Senior / Staff Software Engineer - Snowflake Feature Store

Snowflake; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, life, and 7?6

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible spending & health savings

At least 12 paid holidays

Paid time off

Parental leave

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking AI-native thinkers to redefine how work gets done. Join the ML Feature Store team building cutting-edge feature transformations and low-latency serving as part of the Snowflake ML suite.

In this role, you will own the roadmap for Snowflake Feature Store, collaborate with senior architects and ML leadership, and shape a vision for incorporating new advances in ML while ensuring reliable, scalable service delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and building data serving infrastructure and/or ML platforms.
• Strong track record working with machine learning systems and platforms.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science.
• Fluency in Java and Python.
• Experience with feature engineering platforms and ML platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the roadmap for Snowflake Feature Store, working collaboratively with senior architects and ML team leadership.
• Build and execute a vision for incorporating new advances in machine learning.
• Ensure operational excellence of services and meet reliability, availability, and performance commitments.
• Collaborate across ML partner teams to improve development velocity and capabilities.
• Support team members in delivering high technical quality.

Skills

Machine learning systems

Data serving infrastructure

Computer science fundamentals

Java

Python

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Tools

Feature engineering platforms

ML platforms

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.

Join our ML Feature Store team where we're building cutting-edge product capabilities that power complex feature transformations and low latency feature serving. We're revolutionizing machine learning feature management and serving capabilities as part of the Snowflake ML suite of products. In the era of GenAI and agents, our team delivers high-quality, fresh feature solutions that make a real difference for our customers.

IN THIS ROLE AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:

• Help define and own the roadmap for Snowflake Feature Store, working collaboratively with senior architects and ML team leadership
• Build and execute a vision for incorporating new advances in machine learning
• Ensure operational excellence of services and meet reliability, availability, and performance commitments
• Collaborate across ML partner teams to improve development velocity and capabilities
• Support team members in delivering high technical quality

WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE:

• 8+ years of experience in designing and building data serving infrastructure and/or machine learning platforms.
• Strong track record working with machine learning systems and platforms.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science
• Fluency in Java and Python
• Experience with feature engineering platforms and ML platforms

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.

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

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $236,000 - $309,750.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. 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.