Principal Software Engineer II - Interoperable Foundations

Навыки

• DAX / Power Query
• Распределённые системы
• Лидерство
• Оптимизация запросов
• Роадмап
• Iceberg / Delta Lake

О компании и продукте

• Building the Data Foundations for AI
• We are the Snowflake Interoperable Foundations organization - the foundational layer that powers Snowflake’s AI, Analytics and Data Engineering capabilities. We lead innovations across open table formats such as Apache Iceberg, helping customers build peta-byte scale multi-cloud data lakes on Snowflake. We deliver core Metadata capabilities that power Snowflake’s industry-leading performance, AI, governance and platform features.
• We are embarking on a 0->1 redesign of our core systems across Interoperable Foundations. While we already manage exabyte-scale data supporting Snowflake’s AI capabilities, the next frontier is providing the foundational data layer that accelerates agentic innovation in an open, multi-format data world, You will be setting the technical vision across our investments in metadata platforms, Apache Iceberg and AI-ready storage.

Задачи

• FROM REDESIGN TO REALITY
• 0->1 Architectural Leadership: Lead the ground-up redesign of our core Metadata systems, influencing the transaction frameworks that power query, DML, and AI-driven data interactions in addition to extending our lead on platform capabilities such as Zero Copy Cloning and Cross-Region / Cross-Cloud Replication
• Iceberg Innovation: Drive industry-leading innovation on Apache Iceberg, ensuring it serves as a first-class citizen for Analytics, Data Engineering, and high-performance AI workloads
• AI & Agentic Foundation: Build the foundational metadata capabilities - from richer metadata for AI workloads, to lifecycle management and global replication (Snowgrid)—that allow AI agents to navigate, understand, and act upon massive datasets in a secure and governed fashion
• Scalability & Resilience: Solve "impossible" challenges in fault-tolerance, scalability, high availability, and performance for services that must meet the demands of a rapidly growing global ecosystem
• Strategic Influence: Own the end-to-end architecture, influence the product roadmap, and identify the next innovations that will keep Snowflake at the cutting edge of the AI era
• Mentorship: Grow the next generation of engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous innovation and technical excellence

Требования

• 15+ years of experience designing and supporting large-scale distributed services
• Deep Database Internals Expertise: Comprehensive knowledge of metadata management, query optimization, clustering, compaction, catalogs, and large-scale data management
• Systems Mastery: Excellent understanding of distributed systems, durability and correctness fundamentals, multi-threading, memory management, and storage performance
• Cloud-Scale Track Record: A history of implementing creative, 0->1 solutions for complex problems at massive scale
• CS Fundamentals: Strong mastery of data structures, algorithms, and the trade-offs between consistency and performance
• Education: BS in Computer Science
• an advanced degree is preferred
• Why Snowflake?
• Build an industry-leading Cloud Data and AI Platform, solving challenging technical problems related to security, parallelism, distributed systems, and large-scale system maintenance
• Join a world-class team and innovate with rigor
• 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 http://careers.snowflake.com

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