Software Engineer - Engineering Systems Continuous Integration Team

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. We seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You are curious and treat AI as a high-trust collaborator that helps solve problems and accelerate impact. We value low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic environments and move with an experimental mindset to deliver results.

We are hiring a seasoned Senior Software Engineer to help build a world-class developer platform to fuel the Snowflake Data Cloud. As an engineer in the Continuous Integration (CI) team within ES (Engineering Systems), you will set the technical standard for and deliver the CI service that powers our repositories. You will work with experts in distributed systems, cross-cloud development, and engineering excellence to evolve developer infrastructure and tooling to be elastic, large-scale, and highly performant with simplicity at its core.

As a software engineer in the CI team in ES, you will help Snowflake realize its mission of becoming the premier Data Cloud by accelerating the delivery of high-quality software to production. You will be a key stakeholder in driving clarity on our strategy and will partner with product managers to chart quarterly and long-term roadmaps for the team. You will ensure the team serves current customer needs while staying ahead of technological trends and future demands.

OUR IDEAL STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE:

• Strong passion for making developers highly productive.
• 5+ years industry experience designing and building distributed data systems.
• A track record of technical leadership.
• Experience working on enterprise-grade Continuous Integration for Cloud-based distributed systems.
• Excellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Fluency in Java, C++, Python or Go.
• Ability to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineers.
• A strategic mindset and strong sense of what to prioritize for maximum impact.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Outstanding written and oral English language skills.

• Developing data or distributed systems internals.
• Experience with Jenkins, ArgoCD or other CI-related suites.
• Multi-tenant systems, with focus on reliability, performance, isolation and security.
• Proven experience with authoring roadmap documents, project plans and RCAs.

• Help build and evolve the CI service that powers Snowflake repositories with scalable, high-performance design.
• Set and communicate technical standards for CI and developer infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product managers to define quarterly and long-term roadmaps for CI initiatives.
• Ensure alignment with current customer needs while anticipating future demands and trends.

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $160,000 - $240,000.
• Eligible for Snowflake’s bonus and equity plans.
• Competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings accounts; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other benefits.

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