Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.
We are hiring talented Lead Software Engineers for our Production Control Plane team.
The team is responsible for seamless, automated, and scalable cloud infrastructure deployment, provisioning, and lifecycle management. If you are passionate about building cloud platforms this opportunity may be for you.
IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:
Build a deep understanding of Snowflake’s infrastructure and services.
Apply both infrastructure and software engineering to deliver a highly scalable, resilient, and performant platform.
Provide technical leadership on large, complex projects that span infrastructure, platforms, tools, and automation in the cloud.
Champion platform adoption to meet business goals across partner teams.
Lead and mentor more junior engineers
OUR IDEAL LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER - CLOUD ENGINEERING AT SNOWFLAKE, WILL HAVE:
BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
6+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in cloud computing (AWS, Azure, or GCP) or platform engineering.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; proven ability to build alignment across teams.
Ownership mindset, self-direction, and a passion for solving complex problems.
Strong software engineering fundamentals.
Proficiency in one or more languages: Go, Java, Python, or C++.
Expertise in at least one: platform building, automation, networking, site reliability, configuration management, or IaC (Terraform, Pulumi).
Strong distributed troubleshooting and incident resolution skills.
Tech lead experience
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
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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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