Principal Software Engineer - Storage Platform

ABOUT THE TEAM:

Internal Storage is a crucial part of Snowflake’s continued success and is one of the fastest-growing segments at Snowflake. Our table storage is the best in the industry, with differentiators like auto partitioning, auto compression, enhanced encryption, time travel, fail-safe, cross-region replication, zero-copy clone, instant data sharing, etc. As a result, Snowflake table storage has gained immense popularity in the last few years. But we won’t stop there.

Snowflake’s mission is to mobilize the world’s data by building the greatest data and applications platform. Not just of the cloud era, but in the history of computing. To enable this mission it is crucial for the Storage team to continue innovation in the multi-cloud space and to accelerate progress in the field of unstructured data management and processing.

We're seeking a talented Storage Team Principal Engineer to help drive our continued growth in cutting-edge technology. At the heart of your role will be your ability to connect the business with technology, and to effectively lead the team in executing your technical vision.

ABOUT YOU:

As an experienced and visionary leader, you will:

• Connect the business with technology, to deliver the next set of capabilities to existing, and new Snowflake customers
• Innovate how unstructured data is stored, accessed, and processed in the Snowflake cloud
• Design and implement new systems and solutions that further the Snowflake Data Infrastructure platform
• Collaborate closely with Product managers, Architects, and other engineering teams to design and build new technologies that will go directly into our customers' hands
• Analyze performance and availability issues, and collaborate closely with cloud providers to influence the shared roadmap for maximizing uptime and minimizing cost for Snowflake customers
• Mentor and coach other engineers across multiple organizations
• Participate in on-call rotation and shape the strategy for continuing to keep the on-call load low, while enabling 10x growth

AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE MOST OF THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale durable distributed systems in production
• An excellent team player who is committed to helping everyone around them maximize their potential and growth
• Be aligned with the Snowflake values
• Proven track record of leading and delivering multi-year large and complex projects that span multiple organizations in the Storage space (object storage, data warehouse, SQL/NoSQL databases, distributed file systems, etc)
• Strong development skills in Java and C++
• Experience with public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Demonstrated ability to achieve alignment across multiple organizations and disciplines to bring complex technical solutions to life
• A background in building Machine Learning infrastructure and managing large data storage for ML models is a plus.

If you're a leader who thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment and has a passion for shaping the future of storage technology, we'd love to hear from you!