Join Snowflake as a Senior Software Engineer - App Foundation (Database)
About the Role
Snowflake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our App Foundation team, focusing on database systems. This role is pivotal in designing and maintaining backend services that power Snowsight, Snowflake’s advanced UI. You will be responsible for crafting innovative backend services, features, tools, and infrastructure that enhance user experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Services: Design, build, and maintain common services such as authentication, session management, notifications, and caching.
- Developer Platform: Develop modules and recipes for full-stack teams to build and maintain their services.
- Developer Environments: Provide backend environments for internal developers to iterate quickly and safely.
- Infrastructure: Automate and manage our global fleet of services across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Ideal Candidate
- Experience: 8+ years in large-scale cloud SaaS environments, supporting mission-critical, high-throughput, and low-latency systems.
- Leadership: Experience leading teams and solving deep technical challenges.
- Technical Skills: Proficient in distributed systems, APIs, cloud computing patterns, and object-oriented programming languages like Golang and Java.
- Database Knowledge: Deep understanding of relational databases and key-value stores, with experience in Postgres and Redis.
- Soft Skills: Strong problem-solving abilities, effective communication, and collaboration skills.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: €214,000 - €327,750 annually.
- Equity: Participation in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
- Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending & health savings account, paid holidays, paid time off, parental leave, and more.
About Snowflake
Snowflake delivers the AI Data Cloud, enabling organizations to mobilize data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. Join us to build the future of data and make a significant impact.
How to Apply
If you are passionate about building scalable and reliable platforms and want to be part of a high-growth SaaS company, apply now to join Snowflake's dynamic team.
Note: This role is equivalent to a Staff Engineer or Technical Leader position in other companies.
Benefits Extracted with AI
- 401(k)
- Disability insurance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance program
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