Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management

Snowflake Inc.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management to join our IAM team. You will design and implement critical security capabilities for agent workflows and integrate with next generation identity providers.

You will lead large projects, drive architectural decisions, and mentor teammates while delivering scalable, secure cloud services. The role emphasizes code quality, performance, and collaboration in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Experience with IAM concepts and security protocols (SAML, OAuth, OIDC, RBAC).
• Strong coding skills in Java, C#, or C++ and CS fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI security capabilities for agent workflows.
• Design IAM features with integration to identity providers and auth protocols.
• Build authorization frameworks for fine-grained access control at scale.
• Develop solutions for secure data sharing and access to Snowflake.
• Lead and deliver large projects with planning and execution.
• Maintain high quality, speed, and sound technical decisions.
• Guide the team through code and design reviews.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

C#

C++

IAM concepts

Code reviews

Leadership

Education

Advanced degree in Computer Science 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.

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 provides 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 like 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. Our 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.

AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT, YOU WILL:

• 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

AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT, YOU HAVE:

• 7+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production, with recent experience in 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 are 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.

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.

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