Senior Platform Security Engineer — Trust & Data Policy

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Snowflake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Trust & Platform Security team to build data movement policies and robust exfiltration protection across multi-cloud environments. You will work at the intersection of security policy and system enforcement, delivering scalable controls and audit-ready solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering with security focus, experience with distributed systems in Java/Go/C++, and cloud-native security controls on AWS/GCP/Azure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with security or infrastructure focus.
• Strong understanding of TLS/SSL, HTTP/S, DNS and Zero Trust.
• Experience designing distributed systems in Java, Go, or C++.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud-native security controls.
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement core components of the Data Movement Policy (DMP) framework.
• Build and enhance Data Exfiltration Protection capabilities with controls and detection.
• Unify Context-Aware Access policies with perimeter controls into a policy engine.
• Author and review design documents for DMP and Perimeter Policy features.
• Partner with Product Management to translate requirements into engineering deliverables.
• Mentor junior engineers and drive secure, high-quality code.
• Own end-to-end delivery from design to production deployment.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Cloud-native security

Zero Trust

Data Loss Prevention

Network security fundamentals

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Java

Go

C++

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Snowflake is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Trust & Platform Security team to build data movement policies and robust exfiltration protection across multi-cloud environments. You will work at the intersection of security policy and system enforcement, delivering scalable controls and audit-ready solutions.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering with security focus, experience with distributed systems in Java/Go/C++, and cloud-native security controls on AWS/GCP/Azure.