Principal Software Engineer - Metadata & Scalable Systems

Snowflake; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to solve real business needs at large scale and develop scalable distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of experience, strong computer science fundamentals, and fluency in Java or similar languages.

Join Snowflake's engineering team to build an industry-leading Cloud Data and AI Platform, tackle challenging technical problems, and innovate closely with customers. A Bachelor's in Computer Science is required, with advanced degrees preferred.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of industry experience designing, building and supporting large-scale distributed services.
• Strong computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Excellent understanding of operating systems concepts including multi-threading, memory management, networking and storage.

Responsibilities

• Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical skills.
• Design, develop and support fault-tolerant scalable distributed systems.
• Mentor and grow junior engineers.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Analytical problem solving

Mentoring junior engineers

Java or similar OOP language

Education

BS in Computer Science

Masters or PhD

Job description

Snowflake is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to solve real business needs at large scale and develop scalable distributed systems. The ideal candidate will have 15+ years of experience, strong computer science fundamentals, and fluency in Java or similar languages.

Join Snowflake's engineering team to build an industry-leading Cloud Data and AI Platform, tackle challenging technical problems, and innovate closely with customers. A Bachelor's in Computer Science is required, with advanced degrees preferred.