetes. Experience with Amazon EKS, Azure AKS or Google GKE highly desired.
Good knowledge of distributed systems, APIs and cloud computing patterns
Firm grasp of IP networking, load balancing and DNS.
Self-driven & motivated, with a strong work ethic and a passion for problem solving
Effective communication and collaboration skills.
The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
The estimated base salary range for this role is $235,000 - $368,000.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.