Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management

Snowflake; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 230,625 - 256,875; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Snowflake in Bellevue, WA seeks an experienced IAM senior engineer to design and build secure, scalable identity and access management capabilities, supporting millions of objects and users.

You will lead large projects, collaborate with principal engineers, and ensure high-quality code and architectural decisions while advancing authentication, authorization, and data sharing across Snowflake's cloud services.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with identity and access management concepts and protocols.
• Experience with database systems and query engines is a plus.
• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Java, C#, or C++.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI security capabilities for controlled, audited agent workflows, inbound and outbound.
• Design and implement features that provide IAM capabilities with next generation identity providers and authentication protocols.
• Build authorization frameworks to provide fine-grained access control for millions of objects and users.
• Design and develop solutions for secure data sharing and access via external applications.
• Lead and deliver large projects with strong planning and execution.
• Ensure high quality code, architecture decisions, and quick delivery.
• Mentor and guide the team through code reviews and design discussions.

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.

The Identity & Access Management (IAM) team’s charter is to enable our customers to confidently bring their most sensitive data and workloads to Snowflake. We provide the authentication and authorization capabilities for customers to secure their Snowflake accounts. We are heavily focused on critical AI adoption and security capabilities like Snowflake Intelligence access control, MCP server and clients, Agent identity, Admin guardrails for agents, etc. Our feature set includes capabilities such as user management, secret‑less authentication for both human and service users, SSO integration with numerous IdPs, MFA, OAuth and OIDC support for 3P applications, and RBAC for granular access control. These systems are critical to customer trust and maintaining Snowflake’s security, reliability and performance. The team culture is very collaborative with ample opportunities for growth and mentorship from Principal engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement critical AI security capabilities for controlled, audited, restricted agent workflows, both inbound and outbound.
• Design and implement features that provide critical identity and access management capabilities, including integration with the next generation identity providers and authentication protocols.
• Build authorization frameworks to provide fine‑grained access control, which can scale to seamlessly managing millions of objects and users.
• Design and develop solutions for seamless and secure data sharing, access to applications running in Snowflake, and access via external applications.
• Lead and deliver large projects, including managing low‑level project planning and execution.
• Showcase and hold a high bar for quality, speed, and sound technical decisions.
• Actively guide the team and partners via high‑quality code and design reviews.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large‑scale distributed systems in production, with recent experience building large‑scale cloud services.
• Deep knowledge and experience with one or more areas of identity and access management such as authentication, authorization, etc. Knowledge of industry standard security concepts and protocols like SAML, SCIM, OAuth, OIDC, Federation and RBAC is a plus.
• Experience with database systems and database internals, such as query engines and optimizers, is a big plus.
• Extremely strong fundamental computer science skills.
• Strong development skills in Java, C# or C++ preferred.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related field.

Compensation

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.

Benefits

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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