Senior Software Engineer, Apps and Experiences Platform

Snowflake; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 287,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible spending account

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Apps & Experiences Platform to design, build, and operate scalable backend services powering Snowflake’s user-facing apps. You’ll contribute across the full development lifecycle and collaborate across teams to deliver high-quality features and platform capabilities.

You will drive reliability, scalability, and observability while working on cloud-native infrastructure on Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years designing large-scale distributed or user-facing systems in production.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and reliable backend systems.
• Kubernetes production experience.
• Cloud-native architectures, observability and service reliability understanding.
• Experience with APIs, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms.
• Strong coding and debugging skills; navigate complex architectures.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and platform infrastructure for Snowflake’s apps and experiences.
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle from design to deployment and operations.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver features.
• Drive improvements to reliability, scalability, performance, and developer productivity.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions to guide technical direction.
• Build and operate cloud-native infrastructure and services on Kubernetes.
• Improve deployment, observability, and operational workflows for containerized services.
• Debug and resolve production issues across distributed systems and platform services.
• Build internal tools, including the coding agent/orchestrator, for AI-assisted workflows.
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture through code reviews and mentoring.

Skills

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Programming & debugging

Collaboration

Architecture design

Technical communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS or related field

Job description

At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.

About The Team

The Apps & Experiences Platform team powers the systems and services behind all of our user-facing applications, including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile experiences. Our mission is to build innovative backend services, developer tooling, platform infrastructure, and AI-powered capabilities that enable exceptional product experiences at scale. As part of our team, you’ll work across feature development, platform engineering, infrastructure, and internal tooling to support both end users and developers. We care deeply about building systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and performant. Snowflake is a high-growth AI Data Cloud company, and we’re looking for exceptional engineers to help us scale the next generation of our platform. A key part of this is our work on our internal AI developer agent, which is designed to democratize end-to-end app development across all engineering teams by translating product specs and designs into fully functional, production-ready features.

As a Senior Software Engineer for the Apps & Experiences Platform Team, you will:

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and platform infrastructure that power Snowflake’s user-facing applications.
• Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
• 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.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, helping shape technical direction and engineering best practices.
• Build and operate cloud-native infrastructure and services running on Kubernetes.
• Improve deployment, observability, and operational workflows for services running in containerized environments.
• Debug and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems, Kubernetes infrastructure, and platform services.
• 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.
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture through code reviews, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and operational ownership.

We are looking for candidates with:

• 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.
• Strong understanding of cloud‑native architectures, container orchestration, service reliability, and observability.
• Experience with distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms.
• Strong coding and debugging skills, with the ability to navigate complex system architectures.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across teams.
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent practical experience.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

How do you want to make your impact?

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $287,500.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

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