Senior Software Engineer - Data Engineering Experience

Senior Software Engineer · Senior · Full Time

CA-Ontario-TorontoCAD 245k – 295k3mo ago
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Role

What you'll do.

Snowflake's Data Engineering Experience (DEX) team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive high-impact initiatives in data engineering, focusing on building scalable web applications and frameworks. The ideal candidate will contribute to product vision, collaborate cross-functionally, and help shape innovative data engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

  • High-Impact Initiatives: Drive initiatives across product areas using multiple programming languages
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with product managers and designers to deliver features
  • Team Leadership: Mentor, coach, and empower junior team members
  • Product Vision: Contribute to and drive team planning and product strategy
  • Performance Engineering: Build scalable, high-performance systems and applications

Qualifications

What we look for.

Technical

  • Software Development

    7+ years of hands-on software development experience

  • Web Architecture

    Comprehensive understanding of modern web application design

  • System Design

    Experience with API design, security, performance, and scalability

Education

  • Computer Science Degree

    BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field

Experience

  • Full Stack Development

    Significant experience in full stack software development

  • Product Development

    Track record of building customer-facing products

Skills

Required

  • Full Stack Development

    Extensive experience in full stack software development

  • Web Application Architecture

    Deep understanding of modern web application design and architecture

  • Programming Languages

    Proficiency in Java, Python, and Golang

  • Technical Communication

    Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

  • Database Knowledge

    Nice to have

    Understanding of database internals and SQL

  • API Design

    Nice to have

    Experience with good API design patterns

  • Performance Optimization

    Nice to have

    Skills in building high-performance, scalable systems

Tech stack

Languages

JavaPythonGolang

Databases

SQL

Other

Web Applications

Compensation

Pay and benefits.

Base·CAD 245,250 – 295,250

Benefits

  • Innovation Culture

    Work at a fast-growing cloud computing company redefining data engineering

  • Career Growth

    Opportunities to mentor junior engineers and contribute to product strategy

  • Dynamic Environment

    Collaborative team focused on cutting-edge data engineering solutions

Process

Interview steps.

  1. 01

    Initial Screening

    Review of resume and initial qualifications

  2. 02

    Technical Phone Screen

    Discussion of technical skills and experience

  3. 03

    Technical Interviews

    In-depth technical assessments of software engineering skills

  4. 04

    System Design Interview

    Evaluation of system design and architectural thinking

  5. 05

    Team Fit Interview

    Assessment of collaboration and cultural alignment

Full posting

Original listing.

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 Data Engineering Experience (DEX) team and help shape the future of data engineering at Snowflake. We are a mature, highly diverse team dedicated to crafting exceptional data ingestion, pipeline authoring, and observability experiences for our customers. If you're passionate about building elegant web applications and frameworks in a collaborative, supportive environment, then we invite you to be part of our team's success story.

AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER YOU WILL:

  • Drive high impact initiatives that span our product areas and tech stack including Java, Python, and golang.

  • Promote strong collaboration within a cross functional team and partner closely with embedded product managers and designers.

  • Deliver features requiring close coordination with several sister teams

  • Be a strong contributor to the product vision and drive team planning.

  • Build for scale and high performance

  • Mentor, coach, and empower more junior team members



    OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

  • 7+ years hands-on software development experience, including significant experience in full stack software development.

  • Deep understanding of modern web applications design architecture, good API design patterns, security, performance and scale.

  • Knowledge of database internals and SQL is a big plus.

  • Passionate about building the best customer-facing products.

  • Strong written, verbal, and technical communication skills.

  • BS/MS in Computer Science or related majors.

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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