Senior Software Engineer, AI-Powered Apps & Experiences Platform

Snowflake; Bellevue (KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Apps & Experiences Platform team to design, build, and operate scalable backend services powering Snowflake’s user-facing apps. You will influence architecture, drive reliability, and collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver high-impact features.

You will work on cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes-based services, and AI-assisted workflows that enable self-serve feature development while maintaining strong operational

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed or user-facing systems in production environments.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building highly reliable, scalable backend systems.
• Experience building and operating services on Kubernetes in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and platform infrastructure that power Snowflake’s user-facing applications.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and platform capabilities.
• Drive improvements to system reliability, scalability, performance, and developer productivity.
• Build and enhance internal tools, including our coding agent/orchestrator, to create AI-assisted workflows that enable self-serve building of production features end-to-end on the platform through prompts.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Kubernetes

Cloud architecture

APIs

Observability

Collaboration

Code reviews

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Snowflake seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Apps & Experiences Platform team to design, build, and operate scalable backend services powering Snowflake’s user-facing apps. You will influence architecture, drive reliability, and collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver high-impact features.

You will work on cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes-based services, and AI-assisted workflows that enable self-serve feature development while maintaining strong operational