Senior Software Engineer | App Foundation |Infra|

Job highlights
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Qualifications
8+ years industry experience working on reliable large-scale cloud SaaS environments supporting mission critical, highly-concurrent, high-throughput and low-latency systems
Experience leading teams as well as the ability to be an individual contributor and solve deep technical challenges
Self-driven & motivated, with a strong work ethic and a passion for problem solving
Effective communication and collaboration skills
At least 3+ years experience with Kubernetes and deployment automation
Firm grasp of IP networking, load balancing and DNS
Strong coding skills in object oriented languages like Golang, Python or Java
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data
Benefits
The estimated base salary range for this role is $214,000 - $327,750
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
Responsibilities
Services: Design, build and maintain a set of common services and features like authentication, session management, notifications, caching and many more that our front end experiences need
Developer Platform: Design, develop and maintain modules and recipes that full stack teams can leverage to develop, build and maintain their own services
Developer Environments: Provide backend environments so internal developers can iterate quickly and safely
Infrastructure: Automate and run our global fleet of services deployed across multiple cloud provider (AWS, Azure and GCP) regions
Note: This role is equivalent to a Staff Engineer or Technical Leader position in other companies
It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential
Job description
Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.

App Foundation’s backend team is powering systems and services for Snowsight, Snowflake’s cutting-edge UI. Our mission is to craft innovative backend services, features, tools and infrastructure that bring Snowsight to life with delightful user experiences. As part of our team, you'll dive into a mix of creating features and managing the robust infrastructure that supports them.

THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT THE TEAM IS INVESTED IN:
• Services: Design, build and maintain a set of common services and features like authentication, session management, notifications, caching and many more that our front end experiences need.
• Developer Platform: Design, develop and maintain modules and recipes that full stack teams can leverage to develop, build and maintain their own services
• Developer Environments: Provide backend environments so internal developers can iterate quickly and safely
• Infrastructure: Automate and run our global fleet of services deployed across multiple cloud provider (AWS, Azure and GCP) regions.

We're passionate about building a platform that is highly reliable, available, maintainable, and scalable. We are a high growth SaaS company and we are looking for exceptional technical leaders like you to help build and scale Snowsight to the next level.

Note: This role is equivalent to a Staff Engineer or Technical Leader position in other companies.

OUR IDEAL SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER WILL HAVE:
• 8+ years industry experience working on reliable large-scale cloud SaaS environments supporting mission critical, highly-concurrent, high-throughput and low-latency systems.
• Experience leading teams as well as the ability to be an individual contributor and solve deep technical challenges.
• Self-driven & motivated, with a strong work ethic and a passion for problem solving
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.
• At least 3+ years experience with Kubernetes and deployment automation.
• Firm grasp of IP networking, load balancing and DNS.
• Strong coding skills in object oriented languages like Golang, Python or Java.

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
• The estimated base salary range for this role is $214,000 - $327,750.
• 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.

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?