Staff Software Engineer, Cortex AI Infra & Orchestration

Snowflake; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 236,000 - 309,750; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Snowflake is seeking an experienced professional to architect and scale backend infrastructure in Menlo Park, California. The candidate will build high-performance systems for AI products, oversee orchestration engines, and collaborate on converting LLM capabilities into microservices. A Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience in distributed systems and backend infrastructure are required. An attractive benefits package, including insurance, paid time off, and retirement plans, is offered as part of the compensation package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building distributed systems, high-throughput APIs, or backend infrastructure for AI/ML products.
• Strong understanding of database internals, distributed state management, and cloud-native architecture.

Responsibilities

• Architect orchestration engines with low-latency and robust state management.
• Design high-performance systems for Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
• Develop automated infrastructure for golden set simulations and error analysis.
• Convert raw LLM capabilities into production-grade microservices.
• Direct infrastructure strategy for efficient AI features.

Skills

Distributed systems

High-throughput APIs

Backend infrastructure for AI/ML

Go proficiency

Java proficiency

Python for AI orchestration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Job description

Snowflake is seeking an experienced professional to architect and scale backend infrastructure in Menlo Park, California. The candidate will build high-performance systems for AI products, oversee orchestration engines, and collaborate on converting LLM capabilities into microservices. A Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience in distributed systems and backend infrastructure are required. An attractive benefits package, including insurance, paid time off, and retirement plans, is offered as part of the compensation package.