Snowflake is looking to empower enterprises to achieve their full potential by building software that connects customers via data and provides access to the Data Cloud, specifically focusing on revolutionary Data Sharing technology and Snowflake Data Marketplace infrastructure.
Requirements
- 7+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Strong programming skills in Java, Scala, or C++ with an emphasis on performance and reliability.
- Deep understanding of distributed transaction processing, concurrency control, and high-performance query engines.
- Experience with open-source data lake formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg, Parquet, Delta) and the challenges associated with multi-engine interoperability.
- Experience building cloud-native services and working with public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- A passion for open-source software and community engagement, particularly in the data ecosystem.
- Familiarity with data governance, security, and access control models in distributed data systems.
Responsibilities
- Lead highly impactful initiatives around Snowflake Data Sharing and Snowflake Data Marketplace.
- Innovate and build highly secured and reliable software to allow customers to be data-driven.
- Architect and build systems that integrate open source technologies seamlessly with Snowflake - enabling our customers to build and share massive data lake architectures across platforms and across cloud providers.
- Collaborate with Snowflake's open-source team and the Apache Iceberg community to contribute new features and enhance the Iceberg REST specification.
- Design and implement highly available distributed platforms within the global Snowflake.
- Revolutionize how organizations distribute, consume, and use data as a strategic business asset.
- Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding reliability, availability and performance.
Other
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
