Technical Lead Manager (Apps and Experiences Storage Team)

Snowflake; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Remote work options

Equity / ESPP

Retirement plan

Onsite and Remote Work

Job summary

Snowflake, a leading AI data cloud company, is seeking aSenior Storage Platform Leader in Toronto to own the storage team's strategy and drive end-to-end design and deployment of scalable systems. You will set technical direction, oversee architecture reviews, and mentor engineers across a high-performance team.

In this role, you will collaborate with Product Management to translate user needs into technical roadmaps and continuously improve processes and tooling to boost efficiency and velocity.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.
• Proven collaboration and communication skills.
• Extensive cloud environment experience (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience building and managing high-throughput, low-latency systems.

Responsibilities

• Own the storage team's technical strategy and execution from idea to deployment.
• Provide deep technical oversight through design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Mentor and coach engineers, and grow a diverse high-performing team.
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate needs into technical roadmaps.
• Lead improvement of engineering processes, tooling, and standards for efficiency.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to influence direction of the platform.

Skills

Systems design

Distributed systems

Leadership

Cloud environments

Redis

PostgreSQL

Blob storage

Team management

Communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related

Tools

Redis

PostgreSQL

Blob storage (S3/Azure/Google)

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Responsibilities

• The Apps & Experiences Platform team is powering systems and services for all our user facing apps including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile apps. Our mission is to craft innovative backend services, features, tools, infrastructure, and AI tooling that bring such products to life with delightful user experiences
• As part of our team, you’ll dive into a mix of building & managing platform infrastructure, and building AI self-serve tools to support the platform and its developer’s needs
• We’re passionate about building a platform that is highly reliable, available, maintainable, and scalable. We are a high growth AI data cloud company and we are looking for exceptional talent like you to help build and grow our infrastructure to scale us to the next level
• Own the storage team’s technical strategy and execution, driving projects from initial idea formulation and detailed system design to high-quality implementation and successful deployment
• Provide deep technical oversight by actively participating in design reviews, architecture discussions, and drilling into complex system implementations to ensure reliability and scalability
• Serve as a key technical contributor and subject matter expert, setting the bar for engineering excellence and coding best practices within the team
• Mentor and coach engineers on complex technical challenges and career development, and grow a strong, diverse team through proactive hiring
• Define team plans and deliverables while remaining accountable for the platform’s availability, maintainability, and performance
• Collaborate closely with the Product Management team to translate user needs and product requirements into clear technical roadmaps
• Lead the improvement of our engineering processes, tooling, and standards, focusing on efficiency and velocity
• Partner effectively with other engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure smooth integration and influence the direction of the broader platform

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

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale systems in production
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, is a plus
• Experience building and managing high throughput systems with Redis, Postgres, and blob stores (e.g. S3, Azure blob, and/or Google cloud storage)
• 2+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Strong hands‑on skills. Can drill deep into the complex system design and implementation on a routine basis