Staff Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Multi-Cloud at Scale

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Snowflake in Menlo Park seeks a Staff Software Engineer for their Container Platform. This role involves designing complex platform initiatives, improving developer experience, and ensuring reliability across multiple clouds.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in large-scale distributed systems, proficiency in Kubernetes, and familiarity with cloud operations. Join Snowflake to influence how engineering teams operate and drive innovation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
• Experience owning Kubernetes or similar orchestration systems in production at scale.
• Proficient in Go or a comparable systems language.
• Experience operating across multiple clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of large, complex platform initiatives.
• Identify and drive cross-team technical improvements.
• Make and defend architectural trade-offs.
• Act as a technical anchor for the team.
• Treat internal engineers as primary customers.

Skills

Designing large-scale distributed systems

Kubernetes orchestration

Proficient in Go or similar language

Multi-cloud operations (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Job description

Snowflake in Menlo Park seeks a Staff Software Engineer for their Container Platform. This role involves designing complex platform initiatives, improving developer experience, and ensuring reliability across multiple clouds.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in large-scale distributed systems, proficiency in Kubernetes, and familiarity with cloud operations. Join Snowflake to influence how engineering teams operate and drive innovation.