Senior Software Engineer - Data Engineering Experience
Senior Software Engineer · Senior · Full Time
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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 haveUnderstanding of database internals and SQL
API Design
Nice to haveExperience with good API design patterns
Performance Optimization
Nice to haveSkills in building high-performance, scalable systems
Tech stack
Languages
Databases
Other
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.
- 01
Initial Screening
Review of resume and initial qualifications
- 02
Technical Phone Screen
Discussion of technical skills and experience
- 03
Technical Interviews
In-depth technical assessments of software engineering skills
- 04
System Design Interview
Evaluation of system design and architectural thinking
- 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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