Senior Software Engineer - Database Engineering

Senior Software Engineer – Database Engineering

Snowflake

We are seeking a highly talented and experienced Software Engineer to join our Database Engineering team. In this role you will be a key contributor to the evolution of our core product: an elastic, large-scale, high-performance data processing system.

• Design and implement novel query optimization or distributed data processing algorithms to maintain Snowflake’s industry‑leading data warehousing capabilities.
• Design, develop, and support a petabyte‑scale cloud database system, ensuring it is highly parallel and fault‑tolerant.
• Develop and implement the new service architecture required to enable the next generation of the Snowflake Data Cloud.
• Analyze, understand, and resolve complex performance and scalability bottlenecks within the system.
• Own the end‑to‑end delivery of your projects, including identifying solutions, design, implementation, rigorous testing, and safe production rollout.
• Ensure operational readiness and execute production operations of services, meeting our customer commitments for durability, availability, and performance.
• Build high‑quality, highly reliable software that meets the demands of the world’s largest companies.
• Develop tools to provide customers with greater insight into their workloads.
• Evangelize best practices for database usage and end‑to‑end system architecture.
• Mentor and support the professional growth of junior engineers on the team.

• 5+ years of industry experience working on commercial or open‑source software.
• Strong fluency in Java or C++.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and a deep understanding of Computer Science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Strong systems programming skills, including experience with multi‑threading and concurrency.
• A solid foundation in distributed systems concepts (e.g., consistency, scaling, failure recovery).
• Experience with implementation testing, debugging, and documentation, specifically within a Linux development environment.
• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• SQL or other database technologies including internal design and implementation.
• Query optimization, query execution, compiler design and implementation.
• Experience with internals of distributed key value stores like Foundation
  
  DB and storage engines like Rocks
  
  DB, InnoDB, Berkeley
  
  DB, etc.
• Experience with MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL internals.
• Data warehouse design, database systems, and large‑scale data processing solutions like Hadoop and Spark.
• Experience in database replication technology.
• Big data storage technologies and their applications, e.g., HDFS, Cassandra, Columnar Databases, etc.

The estimated base salary range for this role is $200,000 – $287,500. The role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

Benefits include 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.

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