At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
Snowflake customers run more than 3.9 billion queries and 515 million data workloads each day. To support this workload, our globally deployed infrastructure spans multiple cloud providers and manages hundreds of thousands of VMs. Join the Snowflake team to build the Data Cloud Platform at an exceptional scale.
We are hiring talented Software Engineers for our Cloud Infrastructure Engineering teams. If you are passionate about solving complex infrastructure challenges by using software engineering expertise, this opportunity may be for you. Our Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Teams are focused on things like:
simplifying our large-scale infrastructure for the other development teams to use
building services that improve the reliability of Snowflake by protecting us from the cloud providers issues
enabling Snowflake services to operate globally across multiple cloud providers
managing complicated infrastructure changes at the scale a few companies can match
keeping the SLOs of our infrastructure and services at a very high bar
defining the OS and containerization layer for all of Snowflake’s services
All Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Teams aim to optimize and evolve our infrastructure's reliability, availability, serviceability, performance, and cost efficiency.
AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
Will build a deep understanding of Snowflake’s infrastructure and services
Demonstrate both infrastructure and software engineering expertise by contributing to the team charter to build and operate highly scalable, resilient, and performant infrastructure.
Provide technical leadership on large and complex projects that build infrastructure, platforms, tools, and automation in the cloud.
Evangelize and drive adoption of the Platform to meet business goals.
Mentor and support more junior team members, leading by example with excellent code quality, documentation, and software development best practices
OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CLOUD ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE, WILL HAVE:
BS/CS, MS/CS, or equivalent.
At least 2+ years experience in a platform or cloud team building spent on supporting mission-critical services and infrastructure in a SaaS environment.
Strong software engineering fundamentals, coding skills, and knowledge of software development best practices.
At least 1+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Fluent in one or more languages (Golang, Java, Python, C).
Expertise in at least one of the following areas: container platforms, automation, networking, operating systems, site reliability, config management, and infrastructure as code solutions such as Pulumi and Terraform.
Tremendous attention to detail and ability to build reliable and scalable software systems.
Effective communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
A strong work ethic, ability to self-manage and drive project success, and a passion for problem-solving.
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?
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
Skills Required
- BS/CS, MS/CS, or equivalent
- At least 2+ years experience on a platform or cloud team supporting mission-critical SaaS services and infrastructure
- At least 1+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Fluent in one or more languages: Golang, Java, Python, C
- Expertise in one or more areas: container platforms, automation, networking, operating systems, site reliability, config management, or IaC (Pulumi, Terraform)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals, coding skills, and software development best practices
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues
- Effective communication and collaboration skills
- Attention to detail and ability to build reliable, scalable software systems
- Ability to self-manage, drive project success, and mentor junior team members
Snowflake Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Snowflake and has not been reviewed or approved by Snowflake.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is often characterized as top‑of‑market across multiple roles. The company also points to a Fair Pay Workplace certification, signaling externally reviewed pay‑equity practices.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is a meaningful part of total compensation, with new‑hire grants, refresh potential, and a discounted ESPP with a favorable lookback. Feedback suggests this ownership component materially boosts perceived total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Parental leave is described as up to 26 weeks paid in the U.S., paired with flexible or generous PTO and multiple leave types. Family‑building benefits and a dedicated parental‑leave hub further expand support.
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What We Do
Snowflake powers the end-to-end data lifecycle – from ingesting and processing data to analyzing and modeling it, to building and sharing data and AI applications – helping engineers, analysts, and leaders innovate faster and achieve more with their data. We're on a mission to empower every enterprise to achieve its full potential through data and AI.
Why Work With Us
Snowflake is where data does more, and so do you. More innovating, more growing, and more collaborating. Here, you’ll find the sweet spot between building big and moving fast, in technology and your career.
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