Senior Cloud Support Engineer, Snowflake
Programmability & APIs
3-5 days a week in office
Cloud data platform providing data warehouse-as-a-service for the cloud
Open for applications
Cloud data platform providing data warehouse-as-a-service for the cloud
1001+ employees
Open for applications
3-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
On a mission to mobilize the world's data.
Role
Who you are
- Ideally, you have worked in a 24x7 environment, handled technical case escalations and incident management, worked in technical support for an RDBMS, been on-call during weekends, and are familiar with database release management
- Bachelor’s. or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
- 5+ years experience in a Technical Support environment or a similar technical function in a customer-facing role
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English with attention to detail
- Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment across global teams
- Basic familiarity with one major cloud service provider's ecosystem
- Understanding of basic Python and Java code
- Basic understanding of Windows and Linux Operating Systems
- Basic understanding of Data Warehousing fundamentals and concepts
- Ability to write and understand basic SQL queries
- Work with customers to address any programmability-related issues
- Support the integration of third-party APIs and services into our applications
- Able to read a program in Python and Java and extract meaningful logic/content
- Understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming and version control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab)
- Experience with software development tools and environments (e.g., Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, or IntelliJ IDEA)
- Understanding of RESTful APIs and web services
Desirable
- Working experience in containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with AWS Lambda and related AWS services (e.g., S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS)
- Understanding of event-driven architectures and microservices
- Experience with API frameworks and tools like Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, and API Gateway
- Able to identify packages from import statements
- Able to read library API documentation and use them effectively
What the job involves
- Snowflake’s Support team is expanding!
- We are looking for a Senior Cloud Support Engineer who likes working with data and solving a wide variety of issues utilizing their technical experience having worked on a variety of operating systems, database technologies, big data, data integration, connectors, and networking
- As a Senior Cloud Support Engineer, your role is to delight our customers with your passion and knowledge of Snowflake Data Warehouse
- Customers will look to you for technical guidance and expert advice with regard to their effective and optimal use of Snowflake
- You will be the voice of the customer regarding product feedback and improvements for Snowflake’s product and engineering teams
- You will play an integral role in building knowledge within the team and be part of strategic initiatives for organizational and process improvements
- Based on business needs, you may be assigned to work with one or more Snowflake Priority Support customers
- You will develop a strong understanding of the customer’s use case and how they leverage the Snowflake platform
- You will deliver exceptional service, enabling them to achieve the highest levels of continuity and performance from their Snowflake implementation
- Drive technical solutions to complex problems providing in-depth analysis and guidance to Snowflake customers and partners using the following methods of communication: email, web, and phone
- Adhere to response and resolution SLAs and escalation processes in order to ensure fast resolution of customer issues that exceed expectations
- Demonstrate good problem-solving skills and be process-oriented
- Utilize the Snowflake environment, connectors, 3rd party partner software, and tools to investigate issues
- Document known solutions to the internal and external knowledge base
- Report well-documented bugs and feature requests arising from customer-submitted requests
- Partner with engineering teams in prioritizing and resolving customer requests
- Participate in a variety of Support initiatives
- Provide support coverage during holidays and weekends based on business needs
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 organizations 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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Insights
37% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Feb 2020
$479m
LATE VC
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 values
- Put Customers First - We only succeed when our customers succeed
- Integrity Always - Be open, honest and respectful
- Think Big - Be ambitious and have big goals
- Be Excellent - Quality and excellence count in everything we do
- Get It Done - Results matter. Work hard and smart
- Own It - Build our product and our company like it’s yours, because it is
- Make Each Other the Best - Treat people with kindness and respect
- Embrace Each Other's Differences - Accept and appreciate everyone from every walk of life
Company HQ
Bozeman, MT
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Leadership
Benoit Dageville
(Co-Founder)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.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Snowflake
- At Snowflake, embracing each others’ differences is a core value of our organization. We recognize and appreciate the importance of creating an environment in which all employees feel valued, included, and empowered to do their best work and bring great ideas to the table. Promoting the values of diversity and fostering an inclusive workplace culture takes each of us working together, caring deeply, and acting intentionally.
- Since Day 1, Snowflake and its culture belong to each of us, We “own it.” Owning it means we continually look for ways to improve and it’s in that spirit that our Diversity Council was formed. Our Council spans every functional area with an eye towards diverse representation across a range of demographics - 50% female, 50% persons of color, 21% LGBTQ, 7% persons with disabilities, and four generations. The Council narrowed in on three priority areas to focus our initiatives and impact positive change.
- 1. Enabling employee and community readiness by creating focus groups and using data to reveal deeper insights into our community and our specific needs and challenges to guide our future efforts and target initiatives.
- 2. Empowering employees’ voices by organizing outlets for conversation, spotlighting different employee stories, building mentorship programs, and supporting cultural inclusion.
- 3. Building external partnerships to broaden demographic representation in our candidate pipeline and educational partnerships to enable equitable opportunities for generations to come.
- As a company of action, we are committed to managing and measuring our forward progress around diversity and inclusion. And because we are a data company, the approach of gaining insights from the data, setting targets, measuring results, and iterating is in our DNA. We have put in place the foundational groundwork to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion for right now and for the future of Snowflake.
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