Snowflake San Mateo , CA 94401
Posted 3 weeks ago
Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.
The Snowtrail team is at the heart of harnessing Snowflake's foundational replay features. Instead of treating these capabilities as an afterthought, we've integrated them from the very beginning. This strategic move allows Snowflake's core developers to deliver cutting-edge innovations to our customers swiftly and dependably. Beyond product development, Snowtrail serves a diverse range of purposes, from product management and sales to cost optimization.
We are looking for an outstanding software engineer to join the team and improve Snowflake's performance, scalability, and reliability.
As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will:
Design, develop and enhance Snowtrail
Analyze Snowflake performance, correctness, scale, operability, and recommend and develop improvements via Snowtrail
Design and implement core foundational Snowflake query replay features including isolated shards, non-permanent tables, and re-execution modes
Apply and develop AI & machine learning techniques to generate and optimize Snowtrail query workloads
Provide mentorship and team-building of junior engineers
Provide detailed and constructive design and code review
An ideal candidate will have:
8+ years hands-on software engineering experience
BS, MS or PhD in computer science (or equivalent)
Knowledge of database internals
Strong background in Java or Python
Solid understanding of OS and systems concepts like process management, concurrency, memory management, IO patterns, file systems, block storage devices, etc.
Work experience in cloud environments like AWS, Azure, GCP
Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in teams
Strong technical problem-solving skills, with exceptional public speaking abilities and a gregarious nature that enhances communication and collaboration
Excitement by the challenge of hard technical problems
Intense curiosity and willingness to question
Bonus points:
Familiarity with C++ , SML or functional programming languages
Expertise in AI, specifically Natural Language Processing and Large Language Models, along with proficiency in advanced clustering techniques
Good working knowledge of Linux / Unix OSes
Knowledge of KeyValue, NoSQL, SQL databases, database storage engines
Understanding of relational database concepts and SQL
Experience working on open source projects
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.
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