Senior Software Engineer - Database Security at Snowflake Computing in San Mateo, CA

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 forms the data platform for the most security sensitive customers and they rely on the data platform to secure and protect their most sensitive data assets. It is critical that our customers are able to manage access to their data, audit its usage and ensure its safety. The security infrastructure also enables customers of Snowflake to share data and protect privacy which is a key ingredient of the Data Sharehouse.

AS A SOFTWARE ENGINEER - DATABASE SECURITY AT SNOWFLAKE YOU WILL:

• Design and implement features to provide identity and access management including integration with the next generation identity providers and protocols.
• Build authorization frameworks to provide fine grained access control, including data centric access control, beyond standard role based access control which can scale to managing access over millions over objects and users.
• Design and implement other key security capabilities around key management and encryption, de-anonymization, data masking, auditing and governance.
• Design and develop solutions to secure communication and data sharing in a globally distributed service.
• Design and develop mechanisms to provide safety and security for advanced database features like cloning, replication, data sharing, procedure execution, etc.

OUR IDEAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - DATABASE SECURITY WILL HAVE:

• 8+ years industry experience designing, building systems.
• Experience with Database and Database internals a big plus.
• Experience and exposure to different security areas like identity, cryptography, access control, etc.
• Extremely strong fundamental computer science skills.
• Fluency in Java or C++ preferred.
• Advanced degree in Computer Science or related degree.
• Able to work on-site in our downtown San Mateo office.
• Knowledge of industry standard security concepts and protocols like SAML, SCIM, OAuth, RBAC a plus.

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.

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