Senior Backend Engineer, Warehouse Platform | Equity

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 288,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Warehouse UX pod. This role focuses on backend, distributed systems powering warehouse features, billing, and usability, not a front-end position.

You should have 4–7 years of professional experience and strong judgment for reliable, scalable systems. You will design, build, deploy, and operate critical warehouse software, partnering with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver durable solutions.

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 to 7 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong programming, debugging, and software design skills in one or more modern languages.
• Experience building and operating backend or distributed systems in production.
• Ability to independently execute on medium-sized projects and deliver them to completion.
• Ability to contribute as a strong technical partner on larger, cross-team projects.
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and engineering best practices across design, implementation, testing, deployment, and operations.
• Experience participating in on-call, production support, or incident response for live systems.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego working style.
• A customer-oriented mindset and good judgment about reliability, usability, and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and operate backend software and distributed systems that power Snowflake Warehouses.
• Own medium-sized engineering projects independently from design through delivery, and contribute to larger initiatives across the warehouse organization.
• Build and evolve capabilities related to warehouse features, billing, and usability.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, performance, and operational health of warehouse systems in production.
• Work across the full software lifecycle, including technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, on-call participation, issue triage, and follow-through on production improvements.
• Partner closely with engineers, product managers, and adjacent teams to deliver durable solutions to customer and business problems.
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, maintainability, and long-term architectural health.
• Use strong debugging and systems thinking to resolve complex production issues and improve service behavior over time.
• Raise the bar through design reviews, code reviews, operational rigor, and clear technical communication.
• Apply AI-assisted workflows where they increase engineering leverage, speed, or quality without compromising judgment.

Education

BS in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Snowflake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Warehouse UX pod. This role focuses on backend, distributed systems powering warehouse features, billing, and usability, not a front-end position.

You should have 4–7 years of professional experience and strong judgment for reliable, scalable systems. You will design, build, deploy, and operate critical warehouse software, partnering with product managers and cross-functional teams to deliver durable solutions.