Principal Software Engineer

Snowflake; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA

Retirement plans

Life and disability insurance

Remote work options

Equity (ESPP)

Bonus program

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a senior software engineer to join the Apps & Experiences organization. You will shape AI-first platforms, own developer tooling, and build scalable infrastructure to support Snowsight, Snowflake CoWork, and related UX features.

You will collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality, observable systems and drive 10x improvements in developer productivity. On-site in Bellevue or remote within the US is supported.

Qualifications

• Fluent English communication skills and collaboration across teams.
• Experience with AI or LLM-based applications (agents, prompts, evals).
• Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Track record delivering tooling for large codebases and improving developer productivity.
• Ability to mentor junior engineers and work in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-first platforms and tools to enhance developer experience for Snowsight.
• Develop scalable, maintainable developer infrastructure and tooling.
• Improve platform reliability via observability, SLOs, and automated remediation.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute to engineering processes, tooling, and coding standards.

Skills

Go/Java/Python

AI/LLM experience

Distributed systems

CS fundamentals

Communication skills

Mentoring

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tooling

Job description

• The Apps & Experiences (AppEx) organization powers the unified user experience (Snowsight) for Snowflake. Every major Snowflake customer interacts with our platform through these surfaces, making AppEx central to both customer satisfaction and revenue growth
• Within Appex, our team sits at the intersection of AI, platform, and user experience. We are on a mission to create an AI‑first, scalable, maintainable, and extensible platform to build all Snowflake user experience features. The team owns:
• The serving layer that powers Snowsight, Snowflake CoWork, and UX features
• Developer tooling that enable our engineers to move fast and deliver
• Frontend infrastructure and shared services for product teams
• CI pipelines that ensure fast and reliable builds
• Testing and validation platform that maintains code and product quality
• The monitoring and logging stack that ensures observability and trust
• As a software engineer on the team, you will play a central role in delivering the next generation of tools and evolve our developer infrastructure and tooling to be scalable, highly performant, and AI-first
• Design and build AI-first platforms, tools, and best practices to significantly enhance the developer experience for Snowsight
• Drive strategy and initiatives to improve agentic development workflows and build infrastructure to support 10x increases in developer productivity
• Improve platform reliability by investing in observability, alerting, SLOs, and automated remediation across our systems
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, other engineering teams, and business groups, to drive end-to-end solutions
• Contribute to improving our engineering processes, tooling, and standards

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

Passion for AI-first processes and for building platforms that enable many teams to move faster while keeping systems maintainable and safeFluency in Go, Java, or PythonExcellent interpersonal communication skillsExperience with or strong interest in AI or LLM-based applications (agents, prompt/tool engineering, evals, or productionized AI features)Experience working on enterprise-grade build systemsOutstanding written and oral English language skillsA strategic mindset and strong sense of what to prioritize for maximum impactAbility to work in a team environment, collaborate well, and mentor junior engineersStrong passion for making developers highly productive12+ years industry experience developing tools for large codebasesAbility to work on-site at our Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA officesExcellent problem solving skills, and strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systemsIf you’re excited about building the platform and AI systems that power how the world’s largest companies experience Snowflake, we’d love to hear from you