Principal Engineer, Snowflake

Regulatory & Sovereign Cloud

$235-368k

Plus bonus and equity

Java

C++

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

AI Data Cloud for data sharing and app building

Job no longer available

AI Data Cloud for data sharing and app building

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceData storageEnterpriseAnalyticsMachine LearningSaaSData AnalysisCloud ComputingData Sharing

Job no longer available

$235-368k

Plus bonus and equity

Java

C++

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

3-5 days a week in office (San Mateo, CA)

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceData storageEnterpriseAnalyticsMachine LearningSaaSData AnalysisCloud ComputingData Sharing

Company mission

On a mission to mobilize the world's data.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

15+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production, with recent experience in building large scale cloud services
Deep knowledge and experience with different security areas like identity and access management, cryptography, network security, etc
Experience with database systems and database internals, such as query engines and optimizers are a big plus
Strong fundamentals in computer science skills
Expert-level development skills in Java or C++
Knowledge of industry standard security concepts and protocols like SAML, SCIM, OAuth, RBAC, cryptography is a plus
Advanced degree in Computer Science or related degree
Ph.D. in the related field is a plus

What the job involves

As a principal engineer, you will be responsible for leading several key areas and collaborating with various engineering groups in addition to the Regulatory & Sovereign Cloud team
To be successful as a lead in the area, you will need to have (and continue to build) a broad and in-depth knowledge base on cloud infrastructure, data security, privacy, and governance, and data residency in various aspects of Snowflake
Lead highly impactful initiatives from idea formulation to design and implementation
Innovate, design and build highly available, reliable and secured distributed services and solutions within the global Snowflake
Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding security, reliability, availability, and performance
Mentor and coach other engineers

Our take

Developed as a fresh alternative to the archaic systems of data governance and information silos, Snowflake is a frictionless cloud data platform that removes the barriers preventing organisations of all sizes from unleashing the true value of their data.

The company equips organizations with a single, integrated platform that offers the only data warehouse built for the cloud; instant, secure and governed access to their entire network of data; and a core architecture to enable many types of data workloads, including a single platform for developing modern data applications.

Major competitors include Azure, SQL and AWS, and Snowflake has managed to keep ahead of the competition, cementing itself as a global force. Across its 1300+ partners, the company's cloud manages over 250PB of data (with more than 515 million data workloads running every day). Its continued focus on product R&D and partnership expansion have Snowflake well-positioned to manage itself amidst the competition.

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Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Feb 2020

$479m

SERIES G

Oct 2018

$450m

LATE VC

Total funding: $1.4bn

Company benefits

Comprehensive health insurance plans
Health savings accounts
Robust retirement plans
Life and disability insurance
Weekly online lunch and learns
Virtual workout classes
Ergonomic work-from-home equipment
On-demand mental health and wellness programs
Fertility benefits and family planning resources
Generous time-off and various leave plans
Onsite and Remote Work
Employee discounts and pre-tax selections
New hire equity + Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Quarterly bonus or commission program

Company HQ

Menlo Park, CA

Leadership

Benoit Dageville

(Co-Founder & President of Product)

Benoit, a leading expert in parallel execution and self-tuning databases, founded Snowflake after 10+ years at Oracle as a lead architect. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has 270+ patents.

Thierry Cruanes

(Co-Founder)

Thierry is a leading expert in query optimization and parallel execution. He has a PhD in Computer Science with a focus in Database Systems and is a named inventor on 200+ patents.

Sridhar Ramaswamy

(Chief Executive Officer)

Sridhar joined Snowflake in 2023 via the Neeva acquisition as SVP of AI and later became CEO. He co-founded Neeva and previously led Google’s Ads business, growing it from $1.5B to $100B.

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