Software Engineer - Product Security Assurance
Backend Engineer · Mid · Full Time
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Role
What you'll do.
Snowflake's Product Security Assurance team is seeking a mid-level Software Engineer to build critical security services and infrastructure that empowers engineers across the company. The role involves designing and implementing security solutions in areas like vulnerability management, supply chain security, and cloud security using Golang and Python in a multi-cloud environment.
Responsibilities
- Security Service Development: Design, develop, and support critical security services, libraries and frameworks that are highly reliable and easy to use
- Multi-cloud Software Engineering: Build high-quality and highly reliable software to meet the needs of a fast growing company in a multi-cloud environment
- Performance Optimization: Analyze and understand reliability, performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system and solve them
- Security Risk Mitigation: Understand the security risks faced by Snowflake and customers, and build solutions to mitigate them
- Cross-team Collaboration: Work with engineering teams from across Snowflake to build empathy and understand their security needs
- Infrastructure Direction: Help set the direction for the security infrastructure used by engineers across the company
- Scalable System Design: Build systems that are highly-reliable and scale to match Snowflake's massive and distributed footprint
Qualifications
What we look for.
Technical
Programming Languages
Fluency in Golang and/or Python for security service development
Systems Programming
Skills including multi-threading, concurrency, and distributed systems
CS Fundamentals
Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems
Software Development
Experience with design, implementation, testing, debugging and documentation
Developer Empathy
Ability to make security the easy thing to do across the organization
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
Experience
Software Development
3+ years of relevant work experience in software development
Problem Solving
Excellent problem solving skills with ability to tackle complex technical areas
On-site Work
Ability to work on-site in Menlo Park or Bellevue office
Skills
Required
Golang
Primary programming language for building security services
Python
Alternative language for security tooling and automation
Distributed Systems
Understanding of large-scale distributed system architecture
Systems Programming
Multi-threading, concurrency, and low-level programming concepts
Security Mindset
Understanding of security risks and mitigation strategies
Preferred
gRPC Services
Nice to haveExperience building and supporting highly reliable and scalable gRPC services
Developer Libraries
Nice to haveExperience building and supporting developer-facing libraries and services
Kubernetes
Nice to haveExperience with workload orchestration systems for deploying services at scale
Infrastructure as Code
Nice to haveExperience with Terraform and Pulumi for managing production infrastructure
Secret Management
Nice to haveExperience building secret management, key management, and identity services
Multi-cloud Platforms
Nice to haveExperience with AWS, Azure and GCP for building production services
Advanced Education
Nice to haveMaster's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
Tech stack
Languages
Frameworks
Tools
Other
Compensation
Pay and benefits.
Base·USD 160,000 – 230,000
Equity·Stock options
Benefits
Stock Options
Equity participation in Snowflake's growth as a publicly traded company
Comprehensive Benefits
Full benefits package as outlined on Snowflake careers site
Career Development
Opportunities to build expertise in cutting-edge cloud and security technologies
Impact-Driven Culture
Work environment focused on innovation, collaboration, and meaningful impact
Process
Interview steps.
- 01
Initial Screening
Phone or video call with recruiter to discuss background and interest in the role
- 02
Technical Phone Screen
45-60 minute technical interview covering programming concepts in Golang/Python
- 03
System Design Interview
Architecture discussion focused on building scalable security services
- 04
Security Domain Interview
Deep dive into security concepts, vulnerability management, and threat modeling
- 05
Behavioral Interview
Discussion of past experiences, teamwork, and cultural fit with Snowflake values
- 06
Final Round
On-site or virtual panel interviews with team members and engineering leadership
Full posting
Original listing.
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.
Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.
The Product Security Assurance team builds the security services that empower Snowflake engineers to bring the most secure Data Cloud to our customers. We solve the hard security problems so other Snowflake engineers don’t have to. Security, reliability and quality are critical. We need smart engineers who can pick up and understand complex technical areas quickly – and who are enthusiastic about building new technologies!
In this role, you will design, build and support software solutions across a wide range of problem areas, including Vulnerability Management, Supply Chain Security, Cloud Security and Secure Defaults. You will have the opportunity to help set the direction for the security infrastructure used by engineers across the company. The systems you build must be highly-reliable and scale to match Snowflake’s massive and distributed footprint.
We’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate Snowflake’s 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?
As a software engineer at Snowflake, you will:
Design, develop, and support critical security services, libraries and frameworks that are highly reliable and easy to use.
Build high-quality and highly reliable software to meet the needs of a fast growing company in a multi-cloud environment.
Analyze and understand reliability, performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system and solve them.
Understand the security risks faced by Snowflake and our customers, and build solutions to mitigate them.
Work with engineering teams from across Snowflake to build empathy and understand their needs.
OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE:
3+ years of relevant work experience in software development
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
Fluency in Golang and/or Python
Show high developer empathy, and make security the easy thing to do across our organization.
Excellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc.
Experience with design, implementation, testing, debugging and documentation.
Ability to work on-site in our Menlo Park or Bellevue office.
BONUS POINTS FOR EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
Experience building and supporting highly reliable and scalable GRPC services
Experience building and supporting developer facing libraries and services
Experience with workload orchestration systems such as Kubernetes to deploy and operate services at scale
Experience using infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and Pulumi to manage production infrastructure
Experience building secret management, key management, identity and related services
Experience with AWS, Azure and GCP to build production services
Ability to build scalable services that improve developer productivity and security in Golang
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
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