Senior Backend Engineer - Connectors Platform

There is only one Data Cloud. Snowflake’s founders started from scratch and designed a data platform built for the cloud that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. But it didn’t stop there. They engineered Snowflake to power the Data Cloud, where thousands of organizations unlock the value of their data with near-unlimited scale, concurrency, and performance. This is our vision: a world with endless insights to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today and reveal the possibilities of tomorrow.

Snowflake started with a clear vision: develop a cloud data platform that is effective, affordable, and accessible to all data users. Snowflake developed an innovative new product with a built-for-the-cloud architecture that combines the power of data warehousing, the flexibility of big data platforms, and the elasticity of the cloud at a fraction of the cost of traditional solutions. We are now a global, world-class organization with offices in more than a dozen countries and serving many more.

We’re hiring Backend Engineers to build a robust ecosystem of connectors! 

In our area, we develop in-house connectors to connect with external systems and data warehouses. We are working to connect Snowflake with Fortune 500 companies - in the cloud. In this area you will be working on exposing API, blueprints and frameworks for other developers to create their own connectors. 

AS A SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL:

• Design and develop data integration and processing applications frameworks. These applications replicate data from various data sources (including relational databases, saas, data streams) into Snowflake, following CDC patterns.  
• Develop and extend a robust connector platform to standardise and accelerate the development of connectors, either developed by Snowflake or by third parties. Typical example includes developing a scheduling service ensuring timely execution of tasks and optimal resource allocation.
• Optimize performance of the ingestion, meet with customers & troubleshoot issues and secure data transfer from external systems.
• Collaborate with teams across the organization and roles.
• Create design documents and present them to architects and other stakeholders, including company founders.
• Lead and mentor a group of engineers
• Coordinate synchronous and asynchronous communication to ensure goals are met.
• Collaborate with PMs and customers to understand business requirements, and translate them into connector application solutions.

OUR IDEAL SENIOR BACKEND ENGINEER WILL HAVE:

• 9+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large-scale systems.
• Experience with high-performance and scalable software in an internet-scale distributed cloud environment.
• Experience with building import/export functionality in databases.
• Proficiency in Python, and knowledge of Java
• Experience with SQL. Good understanding of relational databases.
• Interest in creating well thought out infrastructure and APIs.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills, especially in a cloud environment. 
• Great communication skills, both verbal and written, and an interest in working with a diverse set of peers and external developers.

WHY JOIN THE ENGINEERING TEAM AT SNOWFLAKE?

Building cutting-edge cloud technologies is complex, and our engineering team surmounts the obstacles. As a member of our team, you will:

• Build an industry-leading data platform that customers love.
• Learn about and contribute to:
• Super-robust and secure enterprise SaaS platform that services hundreds of customers and millions of complex queries daily.
• Highly-scalable and reliable data processing platform that runs on hundreds and thousands of machines.
• User interfaces bridging the enterprise world with the consumer experience.
• Join a world-class team of both industry veterans and rising stars.

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. 

How do you want to make your impact?