Software Engineer - Backend

Snowflake is building a cloud data and applications platform that enables governed, secure sharing of live data. The Software Engineer will build backend services and distributed platforms at scale, drive infrastructure initiatives, collaborate across teams on end-to-end solutions, and improve engineering processes and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and build features, and/or distributed platforms at scale
• Drive impactful initiatives for the globally distributed infrastructure
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions
• Contribute to improving our engineering processes, tooling, and standards

Preferred

• Familiarity with database internals or data governance, and/or payment systems is a plus
• Database Internals
• Data Governance
• Payment Systems

Benefits

• This role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.
• 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
• Other company benefits

Company

• AI Data Cloud for analytics, engineering, apps, and sharing
• San Mateo, California, USA
• https://www.snowflake.com/
• Founded in 2012
• 5001-10000 employees

Qualifications

• 2-7 years' of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production
• Strong fundamental computer science skills
• Knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Fluency in Java, Python, C++, or SQL
• Deep multi-faceted appreciation in building end-to-end customer facing products
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with database internals or data governance, and/or payment systems is a plus
• 2-7 years’ of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale systems in production.

Required skills

• Algorithms and Data Structures, C++, Data Governance, Database Internals, Distributed Systems, Java, Payment Systems, Python, SQL

Experience

• 2-7 years