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Senior Software Engineer - LLM

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Join the Snowflake Team as a Senior Software Engineer - LLM

About the Role

The Snowflake Machine Learning Platform team is on a mission to enable customers to bring their machine learning and deep learning workloads to Snowflake. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in evolving Snowflake’s core platform architecture to support state-of-the-art machine learning workloads, including large language models (LLMs).

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and own the roadmap for machine learning platforms and tools, working collaboratively with senior architects, product managers, and team leadership.
  • Develop distributed training infrastructure to train and fine-tune LLMs.
  • Optimize inference processes to efficiently serve LLMs.
  • Collaborate with engineering partner teams to enhance LLM development velocity and capabilities.
  • Support team members in delivering high-quality technical solutions.

Ideal Requirements & Qualifications

  • 8+ years of industry experience in designing, building, and supporting internet-serving infrastructure, machine learning platforms, and services.
  • Experience with pre-training and fine-tuning foundation models.
  • Proficiency in frameworks such as SKLearn, XGBoost, PyTorch, and TensorFlow.
  • Fluent in Python; experience with C++ and Java is a plus.
  • Strong collaboration skills with data scientists, business analysts, and machine learning infrastructure teams.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent experience.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Base salary range: $214,000 - $327,750 annually.
  • Eligible for Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
  • 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending and health savings accounts.
  • At least 12 paid holidays, paid time off, and parental leave.
  • Employee assistance program and other company benefits.

Location

This position is based in San Mateo, CA, with opportunities to work in Bellevue, WA.

About Snowflake

Snowflake delivers the AI Data Cloud, enabling organizations to mobilize data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. Join us to push the pace of innovation and make a significant impact in the world of AI and data science.

How to Apply

If you are passionate about machine learning and want to be part of a team that is building the future of the AI Data Cloud, we encourage you to apply and make your impact at Snowflake.

Benefits
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  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health savings account
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Employee assistance program

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