Principal Software Engineer II - Product Security

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Benefits offered by this job

Culture that’s all in on impact, ideas

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Principal Software Engineer II to lead Product Security initiatives, defining the long-term security vision across AI, data protection, and supply chain defenses. The role demands hands-on architecture leadership, cross-team collaboration, and mentoring to lift security culture.

You will drive security strategy for AI systems, authentication, authorization, and secure infrastructure, while partnering with product and engineering to embed best practices.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience securing large-scale distributed systems.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Demonstrated company-level technical leadership with cross-organizational impact.
• Deep expertise in AI/ML security, cryptography, IAM, secure distributed design, cloud security and/or software supply chain security.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority and architectural leader for Product Security, defining long-term security vision and architecture.
• Drive security strategy across AI security, authentication, authorization, data protection, and software supply chain security.
• Design and develop scalable, secure-by-default frameworks, services, and tools to secure Snowflake's infrastructure and data.
• Define and implement proactive AI threat mitigation strategies for Snowflake’s offerings and overall security posture.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to implement security best practices.
• Mentor engineers, influence engineering culture, and promote a strong security mindset company-wide.

Skills

Security leadership

Distributed systems security

Cloud security

AI security

Identity and access management

Software supply chain security

Secure software development

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor/Master in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Java

Go

Python

C

C++

Job description

Principal Software Engineer II - Product Security: Defining and advancing Snowflake’s security, securing infrastructure, and protecting customer data and accounts with an accent on AI security, authentication, authorization, data protection, and software supply chain security. Focus on proactively mitigating emerging AI-related threats and defining long-term mitigation strategies aligned with business and product goals.

Location: Hybrid

Salary: $280K - $402.5K

Company

Snowflake empowers enterprises to achieve their full potential.

What you will do

• Serve as the senior technical authority and architectural leader for Product Security, defining the long-term technical vision and security architecture.
• Drive the security strategy across key domains, including AI security, authentication, authorization, data protection, and software supply chain security.
• Design and develop scalable, secure-by-default frameworks, services, and tools to secure Snowflake's infrastructure and protect customer data and accounts.
• Define and implement proactive strategies to mitigate emerging AI-related threats, both by securing Snowflake’s AI offerings and leveraging AI to enhance the company's overall security posture.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to implement security best practices.
• Mentor engineers, influence the engineering culture, and promote a strong security mindset company-wide.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software engineering experience building and securing large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Demonstrated company-level technical leadership with cross-organizational impact.
• Deep expertise in multiple security domains, including AI/ML system security, applied cryptography, identity and access management, secure distributed system design, cloud and infrastructure security and/or software supply chain security
• Experience securing AI/ML systems or building security controls for AI-driven platforms.
• Experience in software development working with one or more of the following languages: Java, Go, Python, C, C++

Culture & Benefits

• Culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration.
• Fast scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth.