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.
About the team
The Apps & Experiences Platform team is powering systems and services for all our user facing apps including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile apps. Our mission is to craft innovative backend services, features, tools, infrastructure, and AI tooling that bring such products to life with delightful user experiences. As part of our team, you'll dive into a mix of building & managing platform infrastructure, and building AI self-serve tools to support the platform and its developer’s needs. We're passionate about building a platform that is highly reliable, available, maintainable, and scalable. We are a high growth AI data cloud company and we are looking for exceptional talent like you to help build and grow our infrastructure to scale us to the next level.
AS MANAGER FOR APPS & EXPERIENCES PLATFORM TEAM, YOU WILL:
Own the technical strategy and execution for the team, driving projects from initial idea formulation and detailed system design to high-quality implementation and successful deployment.
Provide deep technical oversight by actively participating in design reviews, architecture discussions, and drilling into complex system implementations to ensure reliability and scalability.
Serve as a subject matter expert, setting the bar for engineering excellence and coding best practices within the team.
Mentor and coach engineers on complex technical challenges and career development, and grow a strong, diverse team through proactive hiring.
Define team plans and deliverables while remaining accountable for the platform's availability, maintainability, and performance.
Collaborate closely with the Product Management team to translate user needs and product requirements into clear technical roadmaps.
Lead the improvement of our engineering processes, tooling, and standards, focusing on efficiency and velocity.
Partner effectively with other engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and influence the direction of the broader platform.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WITH:
9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale user-facing systems in production.
3+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems that power user interfaces.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, is a plus.
Strong hands-on skills. Can drill deep into the complex system design and implementation on a routine basis.
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent 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
Skills Required
- 9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale user-facing systems in production.
- 3+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building critical, concurrent, high-throughput systems.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Extensive development experience in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong hands-on skills in system design and implementation.
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
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 considered competitive across many roles, and the company highlights structured practices aimed at pay equity. Total compensation is often described as strong at senior levels when equity and bonuses are included.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants and an ESPP are standard, making ownership accessible and a meaningful part of total rewards. New-hire RSUs and ongoing equity alongside bonus/commission programs are emphasized.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical coverage is offered with programs like Lyra providing up to 25 no-cost therapy/coaching sessions, alongside HSA-eligible plans. Wellness resources and additional clinical programs (such as Omada for certain conditions) broaden the scope of support.
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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