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.
The Developer Experience team empowers Snowflake engineers to do what they do best: write and ship highly reliable code fast. Our vision is to build the world's best Developer Experiences platform using the latest AI advancements. We own Bazel Build systems, IDEs, and Cloud Workspaces. We use the latest AI technologies to solve Snowflake’s engineering problems. Almost all Snowflake engineers use our products daily. This is a high-impact, high-visibility team which defines Snowflake's engineering culture. Alongside industry experts in developer productivity, you will evolve our infrastructure and tooling to be elastic, performant and easy-to-use. If you have a passion to make developers highly productive and a knack for using the latest AI advancements to solve real-world problems, we would love to talk.
OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE:7+ years of hands-on software development experience in a corporate environment.
Strong inclination to use and innovate using AI tools
A strong passion for making developers highly productive.
A track record of flawless technical execution.
Excellent problem solving skills and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
Fluency in Java, C++, Python or Golang.
Ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Outstanding written and oral English language skills.
Ability to work on-site at our Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA office.
Experience working on enterprise-grade build systems.
Developing data or distributed systems internals.
Experience with Bazel and / or observability.
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
Skills Required
- 6+ years of hands-on software development experience in a corporate environment
- Fluency in Java, C++, Python or Golang
- Strong inclination to use and innovate using AI tools
- Excellent problem solving skills and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
- Track record of flawless technical execution
- Ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Outstanding written and oral English language skills
- Ability to work on-site at Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA office
- Follow company confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data
- Experience working on enterprise-grade build systems
- Developing data or distributed systems internals
- Experience with Bazel and/or observability
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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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants (RSUs) and an ESPP are central to total compensation and are described as highly valuable. Feedback suggests many see equity as a major satisfaction driver with meaningful upside potential.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive and accompanied by clear communication on salary, equity, and advancement. Feedback suggests pay practices emphasize fairness and transparency.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, adoption assistance, and family planning resources are notably comprehensive. Feedback suggests these programs materially support major life events.
Snowflake Insights
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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