Snowflake Computing

Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform for User Experiences

Snowflake Computing$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience with large-scale distributed systems in production
  • Strong fundamentals in software engineering and backend reliability
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production
  • Solid understanding of cloud-native architectures and service reliability
  • Experience with distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure
  • Exceptional coding and debugging skills
  • Strong collaboration and communication abilities
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and infrastructure for user-facing applications
  • Contribute through the entire development lifecycle from design to deployment
  • Collaborate with engineers and product managers to deliver quality features
  • Drive enhancements to system reliability, scalability, and performance
  • Participate in architecture discussions to shape technical direction
  • Build cloud-native services running on Kubernetes
  • Improve operational workflows for containerized services
  • Debug complex production issues across systems and services
  • Enhance internal tools to enable AI-assisted workflows for feature building
  • Foster a strong engineering culture through code reviews and mentoring

Benefits

  • Confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data
  • Commitment to employee values that challenge conventional thinking and foster innovation
  • Growth opportunities in a high-demand AI Data Cloud environment
  • Support for professional development and knowledge sharing
  • Dynamic work culture that promotes teamwork and collaboration
Full Job Description
About the team

The Apps & Experiences Platform team powers the systems and services behind all of our user-facing applications, including Snowsight, Snowflake Intelligence, and new mobile experiences. Our mission is to build innovative backend services, developer tooling, platform infrastructure, and AI-powered capabilities that enable exceptional product experiences at scale. As part of our team, you'll work across feature development, platform engineering, infrastructure, and internal tooling to support both end users and developers. We care deeply about building systems that are reliable, scalable, maintainable, and performant. Snowflake is a high-growth AI Data Cloud company, and we're looking for exceptional engineers to help us scale the next generation of our platform.

A key part of this is our work on our internal AI developer agent, which is designed to fundamentally democratize end-to-end web app development across all engineering teams by translating product specs and designs into a fully functional, production-ready features.

AS A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER FOR THE APPS & EXPERIENCES PLATFORM TEAM, YOU WILL:
  • Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and platform infrastructure that power Snowflake's user-facing applications.
  • Contribute across the full development lifecycle, from technical design and implementation to testing, deployment, and operational excellence.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features and platform capabilities.
  • Drive improvements to system reliability, scalability, performance, and developer productivity.
  • Participate in architecture and design discussions, helping shape technical direction and engineering best practices.
  • Build and operate cloud-native infrastructure and services running on Kubernetes.
  • Improve deployment, observability, and operational workflows for services running in containerized environments.
  • Debug and resolve complex production issues across distributed systems, Kubernetes infrastructure, and platform services.
  • Build and enhance internal tools, including our coding agent/orchestrator, to create AI-assisted workflows that enable self-serve building of production features end-to-end on the platform through prompts.
  • Contribute to a strong engineering culture through code reviews, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and operational ownership.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WITH:
  • 6+ years of experience designing and building large-scale distributed or user-facing systems in production environments.
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building highly reliable, scalable backend systems.
  • Experience building and operating services on Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, service reliability, and observability.
  • Experience with distributed systems, APIs, cloud infrastructure, or developer platforms.
  • Strong coding and debugging skills, with the ability to navigate complex system architectures.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is a plus.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work effectively across teams.
  • BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent practical experience.


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 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?

For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com

About Snowflake Computing

Snowflake is a cloud-based data-warehousing company that was founded in 2012. The company provides a data platform that allows customers to store and analyze data using cloud-based infrastructure. Snowflake's platform is designed to be highly scalable and flexible, allowing customers to easily add or remove computing resources as needed. The company's customers include a wide range of businesses, from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Snowflake has received significant funding from investors and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about Snowflake Computing
Size
2,037 employees
Market Cap
$44.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$539.1 million
Founded
2012
Revenue
$592 million
NASDAQ

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