Lead Principal Engineer: AI-Ready Data Foundations

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 304,000 - 437,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking an experienced architect to lead the redesign of core metadata systems and drive innovations in Apache Iceberg. With over 15 years of experience in large-scale distributed services and deep expertise in database internals, you will contribute significantly to building foundational capabilities for AI. Join a world-class team that focuses on challenging problems in security and distributed systems while enjoying a competitive salary range of $304,000 - $437,000 along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience designing and supporting large-scale distributed services.
• Comprehensive knowledge of metadata management and query optimization.
• Excellent understanding of durability and correctness fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ground-up redesign of core metadata systems.
• Drive innovation on Apache Iceberg for analytics and AI workloads.
• Build foundational metadata capabilities for AI navigation.

Skills

Large-scale distributed services design

Cloud-scale solutions

Deep database internals

Distributed systems mastery

Data structures and algorithms

Education

BS in Computer Science

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Snowflake is seeking an experienced architect to lead the redesign of core metadata systems and drive innovations in Apache Iceberg. With over 15 years of experience in large-scale distributed services and deep expertise in database internals, you will contribute significantly to building foundational capabilities for AI. Join a world-class team that focuses on challenging problems in security and distributed systems while enjoying a competitive salary range of $304,000 - $437,000 along with comprehensive benefits.