Principal Software Engineer (Data Platform, Streaming, Dynamic Tables and more)

Snowflake; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health insurance

Health savings accounts

Retirement plans

Life and disability insurance

Lunch and learn sessions

Virtual workouts

Ergonomic remote work equipment

Mental health resources

Fertility benefits

Generous time-off

Onsite and Remote Work

Employee discounts

ESPP

Quarterly bonus or commission

Zusammenfassung

Snowflake is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Data Platform team in Berlin. You will set direction, solve hard engineering problems, and elevate the entire team through hands-on delivery and collaboration with product and infrastructure leaders.

You will lead the evolution of declarative data pipelines, focusing on streaming ingestion and transformations, and drive technical strategy for real-time data movement and incremental processing.

Qualifikationen

• 14+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems.

Aufgaben

• Set engineering direction for Data Platform initiatives and drive architecture.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Customer insight

Software engineering 14+ years

Streaming/batch data systems

Incremental materialization

Systems thinking

Technical leadership

AI-assisted development

Snowflake internals

Metadata systems

Open source contributions

Tools

Flink

Spark

Jobbeschreibung

• As a Principal Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will be a technical anchor — setting direction, solving the hardest engineering problems, and elevating the entire team
• You will work at the intersection of systems design, long-term architecture, and real-world engineering execution
• In this specific role, you will lead the evolution of our declarative data pipelines, focusing on streaming ingestion and transformations
• Drive the technical strategy and architecture for key Data Platform initiatives, focusing heavily on real-time data movement and incremental processing
• Lead design reviews and set engineering standards across teams
• Identify and resolve high-impact technical challenges and systemic bottlenecks to reduce latency and improve the efficiency of dynamic tables at cloud scale
• Mentor and grow senior engineers; raise the engineering bar
• Partner closely with product and infrastructure leadership on roadmap and direction
• Continuous hands‑on technical deliverables in the most critical areas

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

• Excellent written and verbal communication for technical and executive audiences
• A passion for engaging directly with customers to gain insight and inspiration
• 14+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems
• Expert‑level knowledge of streaming and/or batch data systems (Flink, Spark, or equivalent), with specialized knowledge in incremental materialization algorithms
• Strong systems thinking — ability to reason across layers of complexity (infra, storage, compute, API)
• Experience influencing technical direction across organizations
• Demonstrated track record of defining and delivering platform-scale technical initiatives
• Experience with AI‑augmented development practices and integrating LLM‑based tooling into engineering workflows
• Familiarity with Snowflake platform internals or cloud‑native data systems
• Experience with metadata systems, query optimization, or data catalog infrastructure
• Contributions to open source, such as top‑level Apache projects