Senior Software Engineer - Global Platform

Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team.

The Global Platform team is responsible for building high performance data and control infrastructure that power key Snowflake products and enables our customers to efficiently manage their Snowflake accounts at scale.

We are investing in initiatives in multiple areas, including a feature platform to enable our internal developers to build new customer facing features, real-time streaming ingestion, data replication across instances, distributed data processing, disaster recovery, data governance, and compliance.

• Drive impactful initiatives for the globally distributed infrastructure

• Innovate and build highly secured and reliable designs for real-time ingestion, replication, performance, and scalability

• Design infrastructure to survive system outages, and provide a framework for handling critical systems.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams and business groups to drive end-to-end solutions

• Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding reliability, availability, and performance.

• 6+ years of industry experience in designing, building, and supporting backend large-scale distributed systems

• Strong communication and leadership skills

• Strong fundamental computer science skills

• Strong Knowledge of Algorithms and Data Structures

• Fluency in Java and SQL

• Knowledge of databases and distributed systems

• BS/MS/PHD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company's data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

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

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $195,000 - $287,500.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.