Engineering Manager, Bedrock

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 339,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible spending & Health Savings

At least 12 paid holidays

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking an experienced leader to head the Apps & Experiences Platform team. You will own the technical strategy, drive end-to-end execution, and set engineering standards while mentoring engineers to grow a diverse, high-performing team.

You will collaborate with Product Management to translate user needs into technical roadmaps, improve processes, and ensure system reliability, scalability, and velocity in a fast-moving AI data cloud environment.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience designing and building large-scale user-facing systems in production.
• 3+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Extensive development experience in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical strategy and execution for the Apps & Experiences Platform team from idea to deployment.
• Provide architectural oversight and ensure reliability and scalability of systems.
• Mentor engineers and grow a diverse, high-performing team.
• Define team plans, maintainable roadmaps, and delivery commitments.
• Collaborate with Product Management to translate user needs into technical roadmaps.
• Improve engineering processes, tooling, and standards for efficiency and velocity.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to align platform direction.

Skills

Leadership

System design

Cloud environments

Communication

Hands-on engineering

Education

CS degree or higher

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn’t just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

About The Team

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 are 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.

AS MANAGER FOR APPS & EXPERIENCES PLATFORM TEAM, YOU WILL:

• Own the technical strategy and execution for the team, 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 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.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WITH

• 9+ years of experience in designing and building large-scale user-facing systems in production.
• 3+ years of experience in managing and leading teams building lean mission-critical, highly concurrent, high-throughput, low-latency systems that power user interfaces.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Extensive and strong development experience in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, is a plus.
• Strong hands‑on skills. Can drill deep into the complex system design and implementation on a routine basis.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience.

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?

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $236,000 - $339,200.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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