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Software Engineer - Snowflake Metadata Team
Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team. Snowflake Metadata team builds a scalable metadata system that allows Snowflake to query across petabyte-scale data very efficiently. The micro-partition metadata system is at the heart of Snowflake query performance and core features like zero-copy cloning, time travel and replication. It is also foundational for new features such as Iceberg Tables. As a Software Engineer - Snowflake Grid, you will: Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills. Manage petabyte scale data supporting most critical globally deployed applications. Build the next generation replication platform to reduce time to market across Snowflake features. Have the opportunity to work on various background services that power Snowflake's proprietary multi-level metadata system to support fast compilation and query optimization. Design, develop, and support a highly-parallel and fault-tolerant database system comprising many technologies. Design and implement critical high-performance systems to handle the ever growing request rate of our database. Analyze and understand performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system and solve them. Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding availability and performance. Our ideal senior systems engineer will have: 5+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production. Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems. Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc. Fluency in C++ or Java (or other similar procedural object-oriented language) is preferred. Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions. Knowledge of database internals is a big plus. BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD Preferred. 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. Snowflake is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.
Where Data Does More. Join the Snowflake team. Snowflake Metadata team builds a scalable metadata system that allows Snowflake to query across petabyte-scale data very efficiently. The micro-partition metadata system is at the heart of Snowflake query performance and core features like zero-copy cloning, time travel and replication. It is also foundational for new features such as Iceberg Tables. As a Software Engineer - Snowflake Grid, you will: Solve real business needs at large scale by applying your software engineering and analytical problem solving skills. Manage petabyte scale data supporting most critical globally deployed applications. Build the next generation replication platform to reduce time to market across Snowflake features. Have the opportunity to work on various background services that power Snowflake's proprietary multi-level metadata system to support fast compilation and query optimization. Design, develop, and support a highly-parallel and fault-tolerant database system comprising many technologies. Design and implement critical high-performance systems to handle the ever growing request rate of our database. Analyze and understand performance and scalability bottlenecks in the system and solve them. Ensure operational readiness of the services and meet the commitments to our customers regarding availability and performance. Our ideal senior systems engineer will have: 5+ years industry experience designing, building and supporting large scale systems in production. Strong CS fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems. Systems programming skills including multi-threading, concurrency, etc. Fluency in C++ or Java (or other similar procedural object-oriented language) is preferred. Track record of identifying and implementing creative solutions. Knowledge of database internals is a big plus. BS in Computer Science; Masters or PhD Preferred. 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. Snowflake is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.